2015 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament

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]

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
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Bryant   1770 .708  29250 .537
Wagner   1590 .625  27231 .539
Sacred Heart  y 13110 .542  23321 .420
Fairleigh Dickinson   11130 .458  21260 .447
LIU Brooklyn   10140 .417  17340 .333
Mount St. Mary's   10140 .417  12310 .279
Central Connecticut   8160 .333  15330 .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.

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Bryant177.7081
Wagner159.62522
Sacred Heart1311.54243
Fairleigh Dickinson1113.45864
LIU Brooklyn1014.4177
Mount St. Mary's1014.4177
Central Connecticut816.3339

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]

POSNameSchool
RHPJames CookseySacred Heart
James DavittBryant
Jason FoleySacred Heart
INF/PJesus MedinaSacred Heart
CBuck McCarthyBryant
INFBrandon BingelBryant
PJ DeFilippoSacred Heart
SSZack ShortSacred Heart
OFShane SieblerFairleigh 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. "Cardiac Kids Send Sacred Heart to its Fourth NEC Baseball Crown". Northeast Conference. May 24, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
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