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 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

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 Dickinson128.600—2
Central Connecticut128.600—3
St. Francis119.55014
Long Island119.5501—
Quinnipiac713.3505—
South Division
TeamWLPctGBSeed
Monmouth127.632—1
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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