2000 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament

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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
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
North
Long Island  x‍‍‍ 14 – 8 – 0   .636 23 – 21 – 0   .523
Quinnipiac  ‍‍‍ 11 – 11 – 0   .500 16 – 21 – 0   .432
Central Connecticut  ‍‍‍ 9 – 11 – 0   .450 17 – 31 – 1   .357
St. Francis  ‍‍‍ 7 – 12 – 0   .368 11 – 24 – 0   .314
Sacred Heart  ‍‍‍ 6 – 16 – 0   .273 12 – 38 – 0   .240
South
UMBC  x‍‍‍ 16 – 6 – 0   .727 29 – 21 – 1   .578
Monmouth  ‍‍‍ 15 – 7 – 0   .682 25 – 27 – 0   .481
Wagner  ‍‍‡‍y 14 – 8 – 0   .636 24 – 30 – 1   .445
Fairleigh Dickinson  ‍‍‍ 10 – 11 – 0   .476 15 – 23 – 1   .397
Mount St. Mary's  ‍‍‍ 5 – 17 – 0   .227 17 – 34 – 0   .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]

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
Long Island 14 8 .636 — 2
Quinnipiac 11 11 .500 3 —
Central Connecticut 9 11 .450 5 —
St. Francis 7 12 .368 6.5 —
Sacred Heart 6 16 .273 8 —
South Division
Team W L Pct GB Seed
UMBC 16 6 .727 — 1
Monmouth 15 7 .682 1 3
Wagner 14 8 .636 2 4
Fairleigh Dickinson 10 11 .476 5.5 —
Mount St. Mary's 5 17 .227 11 —

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  
  3 Monmouth 5
  2 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. ^ a b "2000 NEC Baseball Tournament Headquarters". Northeast Conference. May 14, 2000. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
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