2006 America East Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2006 America East Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 25-27 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, third-seeded Maine defeated first-seeded Stony Brook, 5-3, to win its fourth tournament championship (its first under head coach Steve Trimper). As a result, Maine received the America East's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Tournament.[1][2][3]

2006 America East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMaine (4th title)
Winning coachSteve Trimper (1st title)
MVPMark Ostrander, Maine

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.[4]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Vermont168.667
1
Stony Brook138.619
1.5
2
Maine139.591
2
3
Albany1210.545
3
4
Binghamton1211.522
3.5
Hartford816.333
8
UMBC517.227
10

Results

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1 Vermont 5[lower-alpha 1]  
4 Albany 4  
  1 Vermont 2  
  3 Maine 5  
2 Stony Brook 8
3 Maine 11  
  3 Maine 5
  2 Stony Brook 3
4 Albany 3  
2 Stony Brook 5  
  1 Vermont 1
  2 Stony Brook 2  

All-Tournament Team

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

Player Team
Mark OstranderMaine
AJ BalsindeMaine
Joel BarrettMaine
Sean ParkerMaine
Mike PowersMaine
Jon PasiekaStony Brook
Andres PerezStony Brook
Matt RestivoStony Brook
Jason CareyVermont
Steve WylandAlbany

Most Outstanding Player

Maine outfielder Mark Ostrander was named Most Outstanding Player.[5]

Notes

  1. 10 innings.

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. "2006 Conference Tournaments". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on May 25, 2013. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  3. Warner, Pete (September 15, 2006). "Bordick's Number Up at Black Bears Baseball Benefit". Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine, USA. p. C6. Retrieved May 25, 2013. ... said Trimper, who directed the Bears to the 2006 America East championship and a spot in the NCAA Chapel Hill regional.
  4. "2006 America East Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on 2013-05-25. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  5. Davidson, Art (March 20, 2007). "Ostrander Building Momentum". MetroWestDailyNews.com. Archived from the original on 2013-06-29. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
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