Collegiate baseball tournament
The 2006 America East Conference baseball tournament took place from May 25 through 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]
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]
Results
Upper round 1 Upper final Final 1 Vermont 5 [ a] 4 Albany 4 1 Vermont 2 3 Maine 5 2 Stony Brook 8 3 Maine 11 3 Maine 2 Stony Brook Lower round 1 Lower final 1 Vermont 1 4 Albany 3 2 Stony Brook 2 2 Stony Brook 5
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
References
^ 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 .^ "2006 Conference Tournaments" . D1Baseball.com . Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on September 6, 2012. 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 May 11, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2013 .^ Davidson, Art (March 20, 2007). "Ostrander Building Momentum" . MetroWestDailyNews.com . Archived from the original on June 29, 2013. Retrieved May 25, 2013 .
