2009 Little East Conference Tournament

The 2009 Little East Conference baseball tournament was held May 2 at the higher seed and May 7-9 in Gorham, ME. #2 Eastern Connecticut State University defeated #3 Keene State College for the title. Shawn Gilblair was named Most Outstanding Player for the 3rd time in 4 years.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of Southern Maine	12-2	Ed Flaherty
2	Eastern Connecticut State University	11-3	Bill Holowaty
3	Keene State College	8-6	Ken Howe
4	University of Massachusetts Boston	8-6	Brendan Eygabroat
5	Rhode Island College	6-8	Jay Grenier
6	University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	6-8	Bob Curran
7	Western Connecticut State University	4-10	John Susi
8	Plymouth State University	1-13	Dennis McManus

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Final
	1	Southern Maine	16
	4	UMass Boston	7
						1	Southern Maine	6
						2	Eastern Connecticut St.	14
	2	Eastern Connecticut St.	7
	3	Keene St.	3
											2	Eastern Connecticut St.	14	x
											3	Keene St.	5	x
						1	Southern Maine	2
	4	UMass Boston	6			3	Keene St.	7
	3	Keene St.	9

Game Results

First round

• Gorham, ME

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 2
Game 1	University of Southern Maine	19-3	Plymouth State University
Game 2	University of Southern Maine	8-1	Plymouth State University	Southern Maine advances

• Willimantic, CT

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 2
Game 1	Eastern Connecticut State University	10-2	Western Connecticut State University
Game 2	Eastern Connecticut State University	20-1	Western Connecticut State University	Eastern Connecticut State advances

• Keene, NH

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 2
Game 1	Keene State College	16-5	University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Game 2	Keene State College	22-6	University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	Keene State advances

• Boston, MA

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 2
Game 1	University of Massachusetts Boston	10-5	Rhode Island College
Game 2	University of Massachusetts Boston	7-5	Rhode Island College	Rhode Island College advances

Finals

• Gorham, ME

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 7
Game 1	University of Southern Maine	16-7	University of Massachusetts Boston
Game 2	Eastern Connecticut State University	7-3	Keene State College
May 8
Game 3	Keene State College	9-6	University of Massachusetts Boston	UMass Boston eliminated
Game 4	Eastern Connecticut State University	14-6	University of Southern Maine
May 9
Game 5	Keene State College	7-2	University of Southern Maine	Southern Maine eliminated
Game 6	Eastern Connecticut State University	14-5	Keene State College	Eastern Connecticut State advances to NCAA tournament