The 2011 Northeast Conference baseball tournament began on May 20 and ended on May 22, 2011, at Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium in Norwich, Connecticut. The league's top four teams competed in the double elimination tournament. Second-seeded won their second tournament championship and earned the Northeast Conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The Pioneers were runners up in the previous two years

Seeding and format The top four finishers were seeded one through four based on conference regular-season winning percentage. Bryant was ineligible for postseason play, as it completed its transition to Division I. Team Wins Losses Pct. GB Seed 25 7 .781 – 1 23 9 .719 2 2 19 11 .633 5 3 19 12 .613 5.5 – 17 14 .548 7.5 4 12 20 .375 13 – 11 21 .344 14 – 9 23 .281 16 — 7 25 .219 18 –

Bracket

All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Pos. Name School ClassP Nick Leiningen Sacred Heart FR Pat Light Monmouth SO Matt McCormick Long Island SO Nick Meyers Monmouth SR Troy Scribner Sacred Heart SO C Derick Horn Sacred Heart FR SS John Murphy Sacred Heart SO INF Ryan Terry Monmouth SR LF Dylan DelaCruz Central Connecticut FR

Most Valuable Player John Murphy was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Murphy was a sophomore shortstop for Sacred Heart.

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