The 2002 America East Conference baseball tournament was held from May 23 through 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 (its first under head coach Paul Kostacopoulos). 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. Team W L Pct. GB Seed Maine 16 6 .727 – 1 Vermont 14 8 .636 2 2 Northeastern 11 11 .500 5 3 Stony Brook 11 11 .500 5 4 Binghamton 8 12 .400 7 – Albany 8 14 .364 8 – Hartford 8 14 .364 8 –
Results
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Player TeamPaul Bruder MaineBrett Ouellette MaineJoe Drapeau MaineMike Ross MaineMike Livulpi MaineAaron Izaryk MaineDevin Monds NortheasternLuke Carlin NortheasternColin Gaynor NortheasternOmar Pena NortheasternDwayne Whitaker Stony Brook
Most Outstanding Player Maine second baseman Brett Ouellette was named Most Outstanding Player.
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