1998 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament

The 1998 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 11 and ended on May 12, 1998, at Cochrane Stadium in Jersey City, New Jersey. The league's top four teams competed in the single elimination tournament. Rain severely impacted the event, forcing both a venue change and a format change. The tournament was originally intended to be a double-elimination tournament at Waterfront Park in Trenton, New Jersey.[1] Second-seeded Monmouth won their first tournament championship, then won the NCAA play-in series against Navy to advance to the 1998 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

1998 Northeast Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsMonmouth (1st title)
Winning coachDean Ehehalt (1st title)
MVPJoe McCullough, Monmouth
1998 Northeast Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
St. Francis   1050 .667  26121 .679
Monmouth  y 1050 .667  30210 .588
Long Island   960 .600  24140 .632
Mount St. Mary's   690 .400  9280 .243
Fairleigh Dickinson   690 .400  15240 .385
Wagner   4110 .267  10351 .228
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

The top four finishers were seeded one through four based on conference regular-season winning percentage. Due to rain, the standard double-elimination format was abandoned in favor of a single-elimination tournament.[2]

TeamWLPctGBSeed
St. Francis105.6671
Monmouth105.6672
Long Island96.60013
Mount St. Mary's69.40044
Fairleigh Dickinson69.4004
Wagner411.2676

Bracket

Semifinals Finals
      
1 St. Francis 6
4 Mount St. Mary's 1
1 St. Francis 2
2 Monmouth 7
3 Long Island 4
2 Monmouth 5

Most Valuable Player

Joe McCullough was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. McCullough was a second baseman for Monmouth.[2]

References

  1. "2018 Northeast Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Northeast Conference. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  2. "1998 NEC Baseball Tournament Headquarters". Northeast Conference. May 12, 1998. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
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