2017 Little East Conference Tournament

The 2017 Little East Conference baseball tournament was held May 10-13 in Gorham, ME. #2 University of Massachusetts Boston defeated #3 University of Massachusetts Dartmouth for the title. Bryan Kaufman of UMass Boston is named Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of Southern Maine	12-2	Ed Flaherty
2	University of Massachusetts Boston	11-3	Brendan Eygabroat
3	University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	9-5	Bob Prince
4	Eastern Connecticut State University	7-7	Matt LaBranche
5	Rhode Island College	5-9	Scott Virgulak
6	Keene State College	5-9	Ken Howe

Results

Bracket

	First round					Semifinals					Third Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
	1	Southern Maine	4
	6	Keene St.	5			6	Keene St.	1
						4	Eastern Connecticut St.	4
											4	Eastern Connecticut St.	3
											1	Southern Maine	5			1	Southern Maine	3
						1	Southern Maine	8								3	UMass Dartmouth	6
						5	Rhode Island Coll.	4
	2	UMass Boston	4																		3	UMass Dartmouth	8
	5	Rhode Island Coll.	3																		2	UMass Boston	6
						2	UMass Boston	7
						3	UMass Dartmouth	8
	3	UMass Dartmouth	9								3	UMass Dartmouth	4
	4	Eastern Connecticut St.	2								2	UMass Boston	10
						2	UMass Boston	6
						6	Keene St.	3

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 10
Game 1	Keene State College	5-4	University of Southern Maine
Game 2	University of Massachusetts Boston	4-3 (12)	Rhode Island College
Game 3	University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	9-2	Eastern Connecticut State University
May 11
Game 4	University of Southern Maine	8-4	Rhode Island College	Rhode Island College eliminated
Game 5	Eastern Connecticut State University	4-1	Keene State College
Game 6	University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	8-7	University of Massachusetts Boston
May 12
Game 7	University of Massachusetts Boston	6-3	Keene State College	Keene State eliminated
Game 8	University of Southern Maine	5-3	Eastern Connecticut State University	Eastern Connecticut State eliminated
Game 9	University of Massachusetts Boston	10-4	University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
May 13
Game 10	University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	6-3	University of Southern Maine	Southern Maine eliminated
Game 11	University of Massachusetts Boston	8-6	University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	UMass Boston advances to NCAA tournament