2011 America East Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2011 America East Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 25-27 at Joe Nathan Field in Stony Brook, New York. The top four regular season finishers of the league's six teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, second-seeded Maine defeated fourth-seeded Albany, 10-1, to win its fifth tournament championship (its second under head coach Steve Trimper). As a result, Maine received the America East's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Tournament.[1][2][3][4]

2011 America East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMaine (5th title)
Winning coachSteve Trimper (2nd title)
MVPTaylor Lewis, 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.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Stony Brook222.917
–
1
Maine186.750
4
2
Binghamton1310.565
8.5
3
Albany1111.500
10
4
Hartford320.130
18.5
–
UMBC220.091
19
–

Results
  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1 Stony Brook 14  
4 Albany 2  
  1 Stony Brook 1  
  2 Maine 8  
2 Maine 4
3 Binghamton 3  
  2 Maine 10 —
  4 Albany 1 —
4 Albany 4  
3 Binghamton 1  
  1 Stony Brook 1
  4 Albany 4  

All-Tournament Team

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

Player Team
Keith BilodeauMaine
Alex CalbickMaine
Mike FransosoMaine
Taylor LewisMaine
Kasceim GrahamAlbany
Zach KrahamAlbany
Ralph RizzoAlbany
Steve MarinoStony Brook
Nick TropeanoStony Brook
James GiuliettiBinghamton

Most Outstanding Player

Maine outfielder Taylor Lewis 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. "2011 America East Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on May 21, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
  3. "2011 Conference Tournaments". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on May 21, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
  4. "Maine Wins America East Title". BaseballJournal.com. New England Baseball Journal. May 29, 2011. Archived from the original on May 21, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
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