1999 America East Conference Baseball Tournament

The 1999 America East Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 21-23 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, second-seeded Delaware defeated first-seeded Towson, 6-3, to win its second consecutive and fourth overall tournament championship. As a result, Delaware received the America East's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Tournament.[1][2][3]

1999 America East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
  • Frawley Stadium
  • Wilmington, DE
ChampionsDelaware (4th title)
Winning coachBob Hannah (4th title)
MVPBryan Porcelli, 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]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Towson207.741
–
1
Delaware199.679
1.5
2
Northeastern1810.643
2.5
3
Maine1414.500
6.5
4
Hofstra1414.500
6.5
–
Vermont1018.357
10.5
–
Drexel919.321
11.5
–
Hartford720.259
13
–

Results
  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1 Towson 6  
4 Maine 1  
  1 Towson 4  
  2 Delaware 1  
2 Delaware 7
3 Northeastern 3  
  2 Towson 2 3
  1 Delaware 5 6
4 Maine 7  
3 Northeastern 5  
  2 Delaware 5
  4 Maine 3  

All-Tournament Team

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

Player Team
Bryan PorcelliDelaware
Andrew SalvoDelaware
Kevin MenchDelaware
Chris RussTowson
Dusty ReynoldsTowson
Tim PritchardTowson
Jason SandnerTowson
Mike RossMaine
Quin PeelMaine
Matt KeatingNortheastern
Kevin KimNortheastern

Most Outstanding Player

Delaware pitcher Bryan Porcelli was named Most Outstanding Player.

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 -- 1999". BoydsWorld.com. Boyd Nation. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  3. Thomas, Kevin (May 22, 1999). "Bears' Season Over". Portland Press Herald. p. 1D. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
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