2015 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament

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2015 Northeast Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsSacred Heart (4th title)
Winning coachNick Giaquinto (4th title)
MVPJesus Medina (Sacred Heart)
2015 Northeast Conference baseball standings
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 Conf Overall
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

The 2015 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 21 and ended on May 24, 2015 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]

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 2 5
  1 Bryant 5 4
1 Bryant 4  
2 Wagner 2  
  1 Bryant 7
  4 Fairleigh Dickinson 0  

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[]

  1. ^ "NEC Baseball Coaches' Poll Suggests Bryant's Remarkable Run Will Continue". Northeast Conference. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Cardiac Kids Send Sacred Heart to its Fourth NEC Baseball Crown". Northeast Conference. May 24, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
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