2011 America East Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2011 America East Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 25-27 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]
Teams | 4 |
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Format | Double-elimination |
Finals site | |
Champions | Maine (5th title) |
Winning coach | Steve Trimper (2nd title) |
MVP | Taylor Lewis, 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.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
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Stony Brook | 22 | 2 | .917 | ||
Maine | 18 | 6 | .750 | ||
Binghamton | 13 | 10 | .565 | ||
Albany | 11 | 11 | .500 | ||
Hartford | 3 | 20 | .130 | ||
UMBC | 2 | 20 | .091 |
Results
First round | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
1 | Stony Brook | 14 | ||||||||||||
4 | Albany | 2 | ||||||||||||
1 | Stony Brook | 1 | ||||||||||||
2 | Maine | 8 | ||||||||||||
2 | Maine | 4 | ||||||||||||
3 | Binghamton | 3 | ||||||||||||
2 | Maine | 10 | — | |||||||||||
4 | Albany | 1 | — | |||||||||||
4 | Albany | 4 | ||||||||||||
3 | Binghamton | 1 | ||||||||||||
1 | Stony Brook | 1 | ||||||||||||
4 | Albany | 4 | ||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[1]
Player | Team |
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Keith Bilodeau | Maine |
Alex Calbick | Maine |
Mike Fransoso | Maine |
Taylor Lewis | Maine |
Kasceim Graham | Albany |
Zach Kraham | Albany |
Ralph Rizzo | Albany |
Steve Marino | Stony Brook |
Nick Tropeano | Stony Brook |
James Giulietti | Binghamton |
Most Outstanding Player
Maine outfielder Taylor Lewis was named Most Outstanding Player.
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.
- "2011 America East Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on May 21, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
- "2011 Conference Tournaments". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on May 21, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
- "Maine Wins America East Title". BaseballJournal.com. New England Baseball Journal. May 29, 2011. Archived from the original on May 21, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.