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
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
  • Frawley Stadium
  • Wilmington, DE
ChampionsDelaware (6th title)
Winning coachJim Sherman (1st title)
MVPGregg 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]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Delaware226.786
–
1
Maine208.714
2
2
Towson1711.607
5
3
Northeastern1117.393
11
4
Drexel1117.393
11
–
Vermont1017.371
11.5
–
Hofstra1017.371
11.5
–
Hartford1018.357
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 SageDelaware
Jason VincentDelaware
Steve HardenDelaware
Andrew SalvoDelaware
Reid GoreckiDelaware
Vince VukovichDelaware
Scott BaconTowson
Brian McKennaTowson
Gregg DaviesTowson
Jimmy KittlebergerTowson
Luke CarlinNortheastern

Most Outstanding Player

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

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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.
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