2004 America East Conference baseball tournament

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]

2004 America East Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsStony Brook (1st title)
Winning coachMatt Senk (1st title)
MVPIsidro Fortuna (Stony Brook)

Seeding

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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
Northeastern 14 6 .700
1
Maine 14 7 .667
0.5
2
Albany 14 7 .667
0.5
3
Stony Brook 11 10 .524
3.5
4
Vermont 10 11 .476
4.5
Binghamton 9 11 .450
5
UMBC 6 15 .286
8.5
Hartford 5 16 .238
9.5

Results

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Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1Northeastern6
4Stony Brook15
4Stony Brook6
2Maine3
2Maine9
3Albany3
4Stony Brook
2Maine
Lower round 1Lower final
2Maine11
1Northeastern13Albany5
3Albany8

All-Tournament Team

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

Player Team
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

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

References

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  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 "2004 America East Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on June 28, 2013. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  3. ^ "2004 Conference Tournaments". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  4. ^ Mahoney, Larry (May 31, 2004). "Winning Weekend vs. NU Sparked Stony Brook". Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine, USA. p. C4. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  5. ^ Stanton, Phil (January 30, 2012). "Stony Brook Making Name for Itself". CollegeBaseballInsider.com. Archived from the original on June 18, 2012. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  6. ^ "Top Seeded ECU Takes on Stony Brook in First Round of Kinston Regional". ECUPirates.com. East Carolina Sports Information. June 3, 2004. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013. Retrieved June 3, 2013.