2002 America East Conference Baseball Tournament

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]

2002 America East Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Mahaney Diamond Orono, ME
Champions	Maine (2nd title)
Winning coach	Paul Kostacopoulos (1st title)
MVP	Brett Ouellette, Maine

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	–	1
Vermont	14	8	.636	2	2
Northeastern	11	11	.500	5	3
Stony Brook	11	11	.500	5	4
Binghamton	8	12	.400	7	–
Albany	8	14	.364	8	–
Hartford	8	14	.364	8	–

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. "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 -- 2002". BoydsWorld.com. Boyd Nation. Archived from the original on June 6, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.