2016 Northeast Conference baseball tournament

2016 Northeast Conference
baseball tournament
Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium; Norwich, CT;
Champions	Bryant (3rd title)
Winning coach	Steve Owens (3rd title)
MVP	Cole Fabio, (Bryant)
	← 2015; Northeast Conference baseball tournament; 2017 →;

The 2016 Northeast Conference baseball tournament began on May 26 and ended on May 28 at Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium in Norwich, Connecticut. The league's top four teams finishers competed in the double elimination tournament. Bryant won their third tournament championship in four years to earn the Northeast Conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[2]^[3]^[4]

2016 Northeast Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Bryant ‍†‍‡‍^y	26	–	4	.867	47	–	12	.797
Sacred Heart ‍‍‍	18	–	13	.581	30	–	28	.517
Fairleigh Dickinson ‍‍‍	16	–	15	.516	28	–	28	.500
Central Connecticut ‍‍‍	15	–	17	.469	23	–	34	.404
LIU Brooklyn ‍‍‍	13	–	17	.433	19	–	35	.352
Wagner ‍‍‍	13	–	19	.406	19	–	33	.365
Mount St. Mary's ‍‍‍	8	–	24	.250	11	–	37	.229

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 11, 2016^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Entering the event, Central Connecticut and defending champion 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 will then play a double-elimination tournament.

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
Bryant	26	4	.867	—	1
Sacred Heart	18	13	.581	8.5	2
Fairleigh Dickinson	16	15	.516	10.5	3
Central Connecticut	15	17	.469	12	4
LIU Brooklyn	13	17	.433	13	—
Wagner	13	19	.406	14	—
Mount St. Mary's	8	24	.250	19	—

Bracket


First round			Semi-finals			Finals



1	Bryant	8

4	Central Connecticut	1
			1	Bryant	5

			2	Sacred Heart	1
3	Fairleigh Dickinson	8

2	Sacred Heart	9
						1	Bryant

						3	Fairleigh Dickinson
Lower round 1			Lower final



			3	Fairleigh Dickinson	11

4	Central Connecticut	0	2	Sacred Heart	8

3	Fairleigh Dickinson	2

All-Tournament Team

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

Name	School
Brandon Bingel	Bryant
Ryan Brennan	Fairleigh Dickinson
PJ DeFilippo	Sacred Heart
Cole Fabio	Bryant
Jason Fatzinger	Fairleigh Dickinson
Buck McCarthy	Bryant
Bobby Romano	Fairleigh Dickinson
AJ Zarozny	Bryant
Corey Zeller	Fairleigh Dickinson

Most Valuable Player

Cole Fabio was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Fabio was a junior second baseman who recorded four hits, four walks, three RBI and a tournament-high seven runs scored in the event.^[4]

References

^ "Northeast Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
^ "2015-16 NEC Championship Dates". Northeast Conference. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
^ "2016 Northeast Conference Baseball Championship". Northeast Conference. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "NEC Baseball Tournament: Bryant Clinches Conference Crown With 47th Win". Northeast Conference. May 28, 2016. Retrieved July 4, 2018.

[1] "Northeast Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 11, 2016.

[2] "2015-16 NEC Championship Dates". Northeast Conference. Retrieved February 5, 2016.

[3] "2016 Northeast Conference Baseball Championship". Northeast Conference. Retrieved July 4, 2018.

[final-4] "NEC Baseball Tournament: Bryant Clinches Conference Crown With 47th Win". Northeast Conference. May 28, 2016. Retrieved July 4, 2018.

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