Northeastern University Athletics

Northeastern-UNCW Postgame Notes - CAA Tournament

5/29/2021

[1] NORTHEASTERN 7, [2] UNCW 5 (10 innings)
CAA BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
WILMINGTON, N.C. (BROOKS FIELD)

NORTHEASTERN (35-10, 20-3 CAA)

The Huskies are 14-9 in elimination games of the CAA tournament
NU improves to 26-1 this season when scoring first
The Red and Black advance to their second CAA Championship Game and force a winner-take-all game with UNCW for the NCAA automatic bid
The 35 wins ranks second all-time in program history
- 36 in 2018
- 35 in 1994, '97 and '21
- 33 in 1997
This was just the second extra-inning game for Northeastern this season, 1-1 record
The win tonight snaps UNCW's 10-game home field winning streak
The Huskies improve to 24-3 this season when the game is decided by 3+ runs
Northeastern is 29-2 on the year when leading after 7 innings, 4-2 tonight
The Huskies are 7-5 all-time at the CAA tournament as the No. 1 seed
Northeastern is 16-19 all-time at the CAA tournament
Northeastern ranks third in the country with a .778 winning percentage, which currently ranks as the best in program history
- .700 in 1991 – 35-15
- .686 in 1994 – 35-16
- .634 in 1997 – 33-19
- .632 in 2018 – 36-21 (earned at-large bid to NCAA Regionals)

NU-UNCW SERIES NOTES

Northeastern is 3-6 all-time against UNCW in the CAA tournament
This marks the second time these teams have met in the CAA Championship Game
The Huskies snapped a 3-game losing streak to the Seahawks in the tournament
UNCW leads the all-time series 32-15-1
The Huskies and Seahawks met in the 2018 CAA Championship where Northeastern defeated UNCW, 3-2, but then fell 7-4 in the winner-take-all game

PLAYER NOTES

Junior Ian Fair (1B)