Northeast Conference baseball tournament

Collegiate baseball tournament

Northeast Conference baseball tournament

Conference baseball championship
Sport| Baseball
Conference| Northeast Conference
Number of teams| 4
Format| Double-elimination
Current stadium| Heritage Financial Park
Current location| Wappingers Falls, New York
Played| 1993–present
Last contest| 2025
Current champion| Central Connecticut (9)
Most championships| Central Connecticut (9)
Official website| website
Host stadiums
Heritage Financial Park (2023–present)
Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium (2011–12, 2014–2022)
First Energy Park (2002–06, 2013)
TD Bank Ballpark (2010)
New Britain Stadium (2007, 2009)
Surf Stadium (2000–01, 2008)
The Ballpark at Harbor Yard (1999)
Cochrane Stadium (1998)
Host locations
Wappingers Falls, NY (2023–)
Norwich, CT (2011–12, 2014–2022)
Lakewood, NJ (2002–06, 2013)
Bridgewater, NJ (2010)
New Britain, CT (2007, 2009)
Atlantic City, NJ (2000–02, 2008)
Bridgeport, CT (1999)
Jersey City, NJ (1999)
Sussex, NJ (1997)
Ewing Township, NJ (1993–96)

The Northeast Conference baseball tournament is the conference baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Northeast Conference (NEC). In the current format, the top four regular-season finishers among teams eligible for postseason competition[a] advance to the double-elimination tournament. The winner of the tournament, if eligible to participate, receives an automatic berth to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.

## Champions

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### By year

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The following is a list of conference champions and sites listed by year.[2]

Year | Program | Site | MVP

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1993 | St. Francis | Moody Park • Ewing Township, NJ | John Gambale, St. Francis
1994 | Rider | Moody Park • Ewing Township, NJ | Mark Gola, Rider
1995 | Rider | Moody Park • Ewing Township, NJ | Lou Deman, Long Island
1996 | Rider | Moody Park • Ewing Township, NJ | Jim Gordon, Rider
1997 | Marist | Skylands Park • Sussex, NJ | Ben Shove, Marist
1998 | Monmouth | Cochrane Stadium • Jersey City, NJ | Joe McCullough, Monmouth
1999 | Monmouth | The Ballpark at Harbor Yard • Bridgeport, CT | Mike Benfield, Monmouth
2000 | Wagner | The Sandcastle • Atlantic City, NJ | Steve Coppola, Wagner
2001 | UMBC | The Sandcastle • Atlantic City, NJ | Eric Weltmer, UMBC
2002 | Central Connecticut | First Energy Park • Lakewood, NJ | Kevin Rival, Central Connecticut
2003 | Central Connecticut | First Energy Park • Lakewood, NJ | Zack Herrick, Central Connecticut
2004 | Central Connecticut | First Energy Park • Lakewood, NJ | Evan Scribner, Central Connecticut
2005 | Quinnipiac | First Energy Park • Lakewood, NJ | Ryan Rizzo, Quinnipiac
2006 | Sacred Heart | First Energy Park • Lakewood, NJ | Bobby McKee, Sacred Heart
2007 | Monmouth | New Britain Stadium • New Britain, CT | Matt Coulson, Monmouth
2008 | Mount St. Mary's | Bernie Robbins Stadium • Atlantic City, NJ | Josh Vittek, Mount St. Mary’s
2009 | Monmouth | New Britain Stadium • New Britain, CT | Chris Collazo, Monmouth
2010 | Central Connecticut | TD Bank Ballpark • Bridgewater, NJ | Pat Epps, Central Connecticut
2011 | Sacred Heart | Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium • Norwich, CT | John Murphy, Sacred Heart
2012 | Sacred Heart | Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium • Norwich, CT | Troy Scribner, Sacred Heart
2013 | Bryant | First Energy Park • Lakewood, NJ | Jordan Mountford, Bryant
2014 | Bryant | Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium • Norwich, CT | Craig Schlitter, Bryant
2015 | Sacred Heart | Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium • Norwich, CT | Jesus Medina, Sacred Heart
2016 | Bryant | Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium • Norwich, CT | Cole Fabio, Bryant
2017 | Central Connecticut | Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium • Norwich, CT | TT Bowens, Central Connecticut
2018 | LIU Brooklyn | Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium • Norwich, CT | Gregory Vaughn, LIU Brooklyn
2019 | Central Connecticut | Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium • Norwich, CT | Gregory Vaughn, LIU Brooklyn
2020 | Canceled due to COVID-19
2021 | Central Connecticut | Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium • Norwich, CT | Buddy Dewaine, Central Connecticut
2022 | LIU | Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium • Norwich, CT | Nick Torres, LIU
2023 | Central Connecticut | Heritage Financial Park • Wappingers Falls, NY | Dominic Niman, Central Connecticut
2024 | LIU | Heritage Financial Park • Wappingers Falls, NY | Seth Surrett, LIU
2025 | Central Connecticut | Heritage Financial Park • Wappingers Falls, NY | Wyatt Cameron, Central Connecticut

### By school

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The following is a list of conference champions listed by school. Schools in italics no longer field baseball teams in the NEC.

Program | No. of titles | Title years

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Central Connecticut | 9 | 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025
Monmouth[b] | 4 | 1998, 1999, 2007, 2009
Sacred Heart | 4 | 2006, 2011, 2012, 2015
Bryant[b] | 3 | 2013, 2014, 2016
Rider[b] | 3 | 1994, 1995, 1996
LIU | 3 | 2018,[c] 2022, 2024
Marist[b] | 1 | 1997
Mount St. Mary's[b] | 1 | 2008
Quinnipiac[b] | 1 | 2005
St. Francis Brooklyn[b] | 1 | 1993
UMBC[b] | 1 | 2001
Wagner | 1 | 2000

1. ^ Under NEC rules established in advance of the 2022–23 academic year, NEC members that are reclassifying from Division II are eligible for NEC postseason tournaments in the third year of the four-year reclassification period, although they remain ineligible for NCAA championships until completing the process.[1]
2. ^ a b c d e f g h No longer an NEC member.
3. ^ This championship was won by LIU Brooklyn. When Long Island University merged the athletic programs of its Brooklyn and Post campuses after the 2019 baseball season, the merged program inherited the history of the Brooklyn program in all sports that were sponsored by that campus before the merger.

Among current NEC baseball members:

* Coppin State, Delaware State, Fairleigh Dickinson, Maryland Eastern Shore, Merrimack, and Norfolk State have yet to win a championship. Fairleigh Dickinson is the only one of these schools to have been an NEC member before the 2019–20 school year. Merrimack first became eligible for the NEC tournament in the 2023 season, having begun a transition from Division II when it joined the NEC in 2019, but did not qualify for that tournament. The other four schools, all full MEAC members, joined NEC baseball for the 2023 season when the NEC absorbed the MEAC baseball league.
* Stonehill will be eligible for the NEC tournament for the first time in 2025, and Le Moyne in 2026.

## References

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1. ^ "2022 NEC Spring Meeting Recap" (Press release). Northeast Conference. June 28, 2022. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
2. ^ "Northeast Conference Baseball Past Champions". northeastconference.org. Retrieved 2012-03-03.

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