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

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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
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

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

All-Tournament Team

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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

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

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 -- 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.