2011 America East Conference 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]

2011 America East Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Joe Nathan Field Stony Brook, NY
Champions	Maine (5th title)
Winning coach	Steve Trimper (2nd title)
MVP	Taylor Lewis (Maine)
← 2010 AEC baseball tournament 2012 →

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.

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
Stony Brook	22	2	.917	–	1
Maine	18	6	.750	4	2
Binghamton	13	10	.565	8.5	3
Albany	11	11	.500	10	4
Hartford	3	20	.130	18.5	–
UMBC	2	20	.091	19	–

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.

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. "2011 America East Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on July 21, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
3. "2011 Conference Tournaments". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
4. "Maine Wins America East Title". BaseballJournal.com. New England Baseball Journal. May 29, 2011. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2013.