2006 America East Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2006 America East Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 25-27 at Centennial Field in Burlington, Vermont. The top four regular season finishers of the league's seven teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, third-seeded Maine defeated first-seeded Stony Brook, 5-3, to win its fourth tournament championship (its first under head coach Steve Trimper). As a result, Maine received the America East's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Tournament.[1][2][3]
| Teams | 4 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Maine (4th title) |
| Winning coach | Steve Trimper (1st title) |
| MVP | Mark Ostrander, Maine |
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.[4]
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 16 | 8 | .667 | ||
| Stony Brook | 13 | 8 | .619 | ||
| Maine | 13 | 9 | .591 | ||
| Albany | 12 | 10 | .545 | ||
| Binghamton | 12 | 11 | .522 | ||
| Hartford | 8 | 16 | .333 | ||
| UMBC | 5 | 17 | .227 |
Results
| First round | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Vermont | 5[lower-alpha 1] | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Albany | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Vermont | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Maine | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Stony Brook | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Maine | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Maine | 5 | — | |||||||||||
| 2 | Stony Brook | 3 | — | |||||||||||
| 4 | Albany | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Stony Brook | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Vermont | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Stony Brook | 2 | ||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[1]
| Player | Team |
|---|---|
| Mark Ostrander | Maine |
| AJ Balsinde | Maine |
| Joel Barrett | Maine |
| Sean Parker | Maine |
| Mike Powers | Maine |
| Jon Pasieka | Stony Brook |
| Andres Perez | Stony Brook |
| Matt Restivo | Stony Brook |
| Jason Carey | Vermont |
| Steve Wyland | Albany |
Most Outstanding Player
Maine outfielder Mark Ostrander was named Most Outstanding Player.[5]
Notes
- 10 innings.
References
- "2013 America East Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). AmericaEast.com. America East Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 21, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
- "2006 Conference Tournaments". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on May 25, 2013. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
- Warner, Pete (September 15, 2006). "Bordick's Number Up at Black Bears Baseball Benefit". Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine, USA. p. C6. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
... said Trimper, who directed the Bears to the 2006 America East championship and a spot in the NCAA Chapel Hill regional.
- "2006 America East Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on 2013-05-25. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
- Davidson, Art (March 20, 2007). "Ostrander Building Momentum". MetroWestDailyNews.com. Archived from the original on 2013-06-29. Retrieved May 25, 2013.