2004 America East Conference baseball tournament

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2004 America East Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Stony Brook  (1st title)
Winning coach Matt Senk  (1st title)
MVP Isidro Fortuna (Stony Brook)

The 2004 America East Conference baseball tournament took place from May 27 through 29 at Mahaney Diamond in Orono, Maine. The top four regular season finishers of the league's eight teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, fourth-seeded Stony Brook defeated second-seeded Maine, 3–1, to win its first tournament championship. As a result, Stony Brook received the America East's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA tournament, the program's first in Division I. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Contents

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
Northeastern 146.700
1
Maine 147.667
0.5
2
Albany 147.667
0.5
3
Stony Brook 1110.524
3.5
4
Vermont 1011.476
4.5
Binghamton 911.450
5
UMBC 615.286
8.5
Hartford 516.238
9.5

Results

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1 Northeastern 6
4 Stony Brook 15
4Stony Brook6
2Maine3
2 Maine 9
3 Albany 3
4Stony Brook
2Maine
Lower round 1Lower final
2Maine11
1Northeastern13Albany5
3Albany8

All-Tournament Team

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

PlayerTeam
Matt DevinsStony Brook
Andrew LarsenStony Brook
Dave MischoStony Brook
Matt RestivoStony Brook
Chris SippStony Brook
Nick TheoharisStony Brook
Mike MacDonaldMaine
Matt McGrawMaine
Jason MartinAlbany
Jeff HeriotNortheastern

Most Outstanding Player

Stony Brook outfielder Isidro Fortuna was named Most Outstanding Player. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 "2013 America East Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). AmericaEast.com. America East Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 24, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "2004 America East Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on June 28, 2013. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  3. "2004 Conference Tournaments". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  4. Mahoney, Larry (May 31, 2004). "Winning Weekend vs. NU Sparked Stony Brook". Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine, USA. p. C4. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  5. Stanton, Phil (January 30, 2012). "Stony Brook Making Name for Itself". CollegeBaseballInsider.com. Archived from the original on June 18, 2012. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  6. "Top Seeded ECU Takes on Stony Brook in First Round of Kinston Regional". ECUPirates.com. East Carolina Sports Information. June 3, 2004. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013. Retrieved June 3, 2013.