2000 Northeast Conference baseball tournament

Baseball tournament, New Jersey, U.S. August 2023 2000 Northeast Conference 200px 4 Double-elimination tournament The Sandcastle Atlantic City, NJ 2000 Wagner Seahawks Wagner 1st Joe Litterio 1st Steve Coppola Wagner The 2000 Northeast Conference baseball tournament began on May 12 and ended on May 14, 2000, at The Sandcastle in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The league's top four teams competed in the double elimination tournament. Fourth-seeded 2000 Wagner Seahawks Wagner won their first tournament championship and earned the Northeast Conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.http://northeastconference.org/sports/2000/1/8/basechamp00.aspx May 14, 2000 2000 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 2000 Long Island Blackbirds Long Island 14 8 .636 — 2 2000 Quinnipiac Bobcats Quinnipiac 11 11 .500 3 — 2000 Central Connecticut Blue Devils Central Connecticut 9 11 .450 5 — 2000 St. Francis Terriers St. Francis 7 12 .368 6.5 — 2000 Sacred Heart Pioneers Sacred Heart 6 16 .273 8 — South Division Team W L Pct GB Seed 2000 UMBC Retrievers UMBC 16 6 .727 — 1 2000 Monmouth Hawks Monmouth 15 7 .682 1 3 2000 Wagner Seahawks Wagner 14 8 .636 2 4 2000 Fairleigh Dickinson Knights Fairleigh Dickinson 10 11 .476 5.5 — 2000 Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers Mount St. Mary's 5 17 .227 11 — Bracket First round Semi-finals Finals 1 2000 UMBC Retrievers UMBC 1 4 2000 Wagner Seahawks Wagner 16 3 2000 Monmouth Hawks Monmouth 11 2 2000 Long Island Blackbirds Long Island 8 1 UMBC 0 2 Long Island 2 4 Wagner 5 3 Monmouth 0 3 Monmouth 5 2 Long Island 4 4 Wagner 3 7 3 Monmouth 14 3 Most Valuable Player Steve Coppola of Wagner was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Rival threw a complete game two-hit shutout in the Seahawks 5–0 win over Monmouth in the winner's bracket matchup. References Tournament Category:Northeast Conference baseball tournament Northeast Conference baseball tournament Northeast Conference baseball tournament