2004 America East Conference baseball tournament explained

Year:2004
Conference:America East Conference
Shortconference:AEC
Teams:4
Format:Double-elimination
Ballpark:Mahaney Diamond
City:Orono, ME
Champions:Stony Brook
Titlecount:1st
Coach:Matt Senk
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Isidro Fortuna
Mvpteam:Stony Brook

The 2004 America East Conference baseball tournament took place from May 27 through 29 at Mahaney Diamond in Orono, Maine. The top four regular season finishers of the league's eight teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, fourth-seeded Stony Brook defeated second-seeded Maine, 3–1, to win its first tournament championship. As a result, Stony Brook received the America East's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA tournament, the program's first in Division I.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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
14 6 .700
14 7 .667
14 7 .667
11 10 .524
10 11 .476
9 11 .450
6 15 .286
5 16 .238

All-Tournament Team

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

PlayerTeam
Matt Devins Stony Brook
Andrew Larsen Stony Brook
Dave Mischo Stony Brook
Matt Restivo Stony Brook
Chris Sipp Stony Brook
Nick Theoharis Stony Brook
Mike MacDonald Maine
Matt McGraw Maine
Jason Martin Albany
Jeff Heriot Northeastern

Most Outstanding Player

Stony Brook outfielder Isidro Fortuna was named Most Outstanding Player.[6]

Notes and References

  1. 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 .
  2. Web site: 2004 America East Conference Baseball Standings . D1Baseball.com . Jeremy Mills . June 3, 2013 . https://archive.today/20130628233804/http://www.d1baseball.com/2004/conferences/standings_ameast.htm . 2013-06-28 . dead .
  3. Web site: 2004 Conference Tournaments . D1Baseball.com . Jeremy Mills . June 3, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140414011522/http://www.d1baseball.com/2004/conferences/tournies2004.htm . 2014-04-14 . dead .
  4. News: Mahoney . Larry . Winning Weekend vs. NU Sparked Stony Brook . June 3, 2013 . Bangor Daily News . May 31, 2004 . Bangor, Maine, USA . C4 .
  5. Web site: Stanton . Phil . Stony Brook Making Name for Itself . CollegeBaseballInsider.com . June 3, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120618225041/http://www.collegebaseballinsider.com/12Preseason/12AEastSBU.html . June 18, 2012 . January 30, 2012 . live .
  6. Web site: Top Seeded ECU Takes on Stony Brook in First Round of Kinston Regional . ECUPirates.com . East Carolina Sports Information . June 3, 2013 . https://archive.today/20130629020331/http://www.ecupirates.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/060304aab.html . June 29, 2013 . June 3, 2004 . live .