Year: | 2018 |
Conference: | Northeast Conference |
Teams: | 4 |
Format: | Double-elimination tournament |
Ballpark: | Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium |
City: | Norwich, CT |
Titlecount: | 1st |
Coach: | Dan Pirillo |
Coachcount: | 1st |
Mvp: | Gregory Vaughn |
Mvpteam: | LIU Brooklyn |
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. 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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
21 | 7 | .750 | — | 1 | ||
21 | 7 | .750 | — | 2 | ||
16 | 12 | .571 | 5 | 3 | ||
15 | 13 | .536 | 6 | 4 | ||
12 | 16 | .429 | 9 | — | ||
11 | 16 | .407 | 9.5 | — | ||
1 | 26 | .037 | 19.5 | — |
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.
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 |
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.