2019 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2019 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 23 and end on May 26, 2019 at Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium in Norwich, Connecticut. The league's top four finishers competed in the double elimination tournament. The tournament winner, Central Connecticut, earned the Northeast Conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2] Central Connecticut has won the most tournament championships among current members, while Fairleigh Dickinson has never won a championship. LIU Brooklyn won their first title in 2018.

2019 Northeast Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium Norwich, CT
Champions	Central Connecticut (6th title)
Winning coach	Charlie Hickey (6th title)
MVP	,
Television	NEC Front Row

2019 Northeast Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Bryant  ‍†‍‍	19	–	5	–	0		.792			40	–	20	–	0		.667
Central Connecticut  ‍‍‡‍^y	16	–	8	–	0		.667			31	–	23	–	0		.574
Wagner  ‍‍‍	11	–	13	–	0		.458			19	–	32	–	0		.373
Sacred Heart  ‍‍‍	11	–	13	–	0		.458			19	–	34	–	1		.361
LIU Brooklyn  ‍‍‍	10	–	14	–	0		.417			20	–	33	–	0		.377
Fairleigh Dickinson  ‍‍‍	9	–	15	–	0		.375			15	–	37	–	1		.292
Mount St. Mary's  ‍‍‍	8	–	16	–	0		.333			15	–	35	–	0		.300
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 4, 2019[1]; Rankings from D1Baseball

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.

Bracket

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
	1	Bryant	4
	4	Sacred Heart	0
						1	Bryant	3
						2	Central Connecticut	1
	2	Central Connecticut	5
	3	Wagner	0
											1	Bryant	1	2
										2	Central Connecticut	3	3
	4	Sacred Heart	7
	3	Wagner	11
						3	Wagner	3
						2	Central Connecticut	7

Conference championship

Northeast Conference Championship
(1) Bryant Bulldogs	vs.	(2) Central Connecticut Blue Devils

May 25, 2019, 4:15 p.m. (EDT) at Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium in Norwich, Connecticut

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
(1) Bryant	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	2
(2) Central Connecticut	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	X	3	7	2
WP: Mike Appel (6–0)   LP: Nathan Wrighter (4–2)   Sv: Jared Gallagher (9) Home runs: BRY: None CCSU: TT Bowens (4)

May 26, 2019, 12:00 p.m. (EDT) at Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium in Norwich, Connecticut

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
(1) Bryant	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	10	1
(2) Central Connecticut	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	X	3	5	1
WP: Jared Gallagher (3–0)   LP: Jackson Harrigan (1–2) Home runs: BRY: None CCSU: Dave Matthews

References

1. "Northeast Conference baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
2. "2017-18 NEC Championship Dates". Northeast Conference. Retrieved December 9, 2018.