2001 Northeast Conference baseball tournament

Baseball tournament, New Jersey, U.S. August 2023 2001 Northeast Conference 200px 4 Double-elimination tournament The Sandcastle Atlantic City, NJ 2001 UMBC Retrievers UMBC 1st John Jancuska 1st Eric Weltmer UMBC 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 2001 UMBC Retrievers UMBC won their first and only tournament championship and earned the Northeast Conference's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.http://northeastconference.org/sports/2001/1/8/basechamp01.aspx May 13, 2001 2001 NEC Baseball Tournament Headquarters Northeast Conference August 31, 2018 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 Team W L Pct GB Seed 2001 Central Connecticut Blue Devils Central Connecticut 14 8 .636 — 2 2001 St. Francis Terriers St. Francis 14 8 .636 — 4 2001 Long Island Blackbirds Long Island 13 9 .591 1 — 2001 Sacred Heart Pioneers Sacred Heart 12 10 .545 2 — 2001 Quinnipiac Bobcats Quinnipiac 3 19 .136 11 — South Division Team W L Pct GB Seed 2001 Monmouth Hawks Monmouth 17 5 .773 — 1 2001 UMBC Retrievers UMBC 17 5 .773 — 3 2001 Fairleigh Dickinson Knights Fairleigh Dickinson 9 13 .409 8 — 2001 Wagner Seahawks Wagner 8 14 .409 9 — 2001 Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers Mount St. Mary's 3 19 .136 14 — Bracket First round Semi-finals Finals 1 2001 Monmouth Hawks Monmouth 710 4 2001 St. Francis Terriers St. Francis 6 3 2001 UMBC Retrievers UMBC 10 2 2001 Central Connecticut Blue Devils Central Connecticut 5 4 St. Francis 2 2 Central Connecticut 6 1 Monmouth 10 3 UMBC 16 1 Monmouth 9 2 Central Connecticut 5 3 UMBC 3 4 1 Monmouth 5 1 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. References Tournament Category:Northeast Conference baseball tournament Northeast Conference baseball tournament Northeast Conference baseball tournament