2001 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2001 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 11 and ended on May 13, 2001, at The Sandcastle in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The league's top four teams competed in the double elimination tournament. Third-seeded UMBC won their first and only tournament championship and earned the Northeast Conference's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[1]

2001 Northeast Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsUMBC (1st title)
Winning coachJohn Jancuska (1st title)
MVPEric Weltmer, UMBC
2001 Northeast Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
North
Central Connecticut  x‍‍‍ 14–8–0 .636  30–22–0 .577
St. Francis  x‍‍‍ 14–8–0 .636  25–22–0 .532
Long Island  ‍‍‍ 13–9–0 .591  18–24–0 .429
Sacred Heart  ‍‍‍ 12–10–0 .545  22–23–0 .489
Quinnipiac  ‍‍‍ 3–19–0 .136  5–37–0 .119
South
UMBC  x‍‍‡‍y 17–5–0 .773  31–20–2 .604
Monmouth  x‍‍‍ 17–5–0 .773  29–24–0 .547
Fairleigh Dickinson  ‍‍‍ 9–13–0 .409  13–27–0 .325
Wagner  ‍‍‍ 8–14–0 .364  16–30–1 .351
Mount St. Mary's  ‍‍‍ 3–19–0 .136  12–37–0 .245
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
Central Connecticut148.636—2
St. Francis148.636—4
Long Island139.5911—
Sacred Heart1210.5452—
Quinnipiac319.13611—
South Division
TeamWLPctGBSeed
Monmouth175.773—1
UMBC175.773—3
Fairleigh Dickinson913.4098—
Wagner814.4099—
Mount St. Mary's319.13614—

Bracket

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1 Monmouth 710  
4 St. Francis 6  
  1 Monmouth 10  
  3 UMBC 16  
3 UMBC 10
2 Central Connecticut 5  
  3 UMBC 3 4
  1 Monmouth 5 1
4 St. Francis 2  
2 Central Connecticut 6  
  1 Monmouth 9
  2 Central Connecticut 5  

Most Valuable Player

Eric Weltmer of UMBC was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Weltmer threw a pair of complete games in the tournament, including the final, with a 2.50 ERA.[1]

References

  1. "2001 NEC Baseball Tournament Headquarters". Northeast Conference. May 13, 2001. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
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