The 2002 America East Conference baseball tournament was held from May 23 through 25 at Mahaney Diamond in Orono, Maine. The top four regular season finishers of the league's seven teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, first-seeded Maine defeated third-seeded Northeastern, 7-5, to win its second tournament championship (its first under head coach Paul Kostacopoulos). As a result, Maine received the America East's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA tournament.[1][2][3][4]
| Teams | 4 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Maine (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Paul Kostacopoulos (1st title) |
| MVP | Brett Ouellette (Maine) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | 16 | 6 | .727 | – | 1 |
| Vermont | 14 | 8 | .636 | 2 | 2 |
| Northeastern | 11 | 11 | .500 | 5 | 3 |
| Stony Brook | 11 | 11 | .500 | 5 | 4 |
| Binghamton | 8 | 12 | .400 | 7 | – |
| Albany | 8 | 14 | .364 | 8 | – |
| Hartford | 8 | 14 | .364 | 8 | – |
Results
edit| Upper round 1 | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||
| 1 | Maine | 4 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Stony Brook | 16 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Stony Brook | 5 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Northeastern | 10 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Vermont | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Northeastern | 5 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Northeastern | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Maine | ||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Stony Brook | 3 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Maine | 8 | 1 | Maine | 9 | ||||||||
| 2 | Vermont | 2 | |||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
editThe following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[1]
| Player | Team |
|---|---|
| Paul Bruder | Maine |
| Brett Ouellette | Maine |
| Joe Drapeau | Maine |
| Mike Ross | Maine |
| Mike Livulpi | Maine |
| Aaron Izaryk | Maine |
| Devin Monds | Northeastern |
| Luke Carlin | Northeastern |
| Colin Gaynor | Northeastern |
| Omar Pena | Northeastern |
| Dwayne Whitaker | Stony Brook |
Most Outstanding Player
editMaine second baseman Brett Ouellette was named Most Outstanding Player.[5]
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 -- 2002". BoydsWorld.com. Boyd Nation. Archived from the original on February 14, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
- ^ Lauzon, Jerry (May 25, 2002). "Maine Keeps Chances Alive". Portland Press Herald. p. 1D. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
- ^ Lauzon, Jerry (May 26, 2002). "Maine's Comeback Complete". Maine Sunday Telegram. p. 1D. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
- ^ Warner, Pete (May 27, 2002). "Maine Roars Back to Win America East Crown". Bangor Daily News. Archived from the original on September 20, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.