2002 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2002 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 17 and ended on May 19, 2002, at FirstEnergy Park in Lakewood, New Jersey. The league's top four teams competed in the double elimination tournament. Third-seeded Central Connecticut won their first of three consecutive tournament championships and earned the Northeast Conference's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[1]

2002 Northeast Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsCentral Connecticut (1st title)
Winning coachCharlie Hickey (1st title)
MVPKevin Rival, Central Connecticut
2002 Northeast Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Monmouth   234 .852  3021 .588
UMBC   207 .741  3224 .571
Central Connecticut  y 189 .667  3423 .596
St. Francis   1710 .630  2224 .478
Sacred Heart   1413 .519  2027 .426
Mount St. Mary's   1016 .385  1735 .327
Quinnipiac   918 .333  1230 .286
Long Island   819 .296  1133 .250
Wagner   819 .296  1039 .204
Fairleigh Dickinson   719 .269  935 .205
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.

TeamWinsLossesPct.GBSeed
Monmouth234.8521
UMBC207.74132
Central Connecticut189.66753
St. Francis1710.63064
Sacred Heart1413.5199
Mount St. Mary's1016.38512.5
Quinnipiac918.33314
Long Island819.29615
Wagner819.29615
Fairleigh Dickinson719.26916

Bracket

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1 Monmouth 3  
4 St. Francis 2  
  1 Monmouth 5  
  3 Central Connecticut 7  
3 Central Connecticut 5
2 UMBC 3  
  3 Central Connecticut 11
  2 UMBC 2
4 St. Francis 0  
2 UMBC 1  
  1 Monmouth 2
  2 UMBC 8  

Most Valuable Player

Kevin Rival of Central Connecticut was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Rival earned a win in the Blue Devils' opener against UMBC, and a save against Monmouth while also batting .300 with two doubles and three RBI for the tournament.[1]

References

  1. "2002 NEC Baseball Tournament Headquarters". Northeast Conference. May 19, 2002. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
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