1997 America East Conference Baseball Tournament

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1997 America East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
  • Frawley Stadium
  • Wilmington, DE
ChampionsNortheastern (2nd title)
Winning coachNeil McPhee (2nd title)
MVPCarlos Peña (Northeastern)

The 1997 America East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Frawley Stadium in Wilmington, Delaware. The top six regular season finishers of the league's nine teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, fifth-seeded Northeastern defeated third-seeded Vermont, 8–1, to win its second tournament championship. As a result, Northeastern received the America East's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Tournament.[1][2][3]

Seeding[]

The top six finishers from the regular season were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage only. They then played in a double-elimination format. In the first round, the one and six seeds were matched up in the first game, the two and five seeds in the second, and the three and four seeds in the third.[2]

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Delaware 19 3 .864
–
1
Maine 16 8 .667
4
2
Vermont 15 9 .625
5
3
Drexel 13 10 .565
6.5
4
Northeastern 12 12 .500
8
5
Towson State 9 14 .391
10.5
6
Hartford 7 16 .304
12.5
–
Hofstra 7 16 .304
12.5
–
New Hampshire 7 17 .292
13
–

Results[]

  First round Second round Third round Semi-finals Finals
                                                 
  1 Delaware 8  
  6 Towson State 4     1 Delaware 15  
    4 Drexel 3    
  2 Maine 2         1 Delaware 1            
  5 Northeastern 6           5 Northeastern 4              
      5 Northeastern 12           5 Northeastern 8 —
      3 Vermont 5         3 Vermont 1 —
  3 Vermont 8         1 Delaware 3    
  4 Drexel 2       3 Vermont 4     3 Vermont 4  
  6 Towson State 7     6 Towson State 1  
  2 Maine 6  

All-Tournament Team[]

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

Player Team
Patrick Mason Northeastern
Carlos Peña Northeastern
Tim Daley Northeastern
Tim Bonehill Northeastern
Mike O'Donnell Northeastern
Heath Squires Vermont
Dana Forsberg Vermont
Jerry Lynde Vermont
Dan Colunio Delaware
Brian August Delaware
Craig Miller Towson State

Most Outstanding Player[]

Northeastern first baseman Carlos Peña was named Most Outstanding Player.

References[]

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1997". BoydsWorld.com. Boyd Nation. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  3. ^ Warner, Pete (June 7, 2013). "Errors Cost Bears Against Towson St". Bangor Daily News. p. C1. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
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