2000 Northeast Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsWagner (1st title)
Winning coachJoe Litterio (1st title)
MVPSteve Coppola (Wagner)
2000 Northeast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
North
Long Island  x 1480 .63623210 .523
Quinnipiac   11110 .50016210 .432
Central Connecticut   9110 .45017311 .357
St. Francis   7120 .36811240 .314
Sacred Heart   6160 .27312380 .240
South
UMBC  x 1660 .72729211 .578
Monmouth   1570 .68225270 .481
Wagner  y 1480 .63624301 .445
Fairleigh Dickinson   10110 .47615231 .397
Mount St. Mary's   5170 .22717340 .333
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2000 Northeast Conference baseball tournament began on May 12 and ended on May 14, 2000, at The Sandcastle in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The league's top four teams competed in the double elimination tournament. Fourth-seeded Wagner won their first tournament championship and earned the Northeast Conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1]

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
Long Island148.6362
Quinnipiac1111.5003
Central Connecticut911.4505
St. Francis712.3686.5
Sacred Heart616.2738
South Division
TeamWLPctGBSeed
UMBC166.7271
Monmouth157.68213
Wagner148.63624
Fairleigh Dickinson1011.4765.5
Mount St. Mary's517.22711

Bracket

First roundSemi-finalsFinals
1UMBC1
4Wagner16
4Wagner5
3Monmouth0
3Monmouth11
2Long Island8
4Wagner
3Monmouth
Lower round 1Lower final
3Monmouth5
1UMBC02Long Island4
2Long Island2

Most Valuable Player

Steve Coppola of Wagner was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Rival threw a complete game two-hit shutout in the Seahawks 5–0 win over Monmouth in the winner's bracket matchup.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "2000 NEC Baseball Tournament Headquarters". Northeast Conference. May 14, 2000. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
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