2017 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2017 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 25 and ended on May 28, 2017 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]
| Teams | 4 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination tournament |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Central Connecticut (5th title) |
| Winning coach | Charlie Hickey (5th title) |
| MVP | TT 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Round | Semi-Finals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Bryant | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Sacred Heart | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Sacred Heart | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Central Connecticut | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Central Connecticut | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Wagner | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Central Connecticut | 6 | — | |||||||||||
| 4 | Sacred Heart | 3 | — | |||||||||||
| 1 | Bryant | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Wagner | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Sacred Heart | 412 | |||||||||||||
| Wagner | 3 | |||||||||||||
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
- "2016-17 NEC Championship Dates". Northeast Conference. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
- "2017 Division I baseball conference tournaments, automatic qualifiers". NCAA. May 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
- "2017 Northeast Conference Baseball Championship". Northeast Conference. Retrieved July 1, 2018.
- "Hickey's 500th CCSU Win Clinches Program's Fifth NEC Tournament Title". Northeast Conference. May 28, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2018.