2004 America East Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2004 America East Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 27-29 at Mahaney Diamond in Orono, Maine. The top four regular season finishers of the league's eight teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, fourth-seeded Stony Brook defeated second-seeded Maine, 3-1, to win its first tournament championship. As a result, Stony Brook received the America East's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Tournament, the program's first in Division I.[1][2][3][4][5]
| Teams | 4 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site |
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| Champions | Stony Brook (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Matt Senk (1st title) |
| MVP | Isidro Fortuna, Stony Brook |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northeastern | 14 | 6 | .700 | ||
| Maine | 14 | 7 | .667 | ||
| Albany | 14 | 7 | .667 | ||
| Stony Brook | 11 | 10 | .524 | ||
| Vermont | 10 | 11 | .476 | ||
| Binghamton | 9 | 11 | .450 | ||
| UMBC | 6 | 15 | .286 | ||
| Hartford | 5 | 16 | .238 |
Results
| First round | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Northeastern | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Stony Brook | 15 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Stony Brook | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Maine | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Maine | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Albany | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Stony Brook | 3 | — | |||||||||||
| 2 | Maine | 1 | — | |||||||||||
| 1 | Northeastern | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Albany | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Maine | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Albany | 5 | ||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[1]
| Player | Team |
|---|---|
| Matt Devins | Stony Brook |
| Andrew Larsen | Stony Brook |
| Dave Mischo | Stony Brook |
| Matt Restivo | Stony Brook |
| Chris Sipp | Stony Brook |
| Nick Theoharis | Stony Brook |
| Mike MacDonald | Maine |
| Matt McGraw | Maine |
| Jason Martin | Albany |
| Jeff Heriot | Northeastern |
Most Outstanding Player
Stony Brook outfielder Isidro Fortuna was named Most Outstanding Player.[6]
References
- "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.
- "2004 America East Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on 2013-06-03. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
- "2004 Conference Tournaments". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on 2013-06-03. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
- Mahoney, Larry (May 31, 2004). "Winning Weekend vs. NU Sparked Stony Brook". Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine, USA. p. C4. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
- Stanton, Phil (January 30, 2012). "Stony Brook Making Name for Itself". CollegeBaseballInsider.com. Archived from the original on June 3, 2013. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
- "Top Seeded ECU Takes on Stony Brook in First Round of Kinston Regional". ECUPirates.com. East Carolina Sports Information. June 3, 2004. Archived from the original on June 3, 2013. Retrieved June 3, 2013.