2001 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2001 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 11 and ended on May 13, 2001, at The Sandcastle in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The league's top four teams competed in the double elimination tournament. Third-seeded UMBC won their first and only tournament championship and earned the Northeast Conference's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[1]

2001 Northeast Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	The Sandcastle Atlantic City, NJ
Champions	UMBC (1st title)
Winning coach	John Jancuska (1st title)
MVP	Eric Weltmer, UMBC

2001 Northeast Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
North
Central Connecticut  ^x‍‍‍	14	–	8	–	0		.636			30	–	22	–	0		.577
St. Francis  ^x‍‍‍	14	–	8	–	0		.636			25	–	22	–	0		.532
Long Island  ‍‍‍	13	–	9	–	0		.591			18	–	24	–	0		.429
Sacred Heart  ‍‍‍	12	–	10	–	0		.545			22	–	23	–	0		.489
Quinnipiac  ‍‍‍	3	–	19	–	0		.136			5	–	37	–	0		.119
South
UMBC  ^x‍‍‡‍^y	17	–	5	–	0		.773			31	–	20	–	2		.604
Monmouth  ^x‍‍‍	17	–	5	–	0		.773			29	–	24	–	0		.547
Fairleigh Dickinson  ‍‍‍	9	–	13	–	0		.409			13	–	27	–	0		.325
Wagner  ‍‍‍	8	–	14	–	0		.364			16	–	30	–	1		.351
Mount St. Mary's  ‍‍‍	3	–	19	–	0		.136			12	–	37	–	0		.245
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 Central Connecticut 14 8 .636 — 2 St. Francis 14 8 .636 — 4 Long Island 13 9 .591 1 — Sacred Heart 12 10 .545 2 — Quinnipiac 3 19 .136 11 —

South Division Team W L Pct GB Seed Monmouth 17 5 .773 — 1 UMBC 17 5 .773 — 3 Fairleigh Dickinson 9 13 .409 8 — Wagner 8 14 .409 9 — Mount St. Mary's 3 19 .136 14 —

Bracket

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
	1	Monmouth	7^10
	4	St. Francis	6
						1	Monmouth	10
						3	UMBC	16
	3	UMBC	10
	2	Central Connecticut	5
											3	UMBC	3	4
										1	Monmouth	5	1
	4	St. Francis	2
	2	Central Connecticut	6
						1	Monmouth	9
						2	Central Connecticut	5

Most Valuable Player

Eric Weltmer of UMBC was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Weltmer threw a pair of complete games in the tournament, including the final, with a 2.50 ERA.[1]

References

1. "2001 NEC Baseball Tournament Headquarters". Northeast Conference. May 13, 2001. Retrieved August 31, 2018.