The 1999 America East Conference baseball tournament was held from May 21 through 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.
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 Towson 20 7 .741 – 1 Delaware 19 9 .679 1.5 2 Northeastern 18 10 .643 2.5 3 Maine 14 14 .500 6.5 4 Hofstra 14 14 .500 6.5 – Vermont 10 18 .357 10.5 – Drexel 9 19 .321 11.5 – Hartford 7 20 .259 13 –
Results
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Player TeamBryan Porcelli DelawareAndrew Salvo DelawareKevin Mench DelawareChris Russ TowsonDusty Reynolds TowsonTim Pritchard TowsonJason Sandner TowsonMike Ross MaineQuin Peel MaineMatt Keating NortheasternKevin Kim Northeastern
Most Outstanding Player Delaware pitcher Bryan Porcelli was named Most Outstanding Player.
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