2017 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2017 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 25 and ended on May 28, 2017 at Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium in Norwich, Connecticut. The league's top four teams finishers competed in the double elimination tournament. Central Connecticut won their fifth championship and claimed the Northeast Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[1][2][3][4]

2017 Northeast Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium Norwich, CT
Champions	Central Connecticut (5th title)
Winning coach	Charlie Hickey (5th title)
MVP	TT Bowens, Central Connecticut

2017 Northeast Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Bryant  ‍†‍‍	20	–	6		.769			29	–	26		.527
Central Connecticut ‍‍‡‍^y	21	–	7		.750			36	–	22		.621
Wagner  ‍‍‍	13	–	12		.520			22	–	28		.440
Sacred Heart  ‍‍‍	14	–	13		.519			23	–	36		.390
LIU Brooklyn  ‍‍‍	12	–	14		.462			22	–	28		.440
Fairleigh Dickinson  ‍‍‍	8	–	18		.308			12	–	34		.261
Mount St. Mary's  ‍‍‍	5	–	23		.179			8	–	39		.170
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Entering the event, Central Connecticut and Sacred Heart had won the most tournament championships among current members, while Fairleigh Dickinson and LIU Brooklyn had never won a championship.

Seeding and format

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
Bryant	20	6	.769	—	1
Central Connecticut	21	7	.750	—	2
Wagner	13	12	.520	6.5	3
Sacred Heart	14	13	.519	6.5	4
LIU Brooklyn	12	14	.462	8	—
Fairleigh Dickinson	8	18	.308	12	—
Mount Saint Mary's	5	23	.179	16	—

Bracket

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
	1	Bryant	2
	4	Sacred Heart	3
						4	Sacred Heart	4
						2	Central Connecticut	10
	2	Central Connecticut	5
	3	Wagner	4
											2	Central Connecticut	6	—
										4	Sacred Heart	3	—
	1	Bryant	5
	3	Wagner	6
						4	Sacred Heart	4^12
						3	Wagner	3

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]

Name	School
TT Bowens	Central Connecticut
Tyler Coleman	Central Connecticut
Tom Curtis	Central Connecticut
Franklin Jennings	Central Connecticut
Keith Klebart	Sacred Heart
Ted Shaw	Sacred Heart
James Taubl	Sacred Heart

Most Valuable Player

TT Bowens was named Tournament Most Valuable Players. Bowens was a freshman first baseman for Central Connecticut who batted .636 and slugged 1.363 for the Tournament.[4]

References

1. "2016-17 NEC Championship Dates". Northeast Conference. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
2. "2017 Division I baseball conference tournaments, automatic qualifiers". NCAA. May 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
3. "2017 Northeast Conference Baseball Championship". Northeast Conference. Retrieved July 1, 2018.
4. "Hickey's 500th CCSU Win Clinches Program's Fifth NEC Tournament Title". Northeast Conference. May 28, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2018.