1999 America East Conference baseball tournament

The 1999 America East Conference baseball tournament was held from May 21 through 23 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, second-seeded Delaware defeated first-seeded Towson, 6-3, to win its second consecutive and fourth overall tournament championship. As a result, Delaware received the America East's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA tournament.[1][2][3]

1999 America East Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsDelaware (4th title)
Winning coachBob Hannah (4th title)
MVPBryan Porcelli (Delaware)

Seeding

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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
Towson 20 7 .741 1
Delaware 19 9 .679 1.5 2
Northeastern 18 10 .643 2.5 3
Maine 14 14 .500 6.5 4
Hofstra 14 14 .500 6.5
Vermont 10 18 .357 10.5
Drexel 9 19 .321 11.5
Hartford 7 20 .259 13

Results

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Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1Towson6
4Maine1
1Towson4
2Delaware1
2Delaware7
3Northeastern3
2Towson
1Delaware
Lower round 1Lower final
2Delaware5
4Maine74Maine3
3Northeastern5

All-Tournament Team

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

Player Team
Bryan Porcelli Delaware
Andrew Salvo Delaware
Kevin Mench Delaware
Chris Russ Towson
Dusty Reynolds Towson
Tim Pritchard Towson
Jason Sandner Towson
Mike Ross Maine
Quin Peel Maine
Matt Keating Northeastern
Kevin Kim Northeastern

Most Outstanding Player

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Delaware pitcher Bryan Porcelli was named Most Outstanding Player.

References

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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1999". BoydsWorld.com. Boyd Nation. Archived from the original on February 14, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  3. ^ Thomas, Kevin (May 22, 1999). "Bears' Season Over". Portland Press Herald. p. 1D. Archived from the original on June 15, 2022. Retrieved June 6, 2013.