The 2004 America East Conference baseball tournament took place from May 27 through 29 at Mahaney Diamond in Orono, Maine. The top four regular season finishers of the league's eight teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, fourth-seeded Stony Brook defeated second-seeded Maine, 3–1, to win its first tournament championship. As a result, Stony Brook received the America East's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA tournament, the program's first in Division I.
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 Northeastern 14 6 .700 Maine 14 7 .667 Albany 14 7 .667 Stony Brook 11 10 .524 Vermont 10 11 .476 Binghamton 9 11 .450 UMBC 6 15 .286 Hartford 5 16 .238
Results
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Player TeamMatt Devins Stony BrookAndrew Larsen Stony BrookDave Mischo Stony BrookMatt Restivo Stony BrookChris Sipp Stony BrookNick Theoharis Stony BrookMike MacDonald MaineMatt McGraw MaineJason Martin AlbanyJeff Heriot Northeastern
Most Outstanding Player Stony Brook outfielder Isidro Fortuna was named Most Outstanding Player.
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