2002 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament

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2002 Northeast Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsCentral Connecticut (1st title)
Winning coachCharlie Hickey (1st title)
MVPKevin Rival (Central Connecticut)
2002 Northeast Conference baseball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Monmouth  ‍†‍‍ 23 – 4   .852 30 – 21   .588
UMBC  ‍‍‍ 20 – 7   .741 32 – 24   .571
Central Connecticut  ‍‍‡‍y 18 – 9   .667 34 – 23   .596
St. Francis  ‍‍‍ 17 – 10   .630 22 – 24   .478
Sacred Heart  ‍‍‍ 14 – 13   .519 20 – 27   .426
Mount St. Mary's  ‍‍‍ 10 – 16   .385 17 – 35   .327
Quinnipiac  ‍‍‍ 9 – 18   .333 12 – 30   .286
Long Island  ‍‍‍ 8 – 19   .296 11 – 33   .250
Wagner  ‍‍‍ 8 – 19   .296 10 – 39   .204
Fairleigh Dickinson  ‍‍‍ 7 – 19   .269 9 – 35   .205
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2002 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 17 and ended on May 19, 2002, at FirstEnergy Park in Lakewood, New Jersey. The league's top four teams competed in the double elimination tournament. Third-seeded Central Connecticut won their first of three consecutive tournament championships and earned the Northeast Conference's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[1]

Seeding and format[]

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

Team Wins Losses Pct. GB Seed
Monmouth 23 4 .852 — 1
UMBC 20 7 .741 3 2
Central Connecticut 18 9 .667 5 3
St. Francis 17 10 .630 6 4
Sacred Heart 14 13 .519 9 —
Mount St. Mary's 10 16 .385 12.5 —
Quinnipiac 9 18 .333 14 —
Long Island 8 19 .296 15 —
Wagner 8 19 .296 15 —
Fairleigh Dickinson 7 19 .269 16 —

Bracket[]

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1 Monmouth 3  
4 St. Francis 2  
  1 Monmouth 5  
  3 Central Connecticut 7  
3 Central Connecticut 5
2 UMBC 3  
  3 Central Connecticut 11 —
  2 UMBC 2 —
4 St. Francis 0  
2 UMBC 1  
  1 Monmouth 2
  2 UMBC 8  

Most Valuable Player[]

Kevin Rival of Central Connecticut was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Rival earned a win in the Blue Devils' opener against UMBC, and a save against Monmouth while also batting .300 with two doubles and three RBI for the tournament.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "2002 NEC Baseball Tournament Headquarters". Northeast Conference. May 19, 2002. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
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