The 2000 America East Conference baseball tournament was held from May 18 through 20 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 fourth-seeded Northeastern, 4-2, to win its third consecutive and fifth overall tournament championship. As a result, Delaware received the America East's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA tournament.[1][2][3]
| Teams | 4 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Delaware (5th title) |
| Winning coach | Bob Hannah (5th title) |
| MVP | Vince Vukovich (Delaware) |
Seeding
editThe 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 | 19 | 5 | .792 | – |
1
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| Towson | 19 | 9 | .679 | 2 |
2
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| Vermont | 16 | 10 | .615 | 4 |
3
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| Northeastern | 15 | 11 | .577 | 5 |
4
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| Maine | 14 | 12 | .538 | 6 |
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| Hofstra | 9 | 17 | .346 | 11 |
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| Drexel | 8 | 20 | .286 | 13 |
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| Hartford | 6 | 22 | .214 | 15 |
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Results
edit| Upper round 1 | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||
| 1 | Delaware | 4[a] | |||||||||||
| 4 | Northeastern | 3 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Delaware | 7 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Vermont | 2 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Towson | 7 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Vermont | 8 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Delaware | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Northeastern | ||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Vermont | 2 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Northeastern | 7 | 4 | Northeastern | 7 | ||||||||
| 2 | Towson | 5 | |||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
editThe following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[1]
| Player | Team |
|---|---|
| Vic Sage | Delaware |
| Jason Vincent | Delaware |
| John Schneider | Delaware |
| Andrew Salvo | Delaware |
| Kris Dufner | Delaware |
| Chris Kolodzey | Delaware |
| Chris Walsh | Northeastern |
| Matt Keating | Northeastern |
| Todd Korchin | Northeastern |
| Wade Rikert | Vermont |
| Jason Sandner | Towson |
Most Outstanding Player
editDelaware outfielder Vince Vukovich was named Most Outstanding Player.
Notes
edit- ^ 12 innings.
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2000". BoydsWorld.com. Boyd Nation. Archived from the original on February 14, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
- ^ Fleischman, Bill (June 15, 2000). "Delaware's Hannah Still Game Despite Retiring from Dugout". Philly.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 6, 2013.