2000 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament

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]

2000 Northeast Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	The Sandcastle Atlantic City, NJ
Champions	Wagner (1st title)
Winning coach	Joe Litterio (1st title)
MVP	Steve Coppola, Wagner

2000 Northeast Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
North
Long Island  ^x‍‍‍	14	–	8	–	0		.636			23	–	21	–	0		.523
Quinnipiac  ‍‍‍	11	–	11	–	0		.500			16	–	21	–	0		.432
Central Connecticut  ‍‍‍	9	–	11	–	0		.450			17	–	31	–	1		.357
St. Francis  ‍‍‍	7	–	12	–	0		.368			11	–	24	–	0		.314
Sacred Heart  ‍‍‍	6	–	16	–	0		.273			12	–	38	–	0		.240
South
UMBC  ^x‍‍‍	16	–	6	–	0		.727			29	–	21	–	1		.578
Monmouth  ‍‍‍	15	–	7	–	0		.682			25	–	27	–	0		.481
Wagner  ‍‍‡‍^y	14	–	8	–	0		.636			24	–	30	–	1		.445
Fairleigh Dickinson  ‍‍‍	10	–	11	–	0		.476			15	–	23	–	1		.397
Mount St. Mary's  ‍‍‍	5	–	17	–	0		.227			17	–	34	–	0		.333
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 Long Island 14 8 .636 — 2 Quinnipiac 11 11 .500 3 — Central Connecticut 9 11 .450 5 — St. Francis 7 12 .368 6.5 — Sacred Heart 6 16 .273 8 —

South Division Team W L Pct GB Seed UMBC 16 6 .727 — 1 Monmouth 15 7 .682 1 3 Wagner 14 8 .636 2 4 Fairleigh Dickinson 10 11 .476 5.5 — Mount St. Mary's 5 17 .227 11 —

Bracket

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
	1	UMBC	1
	4	Wagner	16
						4	Wagner	5
						3	Monmouth	0
	3	Monmouth	11
	2	Long Island	8
											4	Wagner	3	7
										3	Monmouth	14	3
	1	UMBC	0
	2	Long Island	2
						3	Monmouth	5
						2	Long Island	4

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