The 2001 America East Conference baseball tournament was held from May 17 through 19 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, first-seeded Delaware defeated third-seeded Towson, 7–0, to win its fourth consecutive and sixth overall tournament championship. As a result, Delaware received the America East's automatic bid to the 2001 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 Delaware 22 6 .786 Maine 20 8 .714 Towson 17 11 .607 Northeastern 11 17 .393 Drexel 11 17 .393 Vermont 10 17 .371 Hofstra 10 17 .371 Hartford 10 18 .357
Results
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Player TeamVic Sage DelawareJason Vincent DelawareSteve Harden DelawareAndrew Salvo DelawareReid Gorecki DelawareVince Vukovich DelawareScott Bacon TowsonBrian McKenna TowsonGregg Davies TowsonJimmy Kittleberger TowsonLuke Carlin Northeastern
Most Outstanding Player Towson outfielder Gregg Davies was named Most Outstanding Player.
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