2011 NECBL playoffs

The 2011 NECBL playoffs is the postseason tournament of the New England Collegiate Baseball League for the 2011 season. It consists of eight teams competing in three rounds of best-of-three series. In the championship round, the West Division Keene Swamp Bats defeated the East Division Laconia Muskrats 2 games to 0.

Format

The 2011 NECBL playoffs consists of three rounds, a Division Semifinal, Division Final, and Championship Series. Competing teams consist of the four best-record teams from both the West Division and the East Division. These teams are seeded #1 through #4 according to their regular season record. In each division, the #1 seed plays the #4 seed and the #2 seed plays the #3 seed in the Division Semifinal round. The two winners of these series will advance to the Division Finals. The winner of the round captures the Division Championship, one for both the East and West divisions. The two division champions will face each other in the Championship Series to decide the NECBL champion. All rounds consist of a best-of-three series in which the first game and third game (if necessary) of each series are played at the higher seed's home field and the second game was played at the lower seed's home field. If identically seeded teams from opposite divisions met in the Championship Series the NECBL tiebreaker rules would be utilized.[1]

Bracket

Division Semifinals			Division Finals			Championship Series

1	Newport Gulls	0
4	Laconia Muskrats	2
			4	Laconia Muskrats	2
East Division
			3	Sanford Mainers	0
2	North Shore Navigators	1

3	Sanford Mainers	2
						4	Laconia Muskrats	0
						1	Keene Swamp Bats	2
1	Keene Swamp Bats	2
4	Danbury Westerners	1
			1	Keene Swamp Bats	2
West Division
			2	Holyoke Blue Sox	1
2	Holyoke Blue Sox	2

3	Vermont Mountaineers	0

Seedings

West Division

West Division Seedings
Seed	Team	Record
1	Keene Swamp Bats	28-14
2	Holyoke Blue Sox	28-14
3	Vermont Mountaineers	26-16
4	Danbury Westerners	25-17

East Division

East Division Seedings
Seed	Team	Record
1	Newport Gulls	29-13
2	North Shore Navigators	22-20
3	Sanford Mainers	20-22
4	Laconia Muskrats	28-24

[2]

Division Semifinals

The Division Semifinals, the first playoff round, consisted of matchups between each division's #1 and #4 seeds and #2 and #3 seeds.

West Division

In the West Division, the Division Semifinal matchups were as follows: #1 Keene versus #4 Danbury,[1] #2 Holyoke versus #3 Vermont.[1]

Game 1


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Danbury Westerners	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	6	2
Keene Swamp Bats	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	1	-	7	11	1

Game 2


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Keene Swamp Bats	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Danbury Westerners	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	X	6	9	0

Game 3


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Danbury Westerners	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	4
Keene Swamp Bats	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	X	6	10	0

Keene wins series 2-1.

Game 1


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Vermont Mountaineers	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	6	2
Holyoke Blue Sox	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	X	4	9	1

Game 2


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Holyoke Blue Sox	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	4	7	3
Vermont Mountaineers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0

Holyoke wins series 2-0.

East Division

In the East Division, the Division Semifinal matchups were the same as last year: #1 Newport versus #4 Laconia,[1] #2 North Shore versus #3 Sanford.[1]

Game 1


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Laconia Muskrats	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	10	4
Newport Gulls	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	12	0

Game 2


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Newport Gulls	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	7	13	2
Laconia Muskrats	1	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	1	8	12	2

Laconia wins series 2-0.

Game 1


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Sanford Mainers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2
North Shore Navigators	1	2	0	2	0	3	0	0	X	8	10	0

Game 2


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
North Shore Navigators	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Sanford Mainers	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	X	6	10	0

Game 3


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Sanford Mainers	0	2	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	7	9	0
North Shore Navigators	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0

Sanford wins series 2-1.

Division Finals

West Division

In the West Division, the Divisional Championship match up was as follows: #1 Keene versus #2 Holyoke,[1]

Game 1


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Holyoke Blue Sox	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	2	11	13	0
Keene Swamp Bats	0	1	2	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	9	15	1

Game 2


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Keene Swamp Bats	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	8	13	1
Holyoke Blue Sox	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	5	7	1

Game 3


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Holyoke Blue Sox	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Keene Swamp Bats	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	X	4	6	1

Keene wins series 2-1

East Division

In the East Division, the Divisional Championship match up was as follows: #3 Sanford versus #4 Laconia,[1]

Game 1


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Laconia Muskrats	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	9	-
Sanford Mainers	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	8	-

Game 2


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Sanford Mainers	3	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	7	15	0
Laconia Muskrats	1	0	0	2	0	3	2	0	-	8	11	1

Laconia wins series 2-0

Championship Series

The NECBL Championship Series, the final playoff round, consists of a matchup of the West Division's #1 seed Keene against the East Division's #4 seed Laconia

Game 1


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Laconia Muskrats	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	8	1
Keene Swamp Bats	0	3	0	0	3	2	0	2	X	10	14	1

Game 2


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Keene Swamp Bats	0	2	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	7	10	0
Laconia Muskrats	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	0

Keene wins championship 2-0

External links

NECBL website

References

Playoff Info at necbl.com, URL accessed August 2, 2009. Archived 2009-08-06.
at necbl.com; URL accessed August 3, 2011.

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[Playoff-1] Playoff Info at necbl.com, URL accessed August 2, 2009. Archived 2009-08-06.

[Standings-2] t necbl.com; URL accessed August 3, 2011.