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]
| 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 | – | 1 |
| Maine | 20 | 8 | .714 | 2 | 2 |
| Towson | 17 | 11 | .607 | 5 | 3 |
| Northeastern | 11 | 17 | .393 | 11 | 4 |
| Drexel | 11 | 17 | .393 | 11 | – |
| Vermont | 10 | 17 | .371 | 11.5 | – |
| Hofstra | 10 | 17 | .371 | 11.5 | – |
| Hartford | 10 | 18 | .357 | 12 | – |
Results
| Upper round 1 | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||
| 1 | Delaware | 7 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Northeastern | 3 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Delaware | 4 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Towson | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Maine | 4 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Towson | 20 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Delaware | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Towson | ||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Towson | 7 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Northeastern | 5 | 4 | Northeastern | 6 | ||||||||
| 2 | Maine | 4 | |||||||||||
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 April 24, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
- "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2001". BoydsWorld.com. Boyd Nation. Archived from the original on February 14, 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 17, 2022. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
- 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.