2003 America East Conference baseball tournament
Teams | 4 |
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Format | Double-elimination |
Finals site | |
Champions | Northeastern (3rd title) |
Winning coach | Neil McPhee (3rd title) |
MVP | Miguel Paquette (Northeastern) |
The 2003 America East Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 22-24 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]
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 |
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Vermont | 17 | 5 | .773 | ||
Maine | 17 | 7 | .708 | ||
Stony Brook | 15 | 9 | .625 | ||
Northeastern | 12 | 10 | .545 | ||
Albany | 10 | 14 | .417 | ||
Hartford | 7 | 15 | .318 | ||
Binghamton | 2 | 20 | .091 |
Results
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
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[1]
Player | Team |
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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
Northeastern first baseman Miguel Paquette was named Most Outstanding Player.
References
- ^ a b "2013 America East Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). AmericaEast.com. America East Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 21, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
- ^ a b "2003 America East Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on 2013-06-03. 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.