1999 Northeast Conference baseball tournament

1999 Northeast Conference
baseball tournament
Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	The Ballpark at Harbor Yard; Bridgeport, CT;
Champions	Monmouth (2nd title)
Winning coach	Dean Ehehalt (2nd title)
MVP	Mike Benfield (Monmouth)
	← 1998; Northeast Conference baseball tournament; 2000 →;

1999 Northeast Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
North
Fairleigh Dickinson ^x‍‍‍	12	–	8	–	0	.600	22	–	24	–	0	.478
Central Connecticut ^x‍‍‍	12	–	8	–	0	.600	22	–	22	–	1	.500
St. Francis ‍‍‍	11	–	9	–	0	.550	18	–	30	–	0	.375
Long Island ‍‍‍	11	–	9	–	0	.550	25	–	19	–	0	.568
Quinnipiac ‍‍‍	7	–	13	–	0	.350	17	–	23	–	0	.425
South
Monmouth ^x‍‍‡‍^y	12	–	7	–	0	.632	26	–	24	–	0	.520
Wagner ‍‍‍	10	–	9	–	0	.526	20	–	23	–	0	.465
UMBC ‍‍‍	8	–	11	–	0	.421	20	–	22	–	0	.476
Mount St. Mary's ‍‍‍	5	–	14	–	0	.263	12	–	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.

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
North Division
Fairleigh Dickinson	12	8	.600	—	2
Central Connecticut	12	8	.600	—	3
St. Francis	11	9	.550	1	4
Long Island	11	9	.550	1	—
Quinnipiac	7	13	.350	5	—

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
South Division
Monmouth	12	7	.632	—	1
Wagner	10	9	.526	2	—
UMBC	8	11	.421	4	—
Mount St. Mary's	5	14	.263	7	—

Bracket


First round			Semi-finals			Finals



1	Monmouth	8

4	St. Francis	3
			1	Monmouth	2

			3	Central Connecticut	1
3	Central Connecticut	9

2	Fairleigh Dickinson	4
						1	Monmouth

						2	Fairleigh Dickinson
Lower round 1			Lower final



			3	Central Connecticut	1

4	St. Francis	7	2	Fairleigh Dickinson	7

2	Fairleigh Dickinson	25

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

^ ^a ^b "1999 NEC Baseball Tournament Headquarters". Northeast Conference. May 10, 1999. Retrieved September 3, 2018.

[recap-1] "1999 NEC Baseball Tournament Headquarters". Northeast Conference. May 10, 1999. Retrieved September 3, 2018.

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