2012 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament
| 2012 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament |
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 2012 Northeast Conference baseball tournament logo |
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| Classification | Division I | ||
| Season | 2012 | ||
| Teams | 8 | ||
| Format | Double-elimination tournament | ||
| Site | Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium Norwich, CT |
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| Champions | Sacred Heart (3rd title) | ||
| Winning coach | Nick Giaquinto (3rd title) | ||
| MVP | Troy Scribner (Sacred Heart) | ||
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| 2012 Northeast Conference baseball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bryant † | 24 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .750 | 33 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .611 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monmouth | 21 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .656 | 33 | – | 22 | – | 0 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Connecticut | 19 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .594 | 28 | – | 22 | – | 0 | .560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sacred Heart ‡y | 19 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .594 | 25 | – | 32 | – | 0 | .439 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fairleigh Dickinson | 18 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .563 | 24 | – | 26 | – | 1 | .480 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wagner | 15 | – | 17 | – | 0 | .469 | 22 | – | 33 | – | 0 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Long Island | 13 | – | 19 | – | 0 | .406 | 22 | – | 33 | – | 0 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Quinnipiac | 8 | – | 24 | – | 0 | .250 | 9 | – | 38 | – | 0 | .191 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mount St. Mary's | 7 | – | 25 | – | 0 | .219 | 14 | – | 40 | – | 0 | .259 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2012[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |
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The 2012 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 17 and ended on May 19, 2012 at Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium in Norwich, CT. The league's top four teams competed in the double elimination tournament. Second seeded Sacred Heart won their second consecutive, and third overall, tournament championship and earned the Northeast Conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3][4]
Seeding and format
The top four finishers were seeded one through four based on conference regular-season winning percentage. Bryant was ineligible for postseason play, as it completed its transition to Division I. Sacred Heart claimed the second seed over Central Connecticut by tiebreaker.
| Team | Wins | Losses | Pct. | GB | Seed |
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| Bryant | 24 | 8 | .750 | – | – |
| Monmouth | 21 | 11 | .656 | 3 | 1 |
| Sacred Heart | 19 | 13 | .594 | 5 | 2 |
| Central Connecticut | 19 | 13 | .594 | 5 | 3 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson | 18 | 14 | .563 | 6 | 4 |
| Wagner | 15 | 17 | .469 | 9 | – |
| Long Island | 13 | 19 | .406 | 11 | – |
| Quinnipiac | 8 | 24 | .250 | 18 | – |
| Mount St. Mary's | 7 | 25 | .219 | 19 | – |
Bracket
| First Round | Semi-Finals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Monmouth | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Monmouth | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Sacred Heart | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Central Connecticut | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Sacred Heart | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Sacred Heart | 5 | — | |||||||||||
| 1 | Monmouth | 1 | — | |||||||||||
| 3 | Central Connecticut | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Monmouth | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 3 | ||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]
| Pos. | Name | School | Class |
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| RHP/1B | Troy Scribner | Sacred Heart | Jr. |
| LHP | Nick Leiningen | Sacred Heart | So. |
| RHP | Kody Kerski | Sacred Heart | So. |
| SS | John Murphy | Sacred Heart | Jr. |
| 2B | Jake Gronsky | Monmouth | So. |
| RHP | Pat Light | Monmouth | Jr. |
| RHP/INF | Mike Eliasen | Fairleigh Dickinson | Sr. |
| LF | Jordan Ritz | Fairleigh Dickinson | Fr. |
| RHP | Harry Glynne | Central Connecticut | Sr. |
Most Valuable Player
Troy Scribner was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Scribner was a junior pitcher and first baseman for Sacred Heart. Scribner allowed two runs on seven hits in a complete game victory over Central Connecticut in the first round.[4][5]
References
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