2018 Northeast Conference baseball tournament

Collegiate baseball tournament

2018 Northeast Conference
baseball tournamentTeams| 4

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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)

* ← 2017
* Northeast Conference baseball tournament
* 2019 →

2018 Northeast Conference baseball standings

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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[edit]

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

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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[edit]

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| First round| | | Semi-finals| | | Finals
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| 1| Bryant| 21
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| 4| Mount St Mary's| 6| |
| | | 1| Bryant| 4
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| | | 3| LIU Brooklyn| 13| |
| 2| Wagner| 1| | | |
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| 3| LIU Brooklyn| 2| |
| | | 3| LIU Brooklyn|
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| Lower round 1| | | Lower final| |

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| | 2| Wagner| 6
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| 4| Mount St. Mary's| 1| | | 1| Bryant| 1| |
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| 2| Wagner| 3| | |
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## All-Tournament Team[edit]

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

Name | Team

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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[edit]

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[edit]

1. ^ "2017-18 NEC Championship Dates". Northeast Conference. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
2. ^ "2018 Northeast Conference Baseball Championship". Northeast Conference. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
3. ^ 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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