1997_America_East_Conference_baseball_tournament

1997 America East Conference baseball tournament

1997 America East Conference baseball tournament

Collegiate baseball tournament

The 1997 America East Conference baseball tournament was held at Frawley Stadium in Wilmington, Delaware. The top six regular season finishers of the league's nine teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, fifth-seeded Northeastern defeated third-seeded Vermont, 8–1, to win its second tournament championship. As a result, Northeastern received the America East's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA tournament.[2][3][4]

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Seeding

The top six finishers from the regular season were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage only. They then played in a double-elimination format. In the first round, the one and six seeds were matched up in the first game, the two and five seeds in the second, and the three and four seeds in the third.[3]

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Results

First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsFinal
1Delaware8
6Towson State41Delaware15
4Drexel3
2Maine21Delaware1
5Northeastern65Northeastern4
5Northeastern125Northeastern8—
3Vermont53Vermont1—
3Vermont81Delaware3
4Drexel23Vermont43Vermont4
6Towson State76Towson State1
2Maine6

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[2]

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Most Outstanding Player

Northeastern first baseman Carlos Peña was named Most Outstanding Player.

References

  1. [1]
    "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1997". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
  2. [2]
    "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.
  3. [3]
    "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1997". BoydsWorld.com. Boyd Nation. Archived from the original on February 14, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  4. [4]
    Warner, Pete (June 7, 2013). "Errors Cost Bears Against Towson St". Bangor Daily News. p. C1. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
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