# NESCAC baseball tournament

The NESCAC baseball tournament is the conference tournament in baseball for the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). It is a best-of-three series followed by a double-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular-season records. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III baseball tournament.

## Tournament

The NESCAC Baseball tournament is a best-of-three series followed by a double-elimination tournament held each year at rotating campus sites. Eight of the ten NESCAC teams qualify for the tournament. The winner earns the NESCAC's guaranteed bid to the NCAA Tournament.

## History

Until 2022, the Conference Tournament featured four teams in a double-elimination tournament. There was no tournament in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to a shortened 2021 season, a championship series was held between the top team of each division. In 2022, a new format was unveiled, which would feature the top four teams of each division qualifying for the NESCAC tournament. A best-of-three series will be played in the quarterfinal round. Then, a double-elimination tournament will be played between the final four teams.

## Results

| Edition | Year | Hosts | | Champions | Score and Venue | Runners-up | | Third place | Fourth place | | No. of teams |
| 1 | 2001 | Williams College | | Williams Ephs | 8–5 Bobby Coombs Field, Williamstown | Tufts Jumbos | | Amherst Mammoths | Trinity Bantams | | 4 |
| 2 | 2002 | Tufts University | | Tufts Jumbos | Huskins Field, Medford | Trinity Bantams | | Wesleyan Cardinals | Williams Ephs | | 4 |
| 3 | 2003 | Amherst College | | Trinity Bantams | 5–3 Memorial Field, Amherst | Amherst Mammoths | | Williams Ephs | Tufts Jumbos | | 4 |
| 4 | 2004 | Trinity College | | Amherst Mammoths | 5–4 Murren Family Field at DiBenedetto Stadium, Hartford | Williams Ephs | | Bowdoin Polar Bears | Trinity Bantams | | 4 |
| 5 | 2005 | Amherst College | | Amherst Mammoths | 8–7 (F/10) Memorial Field, Amherst | Trinity Bantams | | Wesleyan Cardinals | Tufts Jumbos | | 4 |
| 6 | 2006 | Bowdoin College | | Middlebury Panthers | 8–1 Pickard Baseball Diamond, Brunswick | Tufts Jumbos | | Bowdoin Polar Bears | Williams Ephs | | 4 |
| 7 | 2007 | Amherst College | | Williams Ephs | 5–3 Memorial Field, Amherst | Tufts Jumbos | | Amherst Mammoths | Bowdoin Polar Bears | | 4 |
| 8 | 2008 | Trinity College | | Trinity Bantams | 11–8 Murren Family Field at DiBenedetto Stadium, Hartford | Amherst Mammoths | | Tufts Jumbos | Williams Ephs | | 4 |
| 9 | 2009 | Williams College | | Trinity Bantams | 7–3 Bobby Coombs Field, Williamstown | Tufts Jumbos | | Williams Ephs | Wesleyan Cardinals | | 4 |
| 10 | 2010 | Tufts University | | Tufts Jumbos | 6–1 Huskins Field, Medford | Bowdoin Polar Bears | | Williams Ephs | Wesleyan Cardinals | | 4 |
| 11 | 2011 | Amherst College | | Tufts Jumbos | Memorial Field, Amherst | Bowdoin Polar Bears | | Amherst Mammoths | Middlebury Panthers | | 4 |
| 12 | 2012 | Trinity College | | Trinity Bantams | 6–0 Murren Family Field at DiBenedetto Stadium, Hartford | Bowdoin Polar Bears | | Williams Ephs | Amherst Mammoths | | 4 |
| 13 | 2013 | Wesleyan University | | Amherst Mammoths | 7–0 Andrus Field, Middletown | Wesleyan Cardinals | | Trinity Bantams | Bowdoin Polar Bears | | 4 |
| 14 | 2014 | Tufts University | | Wesleyan Cardinals | 6–4 Huskins Field, Medford | Tufts Jumbos | | Bates Bobcats | Amherst Mammoths | | 4 |
| 15 | 2015 | City of Nashua | | Wesleyan Cardinals | 4–2 (F/12) Holman Stadium, Nashua | Amherst Mammoths | | Bates Bobcats | Tufts Jumbos | | 4 |
| 16 | 2016 | City of Nashua | | Tufts Jumbos | 18–6 Holman Stadium, Nashua | Trinity Bantams | | Wesleyan Cardinals | Amherst Mammoths | | 4 |
| 17 | 2017 | Colby College | | Tufts Jumbos | 10–6 Coombs Field, Waterville | Middlebury Panthers | | Amherst Mammoths | Bates Bobcats | | 4 |
| 18 | 2018 | Trinity College | | Amherst Mammoths | 3–2 Murren Family Field at DiBenedetto Stadium, Hartford | Tufts Jumbos | | Wesleyan Cardinals | Bates Bobcats | | 4 |
| 19 | 2019 | Colby College | | Tufts Jumbos | 8–3 Coombs Field, Waterville | Middlebury Panthers | | Williams Ephs | Bates Bobcats | | 4 |
| 2020 | 2020 | Not held because of the COVID-19 pandemic | Not held because of the COVID-19 pandemic | Not held because of the COVID-19 pandemic | Not held because of the COVID-19 pandemic | Not held because of the COVID-19 pandemic | Not held because of the COVID-19 pandemic | Not held because of the COVID-19 pandemic | Not held because of the COVID-19 pandemic | Not held because of the COVID-19 pandemic | Not held because of the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 20 | 2021 | Tufts University | | Amherst Mammoths | 6–2, 4–1 Huskins Field, Medford | Tufts Jumbos | | | | | 2 |
| 21 | 2022 | Trinity College | | TBD | TBD Memorial Field, Amherst | TBD | | TBD | TBD | | 8 |
| 22 | 2023 | Colby College | | TBD | TBD Coombs Field, Waterville | TBD | | TBD | TBD | | 8 |
* TBD: to be determined

### Notes

* ↑ Tufts was awarded the 2002 championship after Game 7 of the tournament was rained out.
* ↑ Tufts was awarded the 2011 championship after Games 6 and 7 of the tournament were rained out.
* ↑ The 2021 field was restricted to the two division winners due to the shortened season. The two teams competed in a best-of-three series.

### Teams reaching the top four

Teams reaching the top four :
| Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Top 4 Total |
| Tufts | 6 (2002*, 2010*, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2019) | 7 (2001, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2014*, 2018, 2021*) | 1 (2008) | 3 (2003, 2004, 2015) | 17 |
| Amherst | 5 (2004, 2005*, 2013, 2018, 2021) | 3 (2003*, 2008, 2015) | 4 (2001, 2007, 2011*, 2017) | 3 (2012, 2014, 2016) | 15 |
| Trinity | 4 (2003, 2008*, 2009, 2012*) | 3 (2002, 2005, 2016) | 1 (2013) | 2 (2001, 2004*) | 10 |
| Williams | 2 (2001*, 2007*) | 1 (2004) | 5 (2003, 2009*, 2010, 2012, 2019) | 3 (2002, 2006, 2008) | 11 |
| Wesleyan | 2 (2014, 2015) | 1 (2013*) | 4 (2002, 2005, 2016, 2018) | 2 (2009, 2010) | 9 |
| Middlebury | 1 (2006) | 2 (2017, 2019) | | 1 (2011) | 4 |
| Bowdoin | | 3 (2010, 2011, 2012) | 2 (2004, 2006*) | 2 (2007, 2013) | 7 |
| Bates | | | 2 (2014, 2015) | 3 (2017, 2018, 2019) | 5 |
    * hosts

### Overall team records

    As of 2021 NESCAC Baseball Tournament
| Rank | Team | Part | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD |
| 1 | Tufts | 17 | 56 | 31 | 25 | 354 | 295 | +59 |
| 2 | Amherst | 14 | 46 | 25 | 21 | – | – | – |
| 3 | Trinity | 10 | 34 | 22 | 12 | – | – | – |
| 4 | Williams | 11 | 31 | 13 | 18 | – | – | – |
| 5 | Wesleyan | 8 | 28 | 12 | 16 | – | – | – |
| 6 | Middlebury | 14 | 14 | 8 | 6 | – | – | – |
| 7 | Bowdoin | 7 | 21 | 8 | 13 | – | – | – |
| 8 | Bates | 14 | 12 | 2 | 10 | – | – | – |