2003 America East Conference baseball tournament

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2003 America East Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Northeastern  (3rd title)
Winning coach Neil McPhee  (3rd title)
MVP Miguel Paquette (Northeastern)

The 2003 America East Conference baseball tournament was held from May 22 through 24 at Centennial Field in Burlington, Vermont. The top four regular season finishers of the league's seven teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, fourth-seeded Northeastern defeated third-seeded Stony Brook, 11–0, to win its third tournament championship. As a result, Northeastern received the America East's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA tournament. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Seeding

The top four finishers from the regular season were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage only. They then played in a double-elimination format. In the first round, the one and four seeds were matched up in one game, while the two and three seeds were matched up in the other. [2]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Vermont 175.773
1
Maine 177.708
1
2
Stony Brook 159.625
3
3
Northeastern 1210.545
5
4
Albany 1014.417
8
Hartford 715.318
10
Binghamton 220.091
15

Results

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1 Vermont 1
4 Northeastern 2
4Northeastern5
3Stony Brook4
2 Maine 2
3 Stony Brook 4
4Northeastern
3Stony Brook
Lower round 1Lower final
3Stony Brook6
1Vermont12Maine3
2Maine5

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. [1]

PlayerTeam
Justin HedrickNortheastern
Jordan ThompsonNortheastern
Miguel PaquetteNortheastern
Arman SidhuNortheastern
Brad CzarnowskiNortheastern
Mike SteinbergNortheastern
Jim McCurdyStony Brook
Andrew LarsenStony Brook
Lee LipschutzStony Brook
Aaron IzarykMaine
Joe DrapeauMaine

Most Outstanding Player

Northeastern first baseman Miguel Paquette was named Most Outstanding Player.

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