2011 America East Conference Baseball Tournament
| 2011 America East Conference Baseball Tournament | |||
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| Classification | Division I | ||
| Season | 2011 | ||
| Teams | 4 | ||
| Format | Double-elimination | ||
| Site | Joe Nathan Field Stony Brook, NY | ||
| Champions | Maine (5th title) | ||
| Winning coach | Steve Trimper (2nd title) | ||
| MVP | Taylor Lewis (Maine) | ||
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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]
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.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Brook | 22 | 2 | .917 | ||
| Maine | 18 | 6 | .750 | ||
| Binghamton | 13 | 10 | .565 | ||
| Albany | 11 | 11 | .500 | ||
| Hartford | 3 | 20 | .130 | ||
| UMBC | 2 | 20 | .091 |
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 Bilodeau | Maine |
| Alex Calbick | Maine |
| Mike Fransoso | Maine |
| Taylor Lewis | Maine |
| Kasceim Graham | Albany |
| Zach Kraham | Albany |
| Ralph Rizzo | Albany |
| Steve Marino | Stony Brook |
| Nick Tropeano | Stony Brook |
| James Giulietti | Binghamton |
Most Outstanding Player
Maine outfielder Taylor Lewis was named Most Outstanding Player.
References
- 1 2 "2013 America East Conference Baseball Record Book". AmericaEast.com. America East Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 20, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
- ↑ "2011 America East Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on May 20, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
- ↑ "2011 Conference Tournaments". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on May 20, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
- ↑ "Maine Wins America East Title". BaseballJournal.com. New England Baseball Journal. May 29, 2011. Archived from the original on May 20, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
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