2017 Northeast Conference baseball tournament

2017 Northeast Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsCentral Connecticut (5th title)
Winning coachCharlie Hickey (5th title)
MVPTT Bowens (Central Connecticut)
2017 Northeast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Bryant  ‍†‍‍ 20 – 6   .769 29 – 26   .527
Central Connecticut ‍‍‡‍y 21 – 7   .750 36 – 22   .621
Wagner  ‍‍‍ 13 – 12   .520 22 – 28   .440
Sacred Heart  ‍‍‍ 14 – 13   .519 23 – 36   .390
LIU Brooklyn  ‍‍‍ 12 – 14   .462 22 – 28   .440
Fairleigh Dickinson  ‍‍‍ 8 – 18   .308 12 – 34   .261
Mount St. Mary's  ‍‍‍ 5 – 23   .179 8 – 39   .170
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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.[1][2][3][4]

Entering the event, Central Connecticut and Sacred Heart had won the most tournament championships among current members, while Fairleigh Dickinson and LIU Brooklyn had never won a championship.

Seeding and format

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
Bryant 20 6 .769 — 1
Central Connecticut 21 7 .750 — 2
Wagner 13 12 .520 6.5 3
Sacred Heart 14 13 .519 6.5 4
LIU Brooklyn 12 14 .462 8 —
Fairleigh Dickinson 8 18 .308 12 —
Mount Saint Mary's 5 23 .179 16 —

Bracket

First roundSemi-finalsFinals
1Bryant2
4Sacred Heart3
4Sacred Heart4
2Central Connecticut10
2Central Connecticut5
3Wagner4
2Central Connecticut
4Sacred Heart
Lower round 1Lower final
4Sacred Heart412
1Bryant53Wagner3
3Wagner6

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]

Name School
TT Bowens Central Connecticut
Tyler Coleman Central Connecticut
Tom Curtis Central Connecticut
Franklin Jennings Central Connecticut
Keith Klebart Sacred Heart
Ted Shaw Sacred Heart
James Taubl Sacred Heart

Most Valuable Player

TT Bowens was named Tournament Most Valuable Players. Bowens was a freshman first baseman for Central Connecticut who batted .636 and slugged 1.363 for the Tournament.[4]

References

  1. ^ "2016-17 NEC Championship Dates". Northeast Conference. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
  2. ^ "2017 Division I baseball conference tournaments, automatic qualifiers". NCAA. May 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  3. ^ "2017 Northeast Conference Baseball Championship". Northeast Conference. Retrieved July 1, 2018.
  4. ^ a b c "Hickey's 500th CCSU Win Clinches Program's Fifth NEC Tournament Title". Northeast Conference. May 28, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2018.