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

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	The Ballpark at Harbor Yard Bridgeport, CT
Champions	Monmouth (2nd title)
Winning coach	Dean Ehehalt (2nd title)
MVP	Mike 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  ^x‍‍‡‍^y	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

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

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
	1	Monmouth	8
	4	St. Francis	3
						1	Monmouth	2
						3	Central Connecticut	1
	3	Central Connecticut	9
	2	Fairleigh Dickinson	4
											1	Monmouth	7	—
										2	Fairleigh Dickinson	6	—
	4	St. Francis	7
	2	Fairleigh Dickinson	25
						3	Central Connecticut	1
						2	Fairleigh Dickinson	7

Most Valuable Player

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

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