1999 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament

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]

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
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
North
Fairleigh Dickinson  x 1280 .600  22240 .478
Central Connecticut  x 1280 .600  22221 .500
St. Francis   1190 .550  18300 .375
Long Island   1190 .550  25190 .568
Quinnipiac   7130 .350  17230 .425
South
Monmouth  xy 1270 .632  26240 .520
Wagner   1090 .526  20230 .465
UMBC   8110 .421  20220 .476
Mount St. Mary's   5140 .263  12310 .279
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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
Fairleigh Dickinson128.6002
Central Connecticut128.6003
St. Francis119.55014
Long Island119.5501
Quinnipiac713.3505
South Division
TeamWLPctGBSeed
Monmouth127.6321
Wagner109.5262
UMBC811.4214
Mount St. Mary's514.2637

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