2003 America East Conference Baseball Tournament
| 2003 America East Conference Baseball Tournament | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Classification | Division I | ||
| Season | 2003 | ||
| Teams | 4 | ||
| Format | Double-elimination | ||
| Site | Centennial Field Burlington, VT | ||
| Champions | Northeastern (3rd title) | ||
| Winning coach | Neil McPhee (3rd title) | ||
| MVP | Miguel Paquette (Northeastern) | ||
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The 2003 America East Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 22-24 at Centennial Field in Burlington, Vermont. The top four regular season finishers of the league's seven teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, fourth-seeded Northeastern defeated third-seeded Stony Brook, 11-0, to win its third tournament championship. As a result, Northeastern received the America East's automatic bid to the 2003 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 17 | 5 | .773 | ||
| Maine | 17 | 7 | .708 | ||
| Stony Brook | 15 | 9 | .625 | ||
| Northeastern | 12 | 10 | .545 | ||
| Albany | 10 | 14 | .417 | ||
| Hartford | 7 | 15 | .318 | ||
| Binghamton | 2 | 20 | .091 |
Results
| First round | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Vermont | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Northeastern | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Northeastern | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Stony Brook | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Maine | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Stony Brook | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Northeastern | 10 | 11 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Stony Brook | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Vermont | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Maine | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Stony Brook | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Maine | 3 | ||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[1]
| Player | Team |
|---|---|
| Justin Hedrick | Northeastern |
| Jordan Thompson | Northeastern |
| Miguel Paquette | Northeastern |
| Arman Sidhu | Northeastern |
| Brad Czarnowski | Northeastern |
| Mike Steinberg | Northeastern |
| Jim McCurdy | Stony Brook |
| Andrew Larsen | Stony Brook |
| Lee Lipschutz | Stony Brook |
| Aaron Izaryk | Maine |
| Joe Drapeau | Maine |
Most Outstanding Player
Northeastern first baseman Miguel Paquette was named Most Outstanding Player.
References
- 1 2 "2013 America East Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). AmericaEast.com. America East Conference. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 20, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
- 1 2 "2003 America East Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on June 3, 2013. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
- ↑ "Huskies Hustle into NCAAs". Boston Globe. May 25, 2003. p. C16. Archived from the original on June 3, 2013. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
- ↑ "At Baton Rouge, 3 of 4 Teams Advanced with At-Large Berths". Star-News. Associated Press. May 30, 2003. p. 3C. Archived from the original on June 3, 2013. Retrieved June 3, 2013.