1999 Northeast Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsMonmouth (2nd title)
Winning coachDean Ehehalt (2nd title)
MVPMike Benfield (Monmouth)
1999 Northeast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
North
Fairleigh Dickinson  x‍‍‍ 12–8–0 .60022–24–0 .478
Central Connecticut  x‍‍‍ 12–8–0 .60022–22–1 .500
St. Francis  ‍‍‍ 11–9–0 .55018–30–0 .375
Long Island  ‍‍‍ 11–9–0 .55025–19–0 .568
Quinnipiac  ‍‍‍ 7–13–0 .35017–23–0 .425
South
Monmouth  x‍‍‡‍y 12–7–0 .63226–24–0 .520
Wagner  ‍‍‍ 10–9–0 .52620–23–0 .465
UMBC  ‍‍‍ 8–11–0 .42120–22–0 .476
Mount St. Mary's  ‍‍‍ 5–14–0 .26312–31–0 .279
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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]

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
TeamWLPctGBSeed
Fairleigh Dickinson128.600—2
Central Connecticut128.600—3
St. Francis119.55014
Long Island119.5501—
Quinnipiac713.3505—
South Division
TeamWLPctGBSeed
Monmouth127.632—1
Wagner109.5262—
UMBC811.4214—
Mount St. Mary's514.2637—

Bracket

First roundSemi-finalsFinals
1Monmouth8
4St. Francis3
1Monmouth2
3Central Connecticut1
3Central Connecticut9
2Fairleigh Dickinson4
1Monmouth
2Fairleigh Dickinson
Lower round 1Lower final
3Central Connecticut1
4St. Francis72Fairleigh Dickinson7
2Fairleigh Dickinson25

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. 1 2 "1999 NEC Baseball Tournament Headquarters". Northeast Conference. May 10, 1999. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
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