2001 America East Conference baseball tournament

The 2001 America East Conference baseball tournament was held from May 17 through 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]

2001 America East Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsDelaware (6th title)
Winning coachJim Sherman (1st title)
MVPGregg 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]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Delaware226.786
1
Maine208.714
2
2
Towson1711.607
5
3
Northeastern1117.393
11
4
Drexel1117.393
11
Vermont1017.371
11.5
Hofstra1017.371
11.5
Hartford1018.357
12

Results

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1Delaware7
4Northeastern3
1Delaware4
3Towson1
2Maine4
3Towson20
1Delaware
3Towson
Lower round 1Lower final
3Towson7
4Northeastern54Northeastern6
2Maine4

All-Tournament Team

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

Player Team
Vic SageDelaware
Jason VincentDelaware
Steve HardenDelaware
Andrew SalvoDelaware
Reid GoreckiDelaware
Vince VukovichDelaware
Scott BaconTowson
Brian McKennaTowson
Gregg DaviesTowson
Jimmy KittlebergerTowson
Luke CarlinNortheastern

Most Outstanding Player

Towson outfielder Gregg Davies was named Most Outstanding Player.[4][5]

References

  1. "2013 America East Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). AmericaEast.com. America East Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 24, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2001". BoydsWorld.com. Boyd Nation. Archived from the original on February 14, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  3. Warner, Pete (May 18, 2001). "Towson Tees Off on Tucker, Whips UMaine". Bangor Daily News. p. C4. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  4. "Doc Minnegan Scholarship Award: Gregg Davies '02, Baseball". TowsonTigers.com. Towson Sports Information. Archived from the original on June 17, 2022. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  5. Graham, Glenn P. (May 9, 2002). "Building Up Interest for Baseball Career". Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
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