2002 America East Conference baseball tournament explained
| Year: | 2002 |
| Conference: | America East Conference |
| Shortconference: | AEC |
| Teams: | 4 |
| Format: | Double-elimination |
| Ballpark: | Mahaney Diamond |
| City: | Orono, ME |
| Champions: | Maine |
| Titlecount: | 2nd |
| Coach: | Paul Kostacopoulos |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mvp: | Brett Ouellette |
| Mvpteam: | Maine |
The 2002 America East Conference baseball tournament was held from May 23 through 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.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
|---|
| 16 | 6 | .727 | – | 1 |
| 14 | 8 | .636 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | 11 | .500 | 5 | 3 |
| 11 | 11 | .500 | 5 | 4 |
| 8 | 12 | .400 | 7 | – |
| 8 | 14 | .364 | 8 | – |
| 8 | 14 | .364 | 8 | – | |
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.
| Player | Team |
|---|
| Paul Bruder | Maine |
| Brett Ouellette | Maine |
| Joe Drapeau | Maine |
| Mike Ross | Maine |
| Mike Livulpi | Maine |
| Aaron Izaryk | Maine |
| Devin Monds | Northeastern |
| 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]
Notes and References
- Web site: 2013 America East Conference Baseball Record Book . AmericaEast.com . America East Conference . May 20, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130424161321/http://www.americaeast.com/fls/14000/records/base.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=14000 . April 24, 2013 . dead .
- Web site: College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2002 . BoydsWorld.com . Boyd Nation . June 6, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130214060818/http://www.boydsworld.com/data/standings/standings2002.html . February 14, 2013 . live .
- News: Lauzon . Jerry . Maine Keeps Chances Alive . June 6, 2013 . Portland Press Herald . May 25, 2002 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185922/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ME&p_theme=me&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F3BF3942C06BCE6&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM . March 4, 2016 . 1D . dead .
- News: Lauzon . Jerry . Maine's Comeback Complete . June 6, 2013 . Maine Sunday Telegram . May 26, 2002 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305015600/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ME&p_theme=me&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F3C5D82417C5282&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM . March 5, 2016 . 1D . dead .
- Web site: Warner . Pete . Maine Roars Back to Win America East Crown . Bangor Daily News . June 6, 2013 . https://archive.today/20130920190643/http://archive.bangordailynews.com/2002/05/27/maine-roars-back-to-win-america-east-crown/ . September 20, 2013 . May 27, 2002 . live .
