2003 Little East Conference Tournament

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The 2003 Little East Conference baseball tournament was held May 7-10 in Willimantic, CT. #1 Eastern Connecticut State University defeated #3 University of Massachusetts Dartmouth for the title. Joey Serfass of Eastern Connecticut St. was named Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams[edit]

Seed School Conf. Record Head Coach
1 Eastern Connecticut State University 13-1 Bill Holowaty
2 University of Southern Maine 11-3 Ed Flaherty
3 University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 8-6 Bruce Wheeler
4 Keene State College 5-8 Ken Howe
5 Western Connecticut State University 5-8 John Susi
6 Rhode Island College 5-9 Jay Grenier

Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

  First round Second Round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                               
  1 Eastern Connecticut St. 6  
  6 Rhode Island Coll. 2     1 Eastern Connecticut St. 2  
    3 UMass Dartmouth 6    
      3 UMass Dartmouth 6  
      5 Western Connecticut St. 0     3 UMass Dartmouth 6  
  6 Rhode Island Coll. 0         2 Southern Maine 5    
  5 Western Connecticut St. 8        
  2 Southern Maine 3         3 UMass Dartmouth 0
  5 Western Connecticut St. 2           1 Eastern Connecticut St. 15
      2 Southern Maine 6        
      4 Keene St. 3          
  3 UMass Dartmouth 0           2 Southern Maine 0              
  4 Keene St. 1         1 Eastern Connecticut St. 10            
  4 Keene St. 6    
  1 Eastern Connecticut St. 10  


Game Results[edit]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
May 7
Game 1 Eastern Connecticut State University 6-2 Rhode Island College
Game 2 University of Southern Maine 3-2 Western Connecticut State University
Game 3 Keene State College 1-0 University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
May 8
Game 4 Western Connecticut State University 8-0 Rhode Island College Rhode Island College eliminated
Game 5 University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 6-2 Eastern Connecticut State University
Game 6 University of Southern Maine 6-3 Keene State College
May 9
Game 7 Eastern Connecticut State University 10-6 Keene State College Keene State eliminated
Game 8 University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 6-0 Western Connecticut State University Western Connecticut State eliminated
Game 9 Eastern Connecticut State University 10-0 University of Southern Maine
May 10
Game 10 University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 6-5 University of Southern Maine Southern Maine eliminated
Game 11 Eastern Connecticut State University 15-0 University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Eastern Connecticut State advances to NCAA tournament