2018 Northeast Conference baseball tournament

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2018 Northeast Conference
baseball tournament
Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium Norwich, CT
Champions	LIU Brooklyn (1st title)
Winning coach	Dan Pirillo (1st title)
MVP	Gregory Vaughn (LIU Brooklyn)
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2018 Northeast Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
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.

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	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	—

Bracket


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

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.^[3]

Name	Team
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

Most Valuable Player

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]

References

^ "2017-18 NEC Championship Dates". Northeast Conference. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
^ "2018 Northeast Conference Baseball Championship". Northeast Conference. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "LIU Brooklyn Defeats NYC Rival for Program's First NEC Tournament Crown". Northeast Conference. May 26, 2018. Retrieved June 30, 2018.

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