1997 America East Conference baseball tournament

American college baseball tournament August 2023 June 2026 1997 America East Conference AEC 6 Double-elimination Frawley Stadium Wilmington, DE Northeastern 2nd Neil McPhee 2nd Carlos Peña Northeastern 1996 The 1997 America East Conference baseball tournament was held at Frawley Stadium in Wilmington, Delaware. The top six regular season finishers of the league's nine teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, fifth-seeded Northeastern defeated third-seeded Vermont, 8–1, to win its second tournament championship. As a result, Northeastern received the America East's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA tournament.2013 America East Conference Baseball Record Book http://www.americaeast.com/fls/14000/records/base.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=14000 AmericaEast.com America East Conference May 20, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130424161321/http://www.americaeast.com/fls/14000/records/base.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=14000 April 24, 2013 dead College Baseball Conference Standings – 1997 http://boydsworld.com/data/standings/standings1997.html BoydsWorld.com Boyd Nation June 6, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130214060304/http://www.boydsworld.com/data/standings/standings1997.html February 14, 2013 live Warner Pete Errors Cost Bears Against Towson St. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Eq9JAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xQ4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=2050,2754944&dq=america+east+baseball+tournament&hl=en June 7, 2013 Bangor Daily News June 7, 2013 C1 Seeding The top six finishers from the regular season were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage only. They then played in a double-elimination format. In the first round, the one and six seeds were matched up in the first game, the two and five seeds in the second, and the three and four seeds in the third. Team W L Pct. GB Seed Delaware 19 3 .864 – 1 Maine 16 8 .667 4 2 Vermont 15 9 .625 5 3 Drexel 13 10 .565 6.5 4 Northeastern 12 12 .500 8 5 Towson State 9 14 .391 10.5 6 Hartford 7 16 .304 12.5 – Hofstra 7 16 .304 12.5 – New Hampshire 7 17 .292 13 – Results 1 Delaware 8 6 Towson State 4 2 Maine 2 5 Northeastern 6 3 Vermont 8 4 Drexel 2 1 Delaware 15 4 Drexel 3 5 Northeastern 12 3 Vermont 5 6 Towson State 7 2 Maine 6 1 Delaware 1 5 Northeastern 4 3 Vermont 4 6 Towson State 1 1 Delaware 3 3 Vermont 4 5 Northeastern 8 — 3 Vermont 1 — All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Player TeamPatrick Mason NortheasternCarlos Peña NortheasternTim Daley NortheasternTim Bonehill NortheasternMike O'Donnell NortheasternHeath Squires VermontDana Forsberg VermontJerry Lynde VermontDan Colunio DelawareBrian August DelawareCraig Miller Towson State Most Outstanding Player Northeastern first baseman Carlos Peña was named Most Outstanding Player. References Category:America East Conference baseball tournament Category:1997 America East Conference baseball season Category:1997 in sports in Delaware Category:College baseball tournaments in Delaware Category:Sports competitions in Wilmington, Delaware