2000 America East Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2000 America East Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 18-20 at Frawley Stadium in Wilmington, Delaware. The top four regular season finishers of the league's eight teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, first-seeded Delaware defeated fourth-seeded Northeastern, 4-2, to win its third consecutive and fifth overall tournament championship. As a result, Delaware received the America East's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Tournament.[1][2][3]

2000 America East Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Frawley Stadium Wilmington, DE
Champions	Delaware (5th title)
Winning coach	Bob Hannah (5th title)
MVP	Vince Vukovich, Delaware

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
Delaware	19	5	.792	–	1
Towson	19	9	.679	2	2
Vermont	16	10	.615	4	3
Northeastern	15	11	.577	5	4
Maine	14	12	.538	6	–
Hofstra	9	17	.346	11	–
Drexel	8	20	.286	13	–
Hartford	6	22	.214	15	–

Results

	First round					Semifinals					Finals
	1	Delaware	4[lower-alpha 1]
	4	Northeastern	3
						1	Delaware	7
						3	Vermont	2
	2	Towson	7
	3	Vermont	8
											1	Delaware	4	—
										4	Northeastern	2	—
	4	Northeastern	7
	2	Towson	5
						3	Vermont	2
						4	Northeastern	7

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[1]

Player	Team
Vic Sage	Delaware
Jason Vincent	Delaware
John Schneider	Delaware
Andrew Salvo	Delaware
Kris Dufner	Delaware
Chris Kolodzey	Delaware
Chris Walsh	Northeastern
Matt Keating	Northeastern
Todd Korchin	Northeastern
Wade Rikert	Vermont
Jason Sandner	Towson

Most Outstanding Player

Delaware outfielder Vince Vukovich was named Most Outstanding Player.

Notes

1. 12 innings.

References

1. "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.
2. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2000". BoydsWorld.com. Boyd Nation. Archived from the original on June 6, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
3. Fleischman, Bill (June 15, 2000). "Delaware's Hannah Still Game Despite Retiring from Dugout". Philly.com. Archived from the original on June 6, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.