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
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsUMBC (1st title)
Winning coachJohn Jancuska (1st title)
MVPEric Weltmer, UMBC
2001 Northeast Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
North
Central Connecticut  x 1480 .636  30220 .577
St. Francis  x 1480 .636  25220 .532
Long Island   1390 .591  18240 .429
Sacred Heart   12100 .545  22230 .489
Quinnipiac   3190 .136  5370 .119
South
UMBC  xy 1750 .773  31202 .604
Monmouth  x 1750 .773  29240 .547
Fairleigh Dickinson   9130 .409  13270 .325
Wagner   8140 .364  16301 .351
Mount St. Mary's   3190 .136  12370 .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
TeamWLPctGBSeed
Central Connecticut148.6362
St. Francis148.6364
Long Island139.5911
Sacred Heart1210.5452
Quinnipiac319.13611
South Division
TeamWLPctGBSeed
Monmouth175.7731
UMBC175.7733
Fairleigh Dickinson913.4098
Wagner814.4099
Mount St. Mary's319.13614

Bracket

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1 Monmouth 710  
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.
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