2003 America East Conference baseball tournament

The 2003 America East Conference baseball tournament was held from May 22 through 24 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, fourth-seeded Northeastern defeated third-seeded Stony Brook, 11–0, to win its third tournament championship. As a result, Northeastern received the America East's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA tournament.^[1][2][3][4]

2003 America East Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Centennial Field Burlington, VT
Champions	Northeastern (3rd title)
Winning coach	Neil McPhee (3rd title)
MVP	Miguel Paquette (Northeastern)
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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]

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
Vermont	17	5	.773	–	1
Maine	17	7	.708	1	2
Stony Brook	15	9	.625	3	3
Northeastern	12	10	.545	5	4
Albany	10	14	.417	8	–
Hartford	7	15	.318	10	–
Binghamton	2	20	.091	15	–

Results

	Upper round 1					Upper final					Final
	1	Vermont	1
	4	Northeastern	2
						4	Northeastern	5
						3	Stony Brook	4
	2	Maine	2
	3	Stony Brook	4
											4	Northeastern
											3	Stony Brook
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						3	Stony Brook	6
	1	Vermont	1			2	Maine	3
	2	Maine	5

All-Tournament Team

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

Player	Team
Justin Hedrick	Northeastern
Jordan Thompson	Northeastern
Miguel Paquette	Northeastern
Arman Sidhu	Northeastern
Brad Czarnowski	Northeastern
Mike Steinberg	Northeastern
Jim McCurdy	Stony Brook
Andrew Larsen	Stony Brook
Lee Lipschutz	Stony Brook
Aaron Izaryk	Maine
Joe Drapeau	Maine

Most Outstanding Player

Northeastern first baseman Miguel Paquette was named Most Outstanding Player.

References

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. "2003 America East Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on February 6, 2013. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
3. "Huskies Hustle into NCAAs". Boston Globe. May 25, 2003. p. C16. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
4. "At Baton Rouge, 3 of 4 Teams Advanced with At-Large Berths". Star-News. Associated Press. May 30, 2003. p. 3C. Retrieved June 3, 2013.