2007 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2007 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 24 and ended on May 26, 2007, at New Britain Stadium in New Britain, Connecticut. The league's top four teams competed in the double elimination tournament. Third-seeded Monmouth won their third tournament championship and earned the Northeast Conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[1][2]

2007 Northeast Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	New Britain Stadium New Britain, CT
Champions	Monmouth (3rd title)
Winning coach	Dean Ehehalt (3rd title)
MVP	Matt Coulson, Monmouth

2007 Northeast Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Quinnipiac  ‍†‍‍	21	–	7	–	0		.750			29	–	18	–	1		.615
Mount St. Mary's  ‍†‍‍	21	–	7	–	0		.750			35	–	22	–	0		.614
Monmouth  ‍‍‡‍^y	17	–	10	–	0		.630			36	–	24	–	1		.598
Central Connecticut  ‍‍‍	14	–	14	–	0		.500			26	–	26	–	0		.500
Sacred Heart  ‍‍‍	12	–	15	–	0		.444			22	–	31	–	0		.415
Wagner  ‍‍‍	11	–	17	–	0		.393			17	–	34	–	0		.333
Long Island  ‍‍‍	10	–	17	–	0		.370			16	–	35	–	0		.314
Fairleigh Dickinson  ‍‍‍	4	–	23	–	0		.148			9	–	45	–	0		.167
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

The top four finishers were seeded one through four based on conference regular-season winning percentage.

Team	Wins	Losses	Pct.	GB	Seed
Quinnipiac	21	7	.750	—	1
Mount St. Mary's	21	7	.750	—	2
Monmouth	17	10	.630	3.5	3
Central Connecticut	14	14	.500	7	4
Sacred Heart	12	15	.444	8.5	—
Wagner	11	17	.393	10	—
Long Island	10	17	.370	10.5	—
Fairleigh Dickinson	4	23	.148	16.5	—

Bracket

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
	1	Quinnipiac	2
	4	Central Connecticut	3
						4	Central Connecticut	1
						3	Monmouth	7
	3	Monmouth	9
	2	Mount St. Mary's	0
											3	Monmouth	2	7
										4	Central Connecticut	4	1
	1	Quinnipiac	4
	2	Mount St. Mary's	1
						4	Central Connecticut	5
						1	Quinnipiac	0

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[1]

Pos	Name	School
P	Brad Brach	Monmouth
	Matt Coulson	Monmouth
	Pat Egan	Quinnipiac
	Adam Piechowski	Central Connecticut
	Matt Gianini	Central Connecticut
	Evan Scribner	Central Connecticut
1B	Andy Meyers	Monmouth
OF	Tim Binkoski	Quinnipiac
	Kyle Messineo	Monmouth

Most Valuable Player

Matt Coulson was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Coulson, a pitcher for Monmouth, pitched 7.2 innings allowing one run on five hits in the decisive final game.[1]

References

1. "Monmouth Captures NEC Baseball Title With 7-1 Win Over CCSU in Title Game". Northeast Conference. May 26, 2007. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
2. "2007 NEC Baseball Tournament Headquarters". Northeast Conference. May 26, 2007. Retrieved August 19, 2018.