1999 America East Conference Baseball Tournament

The 1999 America East Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 21-23 at Frawley Stadium in Wilmington, Delaware. The top four regular season finishers of the league's eight teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, second-seeded Delaware defeated first-seeded Towson, 6-3, to win its second consecutive and fourth overall tournament championship. As a result, Delaware received the America East's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Tournament.[1][2][3]

1999 America East Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Frawley Stadium Wilmington, DE
Champions	Delaware (4th title)
Winning coach	Bob Hannah (4th title)
MVP	Bryan Porcelli, Delaware

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
Towson	20	7	.741	–	1
Delaware	19	9	.679	1.5	2
Northeastern	18	10	.643	2.5	3
Maine	14	14	.500	6.5	4
Hofstra	14	14	.500	6.5	–
Vermont	10	18	.357	10.5	–
Drexel	9	19	.321	11.5	–
Hartford	7	20	.259	13	–

Results

	First round					Semifinals					Finals
	1	Towson	6
	4	Maine	1
						1	Towson	4
						2	Delaware	1
	2	Delaware	7
	3	Northeastern	3
											2	Towson	2	3
										1	Delaware	5	6
	4	Maine	7
	3	Northeastern	5
						2	Delaware	5
						4	Maine	3

All-Tournament Team

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

Player	Team
Bryan Porcelli	Delaware
Andrew Salvo	Delaware
Kevin Mench	Delaware
Chris Russ	Towson
Dusty Reynolds	Towson
Tim Pritchard	Towson
Jason Sandner	Towson
Mike Ross	Maine
Quin Peel	Maine
Matt Keating	Northeastern
Kevin Kim	Northeastern

Most Outstanding Player

Delaware pitcher Bryan Porcelli 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 May 21, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
2. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1999". BoydsWorld.com. Boyd Nation. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
3. Thomas, Kevin (May 22, 1999). "Bears' Season Over". Portland Press Herald. p. 1D. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.