The Southern Connecticut State University baseball team, which won a program record 45 games this year, finished the year ranked No. 1 in the final National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association East Region poll.


The Owls won the Northeast-10 Conference regular season title for the second year in a row and made their second trip to the College World Series. Along the way, they defeated No. 1 Grand Valley State and No. 11 Sonoma State to reach the national semifinals.

Southern Connecticut finished the season with an overall record of 45-9-1.