2000 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2000 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 12 and ended on May 14, 2000, at The Sandcastle in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The league's top four teams competed in the double elimination tournament. Fourth-seeded Wagner won their first tournament championship and earned the Northeast Conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[1]

2000 Northeast Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsWagner (1st title)
Winning coachJoe Litterio (1st title)
MVPSteve Coppola (Wagner)
2000 Northeast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
North
Long Island  x‍‍‍ 14–8–0 .63623–21–0 .523
Quinnipiac  ‍‍‍ 11–11–0 .50016–21–0 .432
Central Connecticut  ‍‍‍ 9–11–0 .45017–31–1 .357
St. Francis  ‍‍‍ 7–12–0 .36811–24–0 .314
Sacred Heart  ‍‍‍ 6–16–0 .27312–38–0 .240
South
UMBC  x‍‍‍ 16–6–0 .72729–21–1 .578
Monmouth  ‍‍‍ 15–7–0 .68225–27–0 .481
Wagner  ‍‍‡‍y 14–8–0 .63624–30–1 .445
Fairleigh Dickinson  ‍‍‍ 10–11–0 .47615–23–1 .397
Mount St. Mary's  ‍‍‍ 5–17–0 .22717–34–0 .333
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

The two division winners claimed the top two seeds, with the next two teams by conference winning percentage rounding out the field. They played a double-elimination tournament.

North Division
TeamWLPctGBSeed
Long Island148.636—2
Quinnipiac1111.5003—
Central Connecticut911.4505—
St. Francis712.3686.5—
Sacred Heart616.2738—
South Division
TeamWLPctGBSeed
UMBC166.727—1
Monmouth157.68213
Wagner148.63624
Fairleigh Dickinson1011.4765.5—
Mount St. Mary's517.22711—

Bracket

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1 UMBC 1  
4 Wagner 16  
  4 Wagner 5  
  3 Monmouth 0  
3 Monmouth 11
2 Long Island 8  
  4 Wagner 3 7
  3 Monmouth 14 3
1 UMBC 0  
2 Long Island 2  
  Monmouth 5
  Long Island 4  

Most Valuable Player

Steve Coppola of Wagner was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Rival threw a complete game two-hit shutout in the Seahawks 5–0 win over Monmouth in the winner's bracket matchup.[1]

References

  1. "2000 NEC Baseball Tournament Headquarters". Northeast Conference. May 14, 2000. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
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