2005 America East Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2005 America East Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 26–28 at Centennial Field in Burlington, Vermont. The top four regular season finishers of the league's eight teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, second-seeded Maine defeated third-seeded Vermont, 6-5, to win its third tournament championship (its second under head coach Paul Kostacopoulos). As a result, Maine received the America East's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Tournament.[1][2][3][4][5]

2005 America East Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Centennial Field Burlington, VT
Champions	Maine (3rd title)
Winning coach	Paul Kostacopoulos (2nd title)
MVP	Joe Hough, 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
Northeastern	14	6	.700	–	1
Maine	14	7	.667	0.5	2
Vermont	14	7	.667	0.5	3
Binghamton	12	8	.600	2	4
Albany	10	11	.476	4.5	–
Stony Brook	10	11	.476	4.5	–
UMBC	6	15	.286	8.5	–
Hartford	3	18	.143	11.5	–

Results

	First round					Semifinals					Finals
	1	Northeastern	7
	4	Binghamton	3
						1	Northeastern	0
						2	Maine	12
	2	Maine	14
	3	Vermont	2
											2	Maine	5	6
										3	Vermont	6	5
	4	Binghamton	0
	3	Vermont	2
						1	Northeastern	5
						3	Vermont	6

All-Tournament Team

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

Player	Team
Joe Hough	Maine
Greg Creek	Maine
Ryan Quintal	Maine
Mike Ferrigii	Maine
Greg Norton	Maine
Frank Rossi	Vermont
Jason Carey	Vermont
Aaron Izaryk	Vermont
Michael Magrass	Vermont
Derek Miller	Vermont

Most Outstanding Player

Maine outfielder Joe Hough was named Most Outstanding Player.[6]

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 -- 2005". BoydsWorld.com. Boyd Nation. Archived from the original on May 26, 2013. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
3. Warner, Pete (May 26, 2005). "Black Bears Buoyed by Binghamton Sweep: Maine Has Momentum for Playoffs". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
4. "Vermont Falls to Maine 6-5 in Title Game". TimesArgus.com. Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus. May 29, 2005. Archived from the original on 2013-05-26. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
5. "2005 Conference Tournaments". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on 2013-05-26. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
6. "Maine Picked to Win America East Baseball Title". Bangor Daily News. February 17, 2006. p. C5. Archived from the original on May 26, 2013. Retrieved May 25, 2013.