Collegiate baseball tournament
The 2011 America East Conference baseball tournament took place from May 25 through 27 at Joe Nathan Field in Stony Brook, New York . The top four regular season finishers of the league's six teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, second-seeded Maine defeated fourth-seeded Albany , 10-1, to win its fifth tournament championship (its second under head coach Steve Trimper ). As a result, Maine received the America East's automatic bid to the 2011 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.
Results
Upper round 1 Upper final Final 1 Stony Brook 14 4 Albany 2 1 Stony Brook 1 2 Maine 8 2 Maine 4 3 Binghamton 3 2 Maine 4 Albany Lower round 1 Lower final 1 Stony Brook 1 4 Albany 4 4 Albany 4 3 Binghamton 1
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[ 1]
Player
Team
Keith Bilodeau
Maine
Alex Calbick
Maine
Mike Fransoso
Maine
Taylor Lewis
Maine
Kasceim Graham
Albany
Zach Kraham
Albany
Ralph Rizzo
Albany
Steve Marino
Stony Brook
Nick Tropeano Stony Brook
James Giulietti
Binghamton
Most Outstanding Player
Maine outfielder Taylor Lewis was named Most Outstanding Player.
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