2003 America East Conference baseball tournament

The 2003 America East Conference baseball tournament was held from May 22 through 24 at Centennial Field in Burlington, Vermont. The top four regular season finishers of the league's seven teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, fourth-seeded Northeastern defeated third-seeded Stony Brook, 11–0, to win its third tournament championship. As a result, Northeastern received the America East's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA tournament.[1][2][3][4]

2003 America East Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsNortheastern (3rd title)
Winning coachNeil McPhee (3rd title)
MVPMiguel Paquette (Northeastern)

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
Vermont 17 5 .773
1
Maine 17 7 .708
1
2
Stony Brook 15 9 .625
3
3
Northeastern 12 10 .545
5
4
Albany 10 14 .417
8
Hartford 7 15 .318
10
Binghamton 2 20 .091
15

Results

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Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1Vermont1
4Northeastern2
4Northeastern5
3Stony Brook4
2Maine2
3Stony Brook4
4Northeastern
3Stony Brook
Lower round 1Lower final
3Stony Brook6
1Vermont12Maine3
2Maine5

All-Tournament Team

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

Player Team
Justin Hedrick Northeastern
Jordan Thompson Northeastern
Miguel Paquette Northeastern
Arman Sidhu Northeastern
Brad Czarnowski Northeastern
Mike Steinberg Northeastern
Jim McCurdy Stony Brook
Andrew Larsen Stony Brook
Lee Lipschutz Stony Brook
Aaron Izaryk Maine
Joe Drapeau Maine

Most Outstanding Player

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Northeastern first baseman Miguel Paquette 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 "2003 America East Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on February 6, 2013. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  3. ^ "Huskies Hustle into NCAAs". Boston Globe. May 25, 2003. p. C16. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  4. ^ "At Baton Rouge, 3 of 4 Teams Advanced with At-Large Berths". Star-News. Associated Press. May 30, 2003. p. 3C. Retrieved June 3, 2013.