2008 Little East Conference Tournament

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The 2008 Little East Conference baseball tournament was held May 7-10 in Keene, NH. #1 Keene State College defeated #3 University of Southern Maine for the title. Greg Ford of Keene St. was named Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams[edit]

Seed School Conf. Record Head Coach
1 Keene State College 12-2 Ken Howe
2 Eastern Connecticut State University 11-3 Bill Holowaty
3 University of Southern Maine 11-3 Ed Flaherty
4 Rhode Island College 8-6 Jay Grenier
5 University of Massachusetts Boston 5-9 Brendan Eygabroat
6 Western Connecticut State University 4-10 John Susi

Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

  First round Second round Third round Semi-finals Finals
                                                 
  1 Keene St. 2  
  6 Western Connecticut St. 1     1 Keene St. 14  
    4 Rhode Island Coll. 8    
  2 Eastern Connecticut St. 6         1 Keene St. 4            
  5 UMass Boston 5           3 Southern Maine 8              
      2 Eastern Connecticut St. 3           3 Southern Maine 2 7
      3 Southern Maine 14         1 Keene St. 21 14
  3 Southern Maine 6         1 Keene St. 1    
  4 Rhode Island Coll. 5       2 Eastern Connecticut St. 9     2 Eastern Connecticut St. 0  
  6 Western Connecticut St. 9     5 UMass Boston 6  
  5 UMass Boston 10  


Game Results[edit]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
May 7
Game 1 Keene State College 2-1 (10) Western Connecticut State University
Game 2 Eastern Connecticut State University 6-5 University of Massachusetts Boston
Game 3 University of Southern Maine 6-5 Rhode Island College
May 8
Game 4 University of Massachusetts Boston 10-9 Western Connecticut State University Western Connecticut State eliminated
Game 5 Keene State College 14-8 Rhode Island College Rhode Island College eliminated
Game 6 University of Southern Maine 14-3 Eastern Connecticut State University
May 9
Game 7 University of Southern Maine 8-4 Keene State College
Game 8 Eastern Connecticut State University 9-6 University of Massachusetts Boston UMass Boston eliminated
Game 9 Keene State College 1-0 Eastern Connecticut State University Eastern Connecticut State eliminated
May 10
Game 10 Keene State College 21-2 University of Southern Maine
Game 11 Keene State College 14-7 University of Southern Maine Keene State advances to NCAA tournament