2005_America_East_Conference_Baseball_Tournament

2005 America East Conference baseball tournament

2005 America East Conference baseball tournament

Collegiate baseball tournament

The 2005 America East Conference baseball tournament took place from May 26 through 28 at Centennial Field in Burlington, Vermont. The top four regular season finishers of the league's eight teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, second-seeded Maine defeated third-seeded Vermont, 6-5, to win its third tournament championship (its second under head coach Paul Kostacopoulos). As a result, Maine received the America East's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA tournament.[1][2][3][4][5]

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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.[2]

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Results

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1Northeastern7
4Binghamton3
1Northeastern0
2Maine12
2Maine14
3Vermont2
2Maine
3Vermont
Lower round 1Lower final
1Northeastern5
4Binghamton03Vermont6
3Vermont2

All-Tournament Team

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

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Most Outstanding Player

Maine outfielder Joe Hough was named Most Outstanding Player.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "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. [2]
    "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2005". BoydsWorld.com. Boyd Nation. Archived from the original on February 14, 2013. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  3. [3]
    Warner, Pete (May 26, 2005). "Black Bears Buoyed by Binghamton Sweep: Maine Has Momentum for playoffs". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  4. [4]
    "Vermont Falls to Maine 6–5 in Title Game". TimesArgus.com. Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus. May 29, 2005. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  5. [5]
    "2005 Conference Tournaments". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  6. [6]
    "Maine Picked to Win America East Baseball Title". Bangor Daily News. February 17, 2006. p. C5. Archived from the original on June 28, 2013. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
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