2008 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2008 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 22 and ended on May 24, 2008, at Bernie Robbins Stadium in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The league's top four teams competed in the double elimination tournament. Fourth-seeded Mount St. Mary's won their first tournament championship and earned the Northeast Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[1][2]

2008 Northeast Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Bernie Robbins Stadium Atlantic City, NJ
Champions	Mount St. Mary's (1st title)
Winning coach	Scott Thomson (1st title)
MVP	Josh Vittek, Mount St. Mary's

2008 Northeast Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Monmouth  ‍†‍‍	20	–	5		.800			37	–	16		.698
Central Connecticut  ‍‍‍	18	–	9		.667			25	–	24		.510
Wagner  ‍‍‍	17	–	11		.607			27	–	28		.491
Mount St. Mary's  ‍‍‡‍^y	13	–	11		.542			21	–	33		.389
Fairleigh Dickinson  ‍‍‍	10	–	16		.385			15	–	38		.283
Sacred Heart  ‍‍‍	10	–	18		.357			24	–	41		.369
Quinnipiac  ‍‍‍	9	–	19		.321			16	–	36		.308
Long Island  ‍‍‍	7	–	15		.318			16	–	31		.340
† – 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
Monmouth	20	5	.800	—	1
Central Connecticut	18	9	.667	3	2
Wagner	17	11	.607	4.5	3
Mount St. Mary's	13	11	.542	6.5	4
Fairleigh Dickinson	10	16	.385	10.5	—
Sacred Heart	10	18	.357	11.5	—
Quinnipiac	9	19	.321	12.5	—
Long Island	7	15	.318	11.5	—

Bracket

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
	1	Monmouth	12
	4	Mount St. Mary's	7
						1	Monmouth	10^10
						2	Central Connecticut	9
	3	Wagner	4
	2	Central Connecticut	8
											1	Monmouth	3	2
										4	Mount St. Mary's	8	14
	4	Mount St. Mary's	5^10
	3	Wagner	1
						2	Central Connecticut	2
						4	Mount St. Mary's	6

All-Tournament Team

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

Name	School
Chris Collazo	Monmouth
Matt Eiden	Mount St. Mary’s
Kyle Higgins	Monmouth
Mike Matta	Mount St. Mary’s
Andy Meyers	Monmouth
Ryan Murray	Mount St. Mary’s
Nick Pulsonetti	Monmouth
Josh Vittek	Mount St. Mary’s
Kyle Zarotney	Central Connecticut

Most Valuable Player

Josh Vittek was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Vittek hit .458 with eight runs scored, five home runs and 12 RBI for the Tournament.[1]

References

1. "Mount St. Mary's Captures First Ever NEC Baseball Title". Northeast Conference. May 24, 2008. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
2. "2008 NEC Baseball Tournament Headquarters". Northeast Conference. May 24, 2008. Retrieved August 15, 2018.