2003 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament

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2003 Northeast Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
Format Double-elimination tournament
Finals site
Champions Central Connecticut  (2nd title)
Winning coach Charlie Hickey  (2nd title)
MVPZack Herrick (Central Connecticut)
2003 Northeast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Central Connecticut  ‍†‍‡‍y19–6–0 .76031–17–2 .640
St. Francis  ‍‍‍17–10–0 .63021–21–1 .500
Monmouth  ‍‍‍15–11–0 .57724–27–0 .471
UMBC  ‍‍‍15–12–0 .55620–27–0 .426
Quinnipiac  ‍‍‍14–13–0 .51917–24–0 .415
Fairleigh Dickinson  ‍‍‍12–15–0 .44414–25–0 .359
Long Island  ‍‍‍11–15–0 .42316–24–0 .400
Mount St. Mary's  ‍‍‍9–14–0 .39114–23–0 .378
Wagner  ‍‍‍10–16–0 .38511–36–0 .234
Sacred Heart  ‍‍‍7–17–0 .29213–29–0 .310
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2003 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 16 and ended on May 18, 2003, at FirstEnergy Park in Lakewood, New Jersey. The league's top four teams competed in the double elimination tournament. Top-seeded Central Connecticut won their second of three consecutive tournament championships and earned the Northeast Conference's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. [1]

Contents

Seeding and format

The top four finishers were seeded one through four based on conference regular-season winning percentage.

TeamWinsLossesPct.GBSeed
Central Connecticut 196.760—1
St. Francis 1710.63032
Monmouth 1511.5774.53
UMBC 1512.55654
Quinnipiac 1413.5196—
Fairleigh Dickinson 1215.4448—
Long Island 1115.4238.5—
Mount St. Mary's 914.3919—
Wagner 1016.3859.5—
Sacred Heart 717.29211.5—

Bracket

 First RoundSemi-FinalsFinals
               
1 Central Connecticut 8 
4 UMBC 1 
 1Central Connecticut2 
 3Monmouth0 
3 Monmouth 2
2 St. Francis 0 
 1Central Connecticut4—
 3Monmouth0—
4UMBC1 
2St. Francis0 
 3Monmouth11
 4UMBC2 

Most Valuable Player

Zack Herrick of Central Connecticut was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Herrick pitched 8 innings, allowing no runs while striking out three and walking four to win the final game. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "2003 NEC Baseball Tournament Headquarters". Northeast Conference. May 18, 2003. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
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