2005 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2005 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 20 and ended on May 23, 2005, at FirstEnergy Park in Lakewood, New Jersey. The league's top four teams competed in the double elimination tournament. Top-seeded Quinnipiac won their first tournament championship and earned the Northeast Conference's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[1][2]

2005 Northeast Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsQuinnipiac (1st title)
Winning coachDan Gooley (1st title)
MVPRyan Rizzo (Quinnipiac)
2005 Northeast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Quinnipiac  ‍†‍‡‍y 17–6 .73926–24 .520
Sacred Heart  ‍‍‍ 16–8 .66720–33 .377
Monmouth  ‍‍‍ 15–8 .65230–24 .556
Wagner  ‍‍‍ 13–10 .56522–27 .449
Mount St. Mary's  ‍‍‍ 12–11 .52218–27 .400
Fairleigh Dickinson  ‍‍‍ 10–13 .43512–26 .316
Central Connecticut  ‍‍‍ 10–14 .41719–28 .404
Long Island  ‍‍‍ 9–15 .37513–25 .342
St. Francis  ‍‍‍ 3–20 .1307–37 .159
† – 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.

TeamWinsLossesPct.GBSeed
Quinnipiac176.739—1
Sacred Heart168.6671.52
Monmouth158.65223
Wagner1310.56544
Mount St. Mary's1211.5225—
Fairleigh Dickinson1013.4357—
Central Connecticut1014.4177.5—
Long Island915.3758.5—
St. Francis320.13014—

Bracket

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1 Quinnipiac 13  
4 Wagner 6  
  1 Quinnipiac 7  
  2 Sacred Heart 0  
3 Monmouth 0
2 Sacred Heart 3  
  1 Quinnipiac 2 7
  3 Monmouth 8 3
4 Wagner 4  
3 Monmouth 8  
  Sacred Heart 3
  Monmouth 10  

Most Valuable Player

Ryan Rizzo of Quinnipiac was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Rizzo, a sophomore, hit safely 11 times in 20 at-bats (.550) with three doubles and three RBI for the tournament.[1]

References

  1. "2005 NEC Baseball Tournament Recaps". Northeast Conference. May 23, 2005. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
  2. "2005 NEC Baseball Tournament Headquarters". Northeast Conference. May 23, 2005. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
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