The 2006 America East Conference baseball tournament took place from May 25 through 27 at Centennial Field in Burlington, Vermont. The top four regular season finishers of the league's seven teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, third-seeded Maine defeated first-seeded Stony Brook, 5-3, to win its fourth tournament championship (its first under head coach Steve Trimper). As a result, Maine received the America East's automatic bid to the 2006 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 Vermont 16 8 .667 Stony Brook 13 8 .619 Maine 13 9 .591 Albany 12 10 .545 Binghamton 12 11 .522 Hartford 8 16 .333 UMBC 5 17 .227
Results
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Player TeamMark Ostrander MaineAJ Balsinde MaineJoel Barrett MaineSean Parker MaineMike Powers MaineJon Pasieka Stony BrookAndres Perez Stony BrookMatt Restivo Stony BrookJason Carey VermontSteve Wyland Albany
Most Outstanding Player Maine outfielder Mark Ostrander was named Most Outstanding Player.
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