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]
| Teams | 4 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Northeastern (3rd title) |
| Winning coach | Neil McPhee (3rd title) |
| MVP | Miguel Paquette (Northeastern) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 17 | 5 | .773 | – |
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| Maine | 17 | 7 | .708 | 1 |
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| Stony Brook | 15 | 9 | .625 | 3 |
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| Northeastern | 12 | 10 | .545 | 5 |
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| Albany | 10 | 14 | .417 | 8 |
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| Hartford | 7 | 15 | .318 | 10 |
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| Binghamton | 2 | 20 | .091 | 15 |
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Results
edit| Upper round 1 | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||
| 1 | Vermont | 1 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Northeastern | 2 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Northeastern | 5 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Stony Brook | 4 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Maine | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Stony Brook | 4 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Northeastern | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Stony Brook | ||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Stony Brook | 6 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Vermont | 1 | 2 | Maine | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | Maine | 5 | |||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
editThe 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
editNortheastern first baseman Miguel Paquette was named Most Outstanding Player.
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 "2003 America East Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on February 6, 2013. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
- ^ "Huskies Hustle into NCAAs". Boston Globe. May 25, 2003. p. C16. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
- ^ "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.