2001 Northeast Conference baseball tournament

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2001 Northeast Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
Format Double-elimination tournament
Finals site
Champions UMBC  (1st title)
Winning coach John Jancuska  (1st title)
MVP Eric Weltmer (UMBC)
2001 Northeast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
North
Central Connecticut  x‍‍‍14–8–0 .63630–22–0 .577
St. Francis  x‍‍‍14–8–0 .63625–22–0 .532
Long Island  ‍‍‍13–9–0 .59118–24–0 .429
Sacred Heart  ‍‍‍12–10–0 .54522–23–0 .489
Quinnipiac  ‍‍‍3–19–0 .1365–37–0 .119
South
UMBC  x‍‍‡‍y17–5–0 .77331–20–2 .604
Monmouth  x‍‍‍17–5–0 .77329–24–0 .547
Fairleigh Dickinson  ‍‍‍9–13–0 .40913–27–0 .325
Wagner  ‍‍‍8–14–0 .36416–30–1 .351
Mount St. Mary's  ‍‍‍3–19–0 .13612–37–0 .245
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2001 Northeast Conference baseball tournament began on May 11 and ended on May 13, 2001, at The Sandcastle in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The league's top four teams competed in the double elimination tournament. Third-seeded UMBC won their first and only tournament championship and earned the Northeast Conference's automatic bid to the 2001 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
Central Connecticut 148.636—2
St. Francis 148.636—4
Long Island 139.5911—
Sacred Heart 1210.5452—
Quinnipiac 319.13611—
South Division
TeamWLPctGBSeed
Monmouth 175.773—1
UMBC 175.773—3
Fairleigh Dickinson 913.4098—
Wagner 814.4099—
Mount St. Mary's 319.13614—

Bracket

First roundSemi-finalsFinals
1 Monmouth 710
4 St. Francis 6
1Monmouth10
3UMBC16
3 UMBC 10
2 Central Connecticut 5
3UMBC
1Monmouth
Lower round 1Lower final
1Monmouth9
4St. Francis22Central Connecticut5
2Central Connecticut6

Most Valuable Player

Eric Weltmer of UMBC was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Weltmer threw a pair of complete games in the tournament, including the final, with a 2.50 ERA. [1]

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  1. 1 2 "2001 NEC Baseball Tournament Headquarters". Northeast Conference. May 13, 2001. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
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