2011 America East Conference baseball tournament

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2011 America East Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Maine  (5th title)
Winning coach Steve Trimper  (2nd title)
MVP Taylor Lewis (Maine)

The 2011 America East Conference baseball tournament took place from May 25 through 27 at Joe Nathan Field in Stony Brook, New York. The top four regular season finishers of the league's six teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, second-seeded Maine defeated fourth-seeded Albany, 10-1, to win its fifth tournament championship (its second under head coach Steve Trimper). As a result, Maine received the America East's automatic bid to the 2011 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.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Stony Brook 222.9171
Maine 186.75042
Binghamton 1310.5658.53
Albany 1111.500104
Hartford 320.13018.5
UMBC 220.09119

Results

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1 Stony Brook 14
4 Albany 2
1Stony Brook1
2Maine8
2 Maine 4
3 Binghamton 3
2Maine
4Albany
Lower round 1Lower final
1Stony Brook1
4Albany44Albany4
3Binghamton1

All-Tournament Team

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

PlayerTeam
Keith BilodeauMaine
Alex CalbickMaine
Mike FransosoMaine
Taylor LewisMaine
Kasceim GrahamAlbany
Zach KrahamAlbany
Ralph RizzoAlbany
Steve MarinoStony Brook
Nick Tropeano Stony Brook
James GiuliettiBinghamton

Most Outstanding Player

Maine outfielder Taylor Lewis was named Most Outstanding Player.

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