2009 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2009 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 21 and ended on May 23, 2009, at New Britain Stadium in New Britain, Connecticut. The league's top four teams competed in the double elimination tournament. Fourth-seeded Monmouth won their fourth tournament championship and earned the Northeast Conference's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[1][2]

2009 Northeast Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	New Britain Stadium New Britain, CT
Champions	Monmouth (4th title)
Winning coach	Dean Ehehalt (4th title)
MVP	Chris Collazo, Monmouth

2009 Northeast Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Wagner  ‍†‍‍	17	–	9	–	0		.654			31	–	21	–	0		.596
Sacred Heart  ‍‍‍	16	–	10	–	0		.615			29	–	27	–	1		.518
Central Connecticut  ‍‍‍	16	–	11	–	0		.593			26	–	22	–	0		.542
Monmouth  ‍‍‡‍^y	15	–	11	–	0		.577			32	–	25	–	0		.561
Mount St. Mary's  ‍‍‍	15	–	11	–	0		.577			23	–	25	–	0		.479
Quinnipiac  ‍‍‍	11	–	17	–	0		.393			18	–	34	–	0		.346
Fairleigh Dickinson  ‍‍‍	11	–	17	–	0		.393			16	–	34	–	0		.320
Long Island  ‍‍‍	6	–	21	–	0		.222			10	–	40	–	0		.200
† – 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
Wagner	17	9	.654	—	1
Sacred Heart	16	10	.615	1	2
Central Connecticut	16	11	.593	1.5	3
Monmouth	15	11	.577	2	4
Mount St. Mary's	15	11	.577	2	—
Quinnipiac	11	17	.393	7	—
Fairleigh Dickinson	11	17	.393	7	—
Long Island	6	21	.222	11.5	—

Bracket

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
	1	Wagner	8
	4	Monmouth	14
						4	Monmouth	7^11
						2	Sacred Heart	6
	3	Central Connecticut	13
	2	Sacred Heart	16
											4	Monmouth	14	—
										2	Sacred Heart	8	—
	1	Wagner	6^10
	3	Central Connecticut	5
						2	Sacred Heart	5
						1	Wagner	4

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos.	Name	School
RHP	Matt Goitz	Monmouth
C	Jeff Heppner	Sacred Heart
1B	Jeff Hanson	Sacred Heart
2B	Chris Collazo	Monmouth
	Steve Tedesco	Sacred Heart
SS	Brian Martutartus	Wagner
3B	Ryan Terry	Monmouth
OF	Brett Holland	Monmouth
	Richie Tri	Central Connecticut

Most Valuable Player

Chris Collazo was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Collazo was a second baseman for Monmouth who hit .600 (9-for-15) and drove in six runs over the three games.[1]

References

1. "Monmouth Captures Northeast Conference Baseball Crown". Northeast Conference. May 23, 2009. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
2. "Monmouth Captures Northeast Conference Baseball Crown" (PDF). Northeast Conference. May 23, 2009. Retrieved August 12, 2018.