2002 America East Conference Baseball Tournament

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2002 America East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMaine (2nd title)
Winning coachPaul Kostacopoulos (1st title)
MVPBrett Ouellette (Maine)

The 2002 America East Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 23-25 at Mahaney Diamond in Orono, Maine. The top four regular season finishers of the league's seven teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, first-seeded Maine defeated third-seeded Northeastern, 7-5, to win its second tournament championship (its first under head coach Paul Kostacopoulos). As a result, Maine received the America East's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Tournament.[1][2][3][4]

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
Maine 16 6 .727 – 1
Vermont 14 8 .636 2 2
Northeastern 11 11 .500 5 3
Stony Brook 11 11 .500 5 4
Binghamton 8 12 .400 7 –
Albany 8 14 .364 8 –
Hartford 8 14 .364 8 –

Results[]

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1 Maine 4  
4 Stony Brook 16  
  4 Stony Brook 5  
  3 Northeastern 10  
2 Vermont 2
3 Northeastern 5  
  2 Northeastern 2 5
  1 Maine 8 7
1 Maine 8  
2 Vermont 2  
  4 Stony Brook 3
  1 Maine 9  

All-Tournament Team[]

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

Player Team
Paul Bruder Maine
Brett Ouellette Maine
Joe Drapeau Maine
Mike Ross Maine
Mike Livulpi Maine
Aaron Izaryk Maine
Devin Monds Northeastern
Luke Carlin Northeastern
Colin Gaynor Northeastern
Omar Pena Northeastern
Dwayne Whitaker Stony Brook

Most Outstanding Player[]

Maine second baseman Brett Ouellette was named Most Outstanding Player.[5]

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 -- 2002". BoydsWorld.com. Boyd Nation. Archived from the original on June 6, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  3. ^ Lauzon, Jerry (May 25, 2002). "Maine Keeps Chances Alive". Portland Press Herald. p. 1D. Archived from the original on June 6, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  4. ^ Lauzon, Jerry (May 26, 2002). "Maine's Comeback Complete". Maine Sunday Telegram. p. 1D. Archived from the original on June 6, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  5. ^ Warner, Pete (May 27, 2002). "Maine Roars Back to Win America East Crown". Bangor Daily News. Archived from the original on June 6, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
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