2008 Northeast Conference Tournament

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The 2008 Northeast Conference baseball tournament was held at Bernie Robbins Stadium in Atlantic City, NJ. #4 Mount St. Mary's University defeated #1 Monmouth University for the title. Josh Vittek of Mount St. Mary’s was named MVP.

Participating Teams[edit]

Seed School Conf. Record Head Coach
1 Monmouth University 20-5 Dean Ehehalt
2 Central Connecticut State University 18-9 Charlie Hickey
3 Wagner College 17-11 Joe Litterio
4 Mount St. Mary's University 13-11 Scott Thomson

Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

  First Round   Second Round   Final
                             
  1 Monmouth 12  
  4 Mount St. Mary's 7    
      1 Monmouth 10  
      2 Central Connecticut St. 9    
  2 Central Connecticut St. 8          
  3 Wagner 4        
      1 Monmouth 3 2
        4 Mount St. Mary's 8 14
       
    2 Central Connecticut St. 2    
  4 Mount St. Mary's 5     4 Mount St. Mary's 6  
  3 Wagner 1  


Game Results[edit]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
May 22
Game 1 Monmouth University 12-7 Mount St. Mary's University
Game 2 Central Connecticut State University 8-4 Wagner College
May 23
Game 3 Monmouth University 10-9 (10) Central Connecticut State University
Game 4 Mount St. Mary's University 5-1 Wagner College Wagner eliminated
Game 5 Mount St. Mary's University 6-2 Central Connecticut State University Central Connecticut eliminated
May 24
Game 6 Mount St. Mary's University 8-3 Monmouth University
Game 7 Mount St. Mary's University 14-2 Monmouth University Mount St. Mary's advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team[edit]

  • Josh Vittek, Mount St. Mary’s
  • Matt Eiden, Mount St. Mary’s
  • Ryan Murray, Mount St. Mary’s
  • Mike Matta, Mount St. Mary’s
  • Kyle Higgins, Monmouth
  • Chris Collazo, Monmouth
  • Nick Pulsonetti, Monmouth
  • Andy Meyers, Monmouth
  • Kyle Zarotney, Central Connecticut State