1999 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament

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1999 Northeast Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsMonmouth (2nd title)
Winning coachDean Ehehalt (2nd title)
MVPMike Benfield (Monmouth)
1999 Northeast Conference baseball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
North
Fairleigh Dickinson  x‍‍‍ 12 – 8 – 0   .600 22 – 24 – 0   .478
Central Connecticut  x‍‍‍ 12 – 8 – 0   .600 22 – 22 – 1   .500
St. Francis  ‍‍‍ 11 – 9 – 0   .550 18 – 30 – 0   .375
Long Island  ‍‍‍ 11 – 9 – 0   .550 25 – 19 – 0   .568
Quinnipiac  ‍‍‍ 7 – 13 – 0   .350 17 – 23 – 0   .425
South
Monmouth  x‍‍‡‍y 12 – 7 – 0   .632 26 – 24 – 0   .520
Wagner  ‍‍‍ 10 – 9 – 0   .526 20 – 23 – 0   .465
UMBC  ‍‍‍ 8 – 11 – 0   .421 20 – 22 – 0   .476
Mount St. Mary's  ‍‍‍ 5 – 14 – 0   .263 12 – 31 – 0   .279
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1999 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 7 and ended on May 10, 1999, at The Ballpark at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The league's top four teams competed in the double elimination tournament. Top-seeded Monmouth won their second consecutive, and second overall, tournament championship and earned the Northeast Conference's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[1]

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
Team W L Pct GB Seed
Fairleigh Dickinson 12 8 .600 — 2
Central Connecticut 12 8 .600 — 3
St. Francis 11 9 .550 1 4
Long Island 11 9 .550 1 —
Quinnipiac 7 13 .350 5 —
South Division
Team W L Pct GB Seed
Monmouth 12 7 .632 — 1
Wagner 10 9 .526 2 —
UMBC 8 11 .421 4 —
Mount St. Mary's 5 14 .263 7 —

Bracket[]

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1 Monmouth 8  
4 St. Francis 3  
  1 Monmouth 2  
  3 Central Connecticut 1  
3 Central Connecticut 9
2 Fairleigh Dickinson 4  
  1 Monmouth 7 —
  2 Fairleigh Dickinson 6 —
4 St. Francis 7  
2 Fairleigh Dickinson 25  
  3 Central Connecticut 1
  2 Fairleigh Dickinson 7  

Most Valuable Player[]

Mike Benfield of Monmouth was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Benfield pitched in the opener and the final game for the Hawks, allowing 2 earned runs and striking out ten in 10 2/3 innings.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "1999 NEC Baseball Tournament Headquarters". Northeast Conference. May 10, 1999. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
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