The 2000 America East Conference baseball tournament was held from May 18 through 20 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 fourth-seeded Northeastern, 4-2, to win its third consecutive and fifth overall tournament championship. As a result, Delaware received the America East's automatic bid to the 2000 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 19 5 .792 Towson 19 9 .679 Vermont 16 10 .615 Northeastern 15 11 .577 Maine 14 12 .538 Hofstra 9 17 .346 Drexel 8 20 .286 Hartford 6 22 .214
Results
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Player TeamVic Sage DelawareJason Vincent DelawareJohn Schneider DelawareAndrew Salvo DelawareKris Dufner DelawareChris Kolodzey DelawareChris Walsh NortheasternMatt Keating NortheasternTodd Korchin NortheasternWade Rikert VermontJason Sandner Towson
Most Outstanding Player Delaware outfielder Vince Vukovich was named Most Outstanding Player.
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