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1999 America East Conference Baseball Tournament

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Classification
  
Division

Format
  
Double-elimination

Winning coach
  
Bob Hannah (4th title)

Teams
  
4

Champions
  
Delaware (4th title)

Site
  
Frawley Stadium Wilmington, DE

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.

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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.

All-Tournament Team

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

Most Outstanding Player

Delaware pitcher Bryan Porcelli was named Most Outstanding Player.

References

1999 America East Conference Baseball Tournament Wikipedia