2003 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2003 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 16 and ended on May 18, 2003, at FirstEnergy Park in Lakewood, New Jersey. The league's top four teams competed in the double elimination tournament. Top-seeded Central Connecticut won their second of three consecutive tournament championships and earned the Northeast Conference's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[1]

2003 Northeast Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsCentral Connecticut (2nd title)
Winning coachCharlie Hickey (2nd title)
MVPZack Herrick, Central Connecticut
2003 Northeast Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Central Connecticut  ‍†‍‡‍y 19–6–0 .760  31–17–2 .640
St. Francis  ‍‍‍ 17–10–0 .630  21–21–1 .500
Monmouth  ‍‍‍ 15–11–0 .577  24–27–0 .471
UMBC  ‍‍‍ 15–12–0 .556  20–27–0 .426
Quinnipiac  ‍‍‍ 14–13–0 .519  17–24–0 .415
Fairleigh Dickinson  ‍‍‍ 12–15–0 .444  14–25–0 .359
Long Island  ‍‍‍ 11–15–0 .423  16–24–0 .400
Mount St. Mary's  ‍‍‍ 9–14–0 .391  14–23–0 .378
Wagner  ‍‍‍ 10–16–0 .385  11–36–0 .234
Sacred Heart  ‍‍‍ 7–17–0 .292  13–29–0 .310
† – 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
Central Connecticut196.760—1
St. Francis1710.63032
Monmouth1511.5774.53
UMBC1512.55654
Quinnipiac1413.5196—
Fairleigh Dickinson1215.4448—
Long Island1115.4238.5—
Mount St. Mary's914.3919—
Wagner1016.3859.5—
Sacred Heart717.29211.5—

Bracket

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

Most Valuable Player

Zack Herrick of Central Connecticut was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Herrick pitched 8 innings, allowing no runs while striking out three and walking four to win the final game.[1]

References

  1. "2003 NEC Baseball Tournament Headquarters". Northeast Conference. May 18, 2003. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
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