2002 America East Conference Baseball Tournament
| 2002 America East Conference Baseball Tournament | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Classification | Division I | ||
| Season | 2002 | ||
| Teams | 4 | ||
| Format | Double-elimination | ||
| Site | Mahaney Diamond Orono, ME | ||
| Champions | Maine (2nd title) | ||
| Winning coach | Paul Kostacopoulos (1st title) | ||
| MVP | Brett Ouellette (Maine) | ||
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The 2002 America East Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 23-25 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]
Seeding
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | 16 | 6 | .727 | ||
| Vermont | 14 | 8 | .636 | ||
| Northeastern | 11 | 11 | .500 | ||
| Stony Brook | 11 | 11 | .500 | ||
| Binghamton | 8 | 12 | .400 | ||
| Albany | 8 | 14 | .364 | ||
| Hartford | 8 | 14 | .364 |
Results
| First round | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Maine | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Stony Brook | 16 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Stony Brook | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Northeastern | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Vermont | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Northeastern | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Northeastern | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Maine | 8 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Maine | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Vermont | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Stony Brook | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Maine | 9 | ||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
The 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
Maine second baseman Brett Ouellette was named Most Outstanding Player.[5]
References
- 1 2 "2013 America East Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). AmericaEast.com. America East Conference. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 20, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
- 1 2 "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2002". BoydsWorld.com. Boyd Nation. Archived from the original on June 6, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
- ↑ Lauzon, Jerry (May 25, 2002). "Maine Keeps Chances Alive". Portland Press Herald. p. 1D. Archived from the original on June 6, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
- ↑ Lauzon, Jerry (May 26, 2002). "Maine's Comeback Complete". Maine Sunday Telegram. p. 1D. Archived from the original on June 6, 2013. 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 June 6, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.