2002 Little East Conference Tournament

The 2002 Little East Conference baseball tournament was held May 7 at the higher seed and May 9-11 in Willimantic, CT. #3 Western Connecticut State University defeated #2 University of Southern Maine for the title. Carl Rivers of Western Connecticut St. was named Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Eastern Connecticut State University	12-2	Bill Holowaty
2	University of Southern Maine	10-3	Ed Flaherty
3	Western Connecticut State University	9-5	John Susi
4	Keene State College	9-5	Ken Howe
5	University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	7-7	Bruce Wheeler
6	Plymouth State College	3-10	Dennis McManus

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Final
	1	Eastern Connecticut St.	6
	4	Keene St.	7
						4	Keene St.	4
						3	Western Connecticut St.	6
	2	Southern Maine	4
	3	Western Connecticut St.	6
											3	Western Connecticut St.	5	5
											2	Southern Maine	6	4
						4	Keene St.	7
	1	Eastern Connecticut St.	4			2	Southern Maine	10
	2	Southern Maine	5

Game Results

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