The 2011 America East Conference baseball tournament took place from May 25 through 27 at Joe Nathan Field in Stony Brook, New York. The top four regular season finishers of the league's six teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, second-seeded Maine defeated fourth-seeded Albany, 10-1, to win its fifth tournament championship (its second under head coach Steve Trimper). As a result, Maine received the America East's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA tournament.[1][2][3][4]
| Teams | 4 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Maine (5th title) |
| Winning coach | Steve Trimper (2nd title) |
| MVP | Taylor Lewis (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.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Brook | 22 | 2 | .917 | – | 1 |
| Maine | 18 | 6 | .750 | 4 | 2 |
| Binghamton | 13 | 10 | .565 | 8.5 | 3 |
| Albany | 11 | 11 | .500 | 10 | 4 |
| Hartford | 3 | 20 | .130 | 18.5 | – |
| UMBC | 2 | 20 | .091 | 19 | – |
Results
edit| Upper round 1 | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||
| 1 | Stony Brook | 14 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Albany | 2 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Stony Brook | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Maine | 8 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Maine | 4 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Binghamton | 3 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Maine | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Albany | ||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Stony Brook | 1 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Albany | 4 | 4 | Albany | 4 | ||||||||
| 3 | Binghamton | 1 | |||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
editThe following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[1]
| Player | Team |
|---|---|
| Keith Bilodeau | Maine |
| Alex Calbick | Maine |
| Mike Fransoso | Maine |
| Taylor Lewis | Maine |
| Kasceim Graham | Albany |
| Zach Kraham | Albany |
| Ralph Rizzo | Albany |
| Steve Marino | Stony Brook |
| Nick Tropeano | Stony Brook |
| James Giulietti | Binghamton |
Most Outstanding Player
editMaine outfielder Taylor Lewis 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.
- ^ "2011 America East Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on July 21, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
- ^ "2011 Conference Tournaments". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
- ^ "Maine Wins America East Title". BaseballJournal.com. New England Baseball Journal. May 29, 2011. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2013.