2011 NECBL playoffs

The 2011 NECBL playoffs is the postseason tournament of the New England Collegiate Baseball League for the 2011 season. It consists of eight teams competing in three rounds of best-of-three series. In the championship round, the West Division Keene Swamp Bats defeated the East Division Laconia Muskrats 2 games to 0.

Format

The 2011 NECBL playoffs consists of three rounds, a Division Semifinal, Division Final, and Championship Series. Competing teams consist of the four best-record teams from both the West Division and the East Division. These teams are seeded #1 through #4 according to their regular season record. In each division, the #1 seed plays the #4 seed and the #2 seed plays the #3 seed in the Division Semifinal round. The two winners of these series will advance to the Division Finals. The winner of the round captures the Division Championship, one for both the East and West divisions. The two division champions will face each other in the Championship Series to decide the NECBL champion. All rounds consist of a best-of-three series in which the first game and third game (if necessary) of each series are played at the higher seed's home field and the second game was played at the lower seed's home field. If identically seeded teams from opposite divisions met in the Championship Series the NECBL tiebreaker rules would be utilized.[1]

Bracket

  Division Semifinals Division Finals Championship Series
                           
  1 Newport Gulls 0  
4 Laconia Muskrats 2  
  4 Laconia Muskrats 2  
East Division
  3 Sanford Mainers 0  
2 North Shore Navigators 1
  3 Sanford Mainers 2  
    4 Laconia Muskrats 0
  1 Keene Swamp Bats 2
  1 Keene Swamp Bats 2  
4 Danbury Westerners 1  
  1 Keene Swamp Bats 2
West Division
  2 Holyoke Blue Sox 1  
2 Holyoke Blue Sox 2
  3 Vermont Mountaineers 0  

Seedings

Division Semifinals

The Division Semifinals, the first playoff round, consisted of matchups between each division's #1 and #4 seeds and #2 and #3 seeds.

West Division

In the West Division, the Division Semifinal matchups were as follows: #1 Keene versus #4 Danbury,[1] #2 Holyoke versus #3 Vermont.[1]

Danbury vs. Keene

Game 1
Team123456789RHE
Danbury Westerners100001100362
Keene Swamp Bats00501001-7111
Game 2
Team123456789RHE
Keene Swamp Bats000000000042
Danbury Westerners00300030X690
Game 3
Team123456789RHE
Danbury Westerners000000001174
Keene Swamp Bats00032100X6100

Keene wins series 2-1.

Holyoke vs. Vermont

Game 1
Team123456789RHE
Vermont Mountaineers000100011362
Holyoke Blue Sox11011000X491
Game 2
Team123456789RHE
Holyoke Blue Sox000110002473
Vermont Mountaineers100000000120

Holyoke wins series 2-0.

East Division

In the East Division, the Division Semifinal matchups were the same as last year: #1 Newport versus #4 Laconia,[1] #2 North Shore versus #3 Sanford.[1]

Newport vs. Laconia

Game 1
Team123456789RHE
Laconia Muskrats1000000304104
Newport Gulls2000010003120
Game 2
Team123456789RHE
Newport Gulls3000010127132
Laconia Muskrats1011400018122

Laconia wins series 2-0.

North Shore vs. Sanford

Game 1
Team123456789RHE
Sanford Mainers000000000052
North Shore Navigators12020300X8100
Game 2
Team123456789RHE
North Shore Navigators000000000050
Sanford Mainers12100200X6100
Game 3
Team123456789RHE
Sanford Mainers021022000790
North Shore Navigators000000000050

Sanford wins series 2-1.

Division Finals

West Division

In the West Division, the Divisional Championship match up was as follows: #1 Keene versus #2 Holyoke,[1]

Holyoke vs. Keene

Game 1
Team12345678910RHE
Holyoke Blue Sox020000205211130
Keene Swamp Bats01204110009151
Game 2
Team123456789RHE
Keene Swamp Bats0000404008131
Holyoke Blue Sox010001012571
Game 3
Team123456789RHE
Holyoke Blue Sox000000000050
Keene Swamp Bats20000110X461

Keene wins series 2-1

East Division

In the East Division, the Divisional Championship match up was as follows: #3 Sanford versus #4 Laconia,[1]

Laconia vs. Sanford

Game 1
Team12345678910RHE
Laconia Muskrats000110000139-
Sanford Mainers000002000028-
Game 2
Team123456789RHE
Sanford Mainers3001003007150
Laconia Muskrats10020320-8111

Laconia wins series 2-0

Championship Series

The NECBL Championship Series, the final playoff round, consists of a matchup of the West Division's #1 seed Keene against the East Division's #4 seed Laconia

Game 1

Team123456789RHE
Laconia Muskrats001020000381
Keene Swamp Bats03003202X10141

Game 2

Team123456789RHE
Keene Swamp Bats0211003007100
Laconia Muskrats000010000140

Keene wins championship 2-0

References

  1. Playoff Info at necbl.com, URL accessed August 2, 2009. Archived 2009-08-06.
  2. at necbl.com; URL accessed August 3, 2011.
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