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
Team W   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  x‍‍y 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

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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
Team W L Pct GB Seed
Fairleigh Dickinson 12 8 .600 2
Central Connecticut 12 8 .600 3
St. Francis 11 9 .550 1 4
Long Island 11 9 .550 1
Quinnipiac 7 13 .350 5
South Division
Team W L Pct GB Seed
Monmouth 12 7 .632 1
Wagner 10 9 .526 2
UMBC 8 11 .421 4
Mount St. Mary's 5 14 .263 7

Bracket

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First roundSemi-finalsFinals
1Monmouth8
4St. Francis3
1Monmouth2
3Central Connecticut1
3Central Connecticut9
2Fairleigh Dickinson4
1Monmouth
2Fairleigh Dickinson
Lower round 1Lower final
3Central Connecticut1
4St. Francis72Fairleigh Dickinson7
2Fairleigh Dickinson25

Most Valuable Player

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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

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  1. ^ a b "1999 NEC Baseball Tournament Headquarters". Northeast Conference. May 10, 1999. Retrieved September 3, 2018.