2002 America East Conference Baseball Tournament


The 2002 America East Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 23-25 at Mahaney Diamond in Orono, Maine. The top four regular season finishers of the league's seven teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, first-seeded Maine defeated third-seeded Northeastern, 7-5, to win its second tournament championship. As a result, Maine received the America East's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Tournament.

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.
TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Maine166.727
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1
Vermont148.636
2
2
Northeastern1111.500
5
3
Stony Brook1111.500
5
4
Binghamton812.400
7
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Albany814.364
8
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Hartford814.364
8
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Results

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.
PlayerTeam
Paul BruderMaine
Brett OuelletteMaine
Joe DrapeauMaine
Mike RossMaine
Mike LivulpiMaine
Aaron IzarykMaine
Devin MondsNortheastern
Luke CarlinNortheastern
Colin GaynorNortheastern
Omar PenaNortheastern
Dwayne WhitakerStony Brook

Most Outstanding Player

Maine second baseman Brett Ouellette was named Most Outstanding Player.