2001 Little East Conference Tournament

The 2001 Little East Conference baseball tournament was held May 8 at the higher seed and May 10-12 in Gorham, ME. #2 Eastern Connecticut State University defeated #1 University of Southern Maine for the title. Nick Tempesta of Eastern Connecticut St. was named Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of Southern Maine	13-1	Ed Flaherty
2	Eastern Connecticut State University	12-2	Bill Holowaty
3	University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	8-6	Bruce Wheeler
4	Keene State College	8-6	Ken Howe
5	Plymouth State College	5-9	Dennis McManus
6	University of Massachusetts Boston	5-9	Mark Bettencourt

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Final
	1	Southern Maine	7
	5	Plymouth St.	5
						1	Southern Maine	6
						2	Eastern Connecticut St.	3
	2	Eastern Connecticut St.	4
	3	UMass Dartmouth	3
											1	Southern Maine	4	1
											2	Eastern Connecticut St.	7	9
						2	Eastern Connecticut St.	16
	5	Plymouth St.	11			5	Plymouth St.	1
	3	UMass Dartmouth	3

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 8
Game 1	Plymouth State College	5-2	Keene State College	Keene State eliminated
Game 2	University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	10-6	University of Massachusetts Boston	UMass Boston eliminated
May 10
Game 3	Eastern Connecticut State University	4-3	University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Game 4	University of Southern Maine	7-5	Plymouth State College
May 11
Game 5	University of Southern Maine	6-3	Eastern Connecticut State University
Game 6	Plymouth State College	11-3	University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	UMass Dartmouth eliminated
Game 7	Eastern Connecticut State University	16-1	Plymouth State College	Plymouth State eliminated
May 12
Game 8	Eastern Connecticut State University	7-4	University of Southern Maine
Game 9	Eastern Connecticut State University	9-1	University of Southern Maine	Eastern Connecticut State advances to NCAA tournament