2001 America East Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2001 America East Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 17-19 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 third-seeded Towson, 7-0, to win its fourth consecutive and sixth overall tournament championship. As a result, Delaware received the America East's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Tournament.[1][2][3]

2001 America East Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Frawley Stadium Wilmington, DE
Champions	Delaware (6th title)
Winning coach	Jim Sherman (1st title)
MVP	Gregg Davies, Towson

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	22	6	.786	–	1
Maine	20	8	.714	2	2
Towson	17	11	.607	5	3
Northeastern	11	17	.393	11	4
Drexel	11	17	.393	11	–
Vermont	10	17	.371	11.5	–
Hofstra	10	17	.371	11.5	–
Hartford	10	18	.357	12	–

Results

	First round					Semifinals					Finals
	1	Delaware	7
	4	Northeastern	3
						1	Delaware	4
						3	Towson	1
	2	Maine	4
	3	Towson	20
											1	Delaware	7	—
										3	Towson	0	—
	4	Northeastern	5
	2	Maine	4
						3	Towson	7
						4	Northeastern	6

All-Tournament Team

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

Player	Team
Vic Sage	Delaware
Jason Vincent	Delaware
Steve Harden	Delaware
Andrew Salvo	Delaware
Reid Gorecki	Delaware
Vince Vukovich	Delaware
Scott Bacon	Towson
Brian McKenna	Towson
Gregg Davies	Towson
Jimmy Kittleberger	Towson
Luke Carlin	Northeastern

Most Outstanding Player

Towson outfielder Gregg Davies was named Most Outstanding Player.[4][5]

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 -- 2001". BoydsWorld.com. Boyd Nation. Archived from the original on June 6, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
3. Warner, Pete (May 18, 2001). "Towson Tees Off on Tucker, Whips UMaine". Bangor Daily News. p. C4. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
4. "Doc Minnegan Scholarship Award: Gregg Davies '02, Baseball". TowsonTigers.com. Towson Sports Information. Archived from the original on June 6, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
5. Graham, Glenn P. (May 9, 2002). "Building Up Interest for Baseball Career". Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on June 6, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.