2001 America East Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2001 America East Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 17-19 at Frawley Stadium in Wilmington, Delaware. The top four regular season finishers of the league's eight teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, first-seeded Delaware defeated third-seeded Towson, 7-0, to win its fourth consecutive and sixth overall tournament championship. As a result, Delaware received the America East's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Tournament.[1][2][3]
| Teams | 4 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Delaware (6th title) |
| Winning coach | Jim Sherman (1st title) |
| MVP | Gregg Davies, Towson |
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]
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | 22 | 6 | .786 | ||
| Maine | 20 | 8 | .714 | ||
| Towson | 17 | 11 | .607 | ||
| Northeastern | 11 | 17 | .393 | ||
| Drexel | 11 | 17 | .393 | ||
| Vermont | 10 | 17 | .371 | ||
| Hofstra | 10 | 17 | .371 | ||
| Hartford | 10 | 18 | .357 |
Results
| First round | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Delaware | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Northeastern | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Delaware | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Towson | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Maine | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Towson | 20 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Delaware | 7 | — | |||||||||||
| 3 | Towson | 0 | — | |||||||||||
| 4 | Northeastern | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Maine | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Towson | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Northeastern | 6 | ||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[1]
| Player | Team |
|---|---|
| Vic Sage | Delaware |
| Jason Vincent | Delaware |
| Steve Harden | Delaware |
| Andrew Salvo | Delaware |
| Reid Gorecki | Delaware |
| Vince Vukovich | Delaware |
| Scott Bacon | Towson |
| Brian McKenna | Towson |
| Gregg Davies | Towson |
| Jimmy Kittleberger | Towson |
| Luke Carlin | Northeastern |
Most Outstanding Player
Towson outfielder Gregg Davies was named Most Outstanding Player.[4][5]
References
- "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.
- "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2001". BoydsWorld.com. Boyd Nation. Archived from the original on June 6, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
- Warner, Pete (May 18, 2001). "Towson Tees Off on Tucker, Whips UMaine". Bangor Daily News. p. C4. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
- "Doc Minnegan Scholarship Award: Gregg Davies '02, Baseball". TowsonTigers.com. Towson Sports Information. Archived from the original on June 6, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
- Graham, Glenn P. (May 9, 2002). "Building Up Interest for Baseball Career". Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on June 6, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.