2000 America East Conference baseball tournament

2000 America East Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsDelaware (5th title)
Winning coachBob Hannah (5th title)
MVPVince Vukovich (Delaware)

The 2000 America East Conference baseball tournament was held from May 18 through 20 at Frawley Stadium in Wilmington, Delaware. The top four regular season finishers of the league's eight teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, first-seeded Delaware defeated fourth-seeded Northeastern, 4-2, to win its third consecutive and fifth overall tournament championship. As a result, Delaware received the America East's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA tournament.[1][2][3]

Seeding

[edit]

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
Delaware 19 5 .792
1
Towson 19 9 .679
2
2
Vermont 16 10 .615
4
3
Northeastern 15 11 .577
5
4
Maine 14 12 .538
6
Hofstra 9 17 .346
11
Drexel 8 20 .286
13
Hartford 6 22 .214
15

Results

[edit]
Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1Delaware4[a]
4Northeastern3
1Delaware7
3Vermont2
2Towson7
3Vermont8
1Delaware
4Northeastern
Lower round 1Lower final
3Vermont2
4Northeastern74Northeastern7
2Towson5

All-Tournament Team

[edit]

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

Player Team
Vic Sage Delaware
Jason Vincent Delaware
John Schneider Delaware
Andrew Salvo Delaware
Kris Dufner Delaware
Chris Kolodzey Delaware
Chris Walsh Northeastern
Matt Keating Northeastern
Todd Korchin Northeastern
Wade Rikert Vermont
Jason Sandner Towson

Most Outstanding Player

[edit]

Delaware outfielder Vince Vukovich was named Most Outstanding Player.

Notes

[edit]
  1. ^ 12 innings.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "2013 America East Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). AmericaEast.com. America East Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 24, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2000". BoydsWorld.com. Boyd Nation. Archived from the original on February 14, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  3. ^ Fleischman, Bill (June 15, 2000). "Delaware's Hannah Still Game Despite Retiring from Dugout". Philly.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 6, 2013.