2015 Northeast Conference baseball tournament
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.[1][2]
| Teams | 4 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination tournament |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Sacred Heart (4th title) |
| Winning coach | Nick Giaquinto (4th title) |
| MVP | Jesus Medina (Sacred Heart) |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bryant † | 17 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .708 | 29 | – | 25 | – | 0 | .537 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wagner | 15 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .625 | 27 | – | 23 | – | 1 | .539 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sacred Heart ‡y | 13 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .542 | 23 | – | 32 | – | 1 | .420 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fairleigh Dickinson | 11 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .458 | 21 | – | 26 | – | 0 | .447 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LIU Brooklyn | 10 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .417 | 17 | – | 34 | – | 0 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mount St. Mary's | 10 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .417 | 12 | – | 31 | – | 0 | .279 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Connecticut | 8 | – | 16 | – | 0 | .333 | 15 | – | 33 | – | 0 | .313 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeding and format
The top four finishers will be seeded one through four based on conference regular-season winning percentage. They will then play a double-elimination tournament.
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryant | 17 | 7 | .708 | — | 1 |
| Wagner | 15 | 9 | .625 | 2 | 2 |
| Sacred Heart | 13 | 11 | .542 | 4 | 3 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson | 11 | 13 | .458 | 6 | 4 |
| LIU Brooklyn | 10 | 14 | .417 | 7 | — |
| Mount St. Mary's | 10 | 14 | .417 | 7 | — |
| Central Connecticut | 8 | 16 | .333 | 9 | — |
Bracket
| First round | Semi-finals | Finals | |||||||||||
| 1 | Bryant | 2 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 7 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 0 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Sacred Heart | 10 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Wagner | 1 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Sacred Heart | 3 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Sacred Heart | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Bryant | ||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Bryant | 7 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Bryant | 4 | 4 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 0 | ||||||||
| 2 | Wagner | 2 | |||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[2]
| POS | Name | School |
|---|---|---|
| RHP | James Cooksey | Sacred Heart |
| James Davitt | Bryant | |
| Jason Foley | Sacred Heart | |
| INF/P | Jesus Medina | Sacred Heart |
| C | Buck McCarthy | Bryant |
| INF | Brandon Bingel | Bryant |
| PJ DeFilippo | Sacred Heart | |
| SS | Zack Short | Sacred Heart |
| OF | Shane Siebler | Fairleigh Dickinson |
Most Valuable Player
Jesus Medina was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Medina was an infielder and pitcher for Sacred Heart, and batted .444 with a tournament-high eight hits and six runs scored while also pitching 7 one-run innings in the first matchup with Bryant.[2]
References
- "NEC Baseball Coaches' Poll Suggests Bryant's Remarkable Run Will Continue". Northeast Conference. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
- "Cardiac Kids Send Sacred Heart to its Fourth NEC Baseball Crown". Northeast Conference. May 24, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2018.