1997 America East Conference Baseball Tournament

The 1997 America East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Frawley Stadium in Wilmington, Delaware. The top six regular season finishers of the league's nine teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, fifth-seeded Northeastern defeated third-seeded Vermont, 8–1, to win its second tournament championship. As a result, Northeastern received the America East's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Tournament.[1][2][3]

1997 America East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsNortheastern (2nd title)
Winning coachNeil McPhee (2nd title)
MVPCarlos Peña, Northeastern

Seeding

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

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Delaware193.864
–
1
Maine168.667
4
2
Vermont159.625
5
3
Drexel1310.565
6.5
4
Northeastern1212.500
8
5
Towson State914.391
10.5
6
Hartford716.304
12.5
–
Hofstra716.304
12.5
–
New Hampshire717.292
13
–

Results
  First round Second round Third round Semi-finals Finals
                                                 
  1 Delaware 8  
  6 Towson State 4     1 Delaware 15  
    4 Drexel 3    
  2 Maine 2         1 Delaware 1            
  5 Northeastern 6           5 Northeastern 4              
      5 Northeastern 12           5 Northeastern 8 —
      3 Vermont 5         3 Vermont 1 —
  3 Vermont 8         1 Delaware 3    
  4 Drexel 2       3 Vermont 4     3 Vermont 4  
  6 Towson State 7     6 Towson State 1  
  2 Maine 6  

All-Tournament Team

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

Player Team
Patrick MasonNortheastern
Carlos PeñaNortheastern
Tim DaleyNortheastern
Tim BonehillNortheastern
Mike O'DonnellNortheastern
Heath SquiresVermont
Dana ForsbergVermont
Jerry LyndeVermont
Dan ColunioDelaware
Brian AugustDelaware
Craig MillerTowson State

Most Outstanding Player

Northeastern first baseman Carlos Peña was named Most Outstanding Player.

References
  1. "2013 America East Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). AmericaEast.com. America East Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 21, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1997". BoydsWorld.com. Boyd Nation. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  3. Warner, Pete (June 7, 2013). "Errors Cost Bears Against Towson St". Bangor Daily News. p. C1. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
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