2026 Little East Conference Tournament

The 2026 Little East Conference baseball tournament was held May 6-9 at Ed Flaherty Field in Gorham, ME. #1 University of Southern Maine defeated #2 Keene State College for the title. Caleb Vacchiano of Southern Maine was named Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of Southern Maine	13-3	Scott Heath
2	Keene State College	13-3	Justin Blood
3	University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	11-5	Bob Prince
4	Eastern Connecticut State University	11-5	Mike Odenwaelder
5	University of Massachusetts Boston	8-8	Brendan Eygabroat
6	Vermont State University-Castleton	5-11	Tony Deshler

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Southern Maine	10
	6	VSU-Castleton	6			1	Southern Maine	11
						4	Eastern Connecticut St.	1
	2	Keene St.	13								1	Southern Maine	14
	5	UMass Boston	1								3	UMass Dartmouth	6
						2	Keene St.	4													1	Southern Maine	11	x
						3	UMass Dartmouth	7													2	Keene St.	5	x
	3	UMass Dartmouth	7													3	UMass Dartmouth	3
	4	Eastern Connecticut St.	0								2	Keene St.	8			2	Keene St.	4
						6	VSU-Castleton	2			5	UMass Boston	7
						5	UMass Boston	9

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 6
Game 1	University of Southern Maine	10-6	Vermont State University-Castleton
Game 2	Keene State College	13-1 (7)	University of Massachusetts Boston
Game 3	University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	7-0	Eastern Connecticut State University
May 7
Game 4	University of Massachusetts Boston	9-2	Vermont State University-Castleton	VSU-Castleton eliminated
Game 5	University of Southern Maine	11-1 (8)	Eastern Connecticut State University	Eastern Connecticut St. eliminated
Game 6	University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	7-4	Keene State College
May 8
Game 7	University of Southern Maine	14-6	University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Game 8	Keene State College	8-7	University of Massachusetts Boston	UMass Boston eliminated
Game 9	Keene State College	4-3	University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	UMass Dartmouth eliminated
May 9
Game 10	University of Southern Maine	11-5	Keene State College	Southern Maine advances to NCAA tournament

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