2002 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament

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]

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
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

Seeding and format

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

TeamWinsLossesPct.GBSeed
Monmouth234.852—1
UMBC207.74132
Central Connecticut189.66753
St. Francis1710.63064
Sacred Heart1413.5199—
Mount St. Mary's1016.38512.5—
Quinnipiac918.33314—
Long Island819.29615—
Wagner819.29615—
Fairleigh Dickinson719.26916—

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