Teams | 4 |
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Format | Double-elimination tournament |
Finals site | |
Champions | LIU Brooklyn (1st title) |
Winning coach | Dan Pirillo (1st title) |
MVP | Gregory Vaughn (LIU Brooklyn) |
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Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bryant † | 21 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .750 | 32 | – | 23 | – | 1 | .580 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wagner † | 21 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .750 | 38 | – | 18 | – | 0 | .679 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LIU Brooklyn ‡y | 16 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .571 | 31 | – | 26 | – | 0 | .544 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mount St. Mary's | 15 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .536 | 21 | – | 33 | – | 0 | .389 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sacred Heart | 12 | – | 16 | – | 0 | .429 | 17 | – | 35 | – | 0 | .327 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Central Connecticut | 11 | – | 16 | – | 0 | .407 | 18 | – | 28 | – | 0 | .391 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fairleigh Dickinson | 1 | – | 26 | – | 0 | .037 | 10 | – | 37 | – | 0 | .213 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |
The 2018 Northeast Conference baseball tournament began on May 24 and ended on May 27 at Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium in Norwich, Connecticut. The league's top four teams finishers competed in the double elimination tournament. LIU Brooklyn won their first tournament championship and earned the Northeast Conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [1] [2] [3]
Entering the event, Central Connecticut had won the most tournament championships among current members, while Fairleigh Dickinson and LIU Brooklyn had never won a championship.
The top four finishers were seeded one through four based on conference regular season winning percentage. They then played a double-elimination tournament.
Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Seed |
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Bryant | 21 | 7 | .750 | — | 1 |
Wagner | 21 | 7 | .750 | — | 2 |
LIU Brooklyn | 16 | 12 | .571 | 5 | 3 |
Mount St Mary's | 15 | 13 | .536 | 6 | 4 |
Sacred Heart | 12 | 16 | .429 | 9 | — |
Central Connecticut | 11 | 16 | .407 | 9.5 | — |
Fairleigh Dickinson | 1 | 26 | .037 | 19.5 | — |
First round | Semi-finals | Finals | |||||||||||
1 | Bryant | 21 | |||||||||||
4 | Mount St Mary's | 6 | |||||||||||
1 | Bryant | 4 | |||||||||||
3 | LIU Brooklyn | 13 | |||||||||||
2 | Wagner | 1 | |||||||||||
3 | LIU Brooklyn | 2 | |||||||||||
3 | LIU Brooklyn | ||||||||||||
2 | Wagner | ||||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
2 | Wagner | 6 | |||||||||||
4 | Mount St. Mary's | 1 | 1 | Bryant | 1 | ||||||||
2 | Wagner | 3 | |||||||||||
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. [3]
Name | Team |
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Neil Abbatiello | Wagner |
James Ciliento | Bryant |
Patrick Clyne | LIU Brooklyn |
Rob Griswold | LIU Brooklyn |
Eric Ligda | Wagner |
Joe Mercadante | LIU Brooklyn |
Andrew Turner | LIU Brooklyn |
Gregory Vaughn Jr. | LIU Brooklyn |
Ryan Ward | Bryant |
Gregory Vaughn Jr. earned the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Vaughn was a junior outfielder for LIU Brooklyn, who recorded 5 RBI and 3 stolen bases in the Tournament. [3]
The St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers were the 21 teams that represented St. Francis College in athletics. The Terriers were members of NCAA Division I and participated in the Northeast Conference (NEC) except in two sports that the NEC does not sponsor—men's and women's water polo. The water polo teams respectively competed in the Collegiate Water Polo Association and the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
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The 2012 Northeast Conference baseball tournament began on May 17 and ended on May 19 at Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium in Norwich, Connecticut. The league's top four teams competed in the double elimination tournament. Second seeded Sacred Heart won their second consecutive, and third overall, tournament championship and earned the Northeast Conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
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The 2015 Northeast Conference baseball tournament began on May 21 and ended on May 24 at Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium in Norwich, Connecticut. The league's top four teams finishers competed in the double elimination tournament. Sacred Heart won their fourth tournament championship to earn the Northeast Conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The 2016 Northeast Conference baseball tournament began on May 26 and ended on May 28 at Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium in Norwich, Connecticut. The league's top four teams finishers competed in the double elimination tournament. Bryant won their third tournament championship in four years to earn the Northeast Conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The 2017 Northeast Conference baseball tournament began on May 25 and ended on May 28 at Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium in Norwich, Connecticut. The league's top four teams finishers competed in the double elimination tournament. Central Connecticut won their fifth championship and claimed the Northeast Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
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The 2019 Northeast Conference baseball tournament began on May 23 and end on May 26 at Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium in Norwich, Connecticut. The league's top four finishers competed in the double elimination tournament. The tournament winner, Central Connecticut, earned the Northeast Conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Central Connecticut has won the most tournament championships among current members, while Fairleigh Dickinson has never won a championship. LIU Brooklyn won their first title in 2018.
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