2000 Northeast Conference baseball tournament

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2000 Northeast Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
Format Double-elimination tournament
Finals site
Champions Wagner  (1st title)
Winning coach Joe Litterio  (1st title)
MVP Steve Coppola (Wagner)
2000 Northeast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
North
Long Island  x1480 .63623210 .523
Quinnipiac  11110 .50016210 .432
Central Connecticut  9110 .45017311 .357
St. Francis  7120 .36811240 .314
Sacred Heart  6160 .27312380 .240
South
UMBC  x1660 .72729211 .578
Monmouth  1570 .68225270 .481
Wagner  y1480 .63624301 .445
Fairleigh Dickinson  10110 .47615231 .397
Mount St. Mary's  5170 .22717340 .333
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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]

Contents

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 Island 148.6362
Quinnipiac 1111.5003
Central Connecticut 911.4505
St. Francis 712.3686.5
Sacred Heart 616.2738
South Division
TeamWLPctGBSeed
UMBC 166.7271
Monmouth 157.68213
Wagner 148.63624
Fairleigh Dickinson 1011.4765.5
Mount St. Mary's 517.22711

Bracket

First roundSemi-finalsFinals
1 UMBC 1
4 Wagner 16
4Wagner5
3Monmouth0
2 Monmouth 11
3 Long Island 8
4Wagner
3Monmouth
Lower round 1Lower final
3Monmouth5
1UMBC02Long Island4
2Long Island2

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "2000 NEC Baseball Tournament Headquarters". Northeast Conference. May 14, 2000. Retrieved August 31, 2018.