2015 Northeast Conference baseball tournament

The 2015 Northeast Conference baseball tournament began on May 21 and ended on May 24 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

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium Norwich, CT
Champions	Sacred Heart (4th title)
Winning coach	Nick Giaquinto (4th title)
MVP	Jesus Medina (Sacred Heart)
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2015 Northeast Conference baseball standings

v t e	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

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
											1	Bryant
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						1	Bryant	7
	1	Bryant	4			4	Fairleigh Dickinson	0
	2	Wagner	2

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. "Cardiac Kids Send Sacred Heart to its Fourth NEC Baseball Crown". Northeast Conference. May 24, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2018.