2002 Northeast Conference baseball tournament

Baseball tournament, New Jersey, U.S. August 2023 2002 Northeast Conference 200px 4 Double-elimination tournament FirstEnergy Park Lakewood, NJ 2002 Central Connecticut Blue Devils Central Connecticut 1st Charlie Hickey 1st Kevin Rival Central Connecticut The 2002 Northeast Conference baseball tournament began on May 17 and ended on May 19, 2002, at FirstEnergy Park in Lakewood, New Jersey. The league's top four teams competed in the double elimination tournament. Third-seeded 2002 Central Connecticut Blue Devils Central Connecticut won their first of three consecutive tournament championships and earned the Northeast Conference's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.http://www.northeastconference.org/sports/2002/1/8/basechamp02.aspx May 19, 2002 2002 NEC Baseball Tournament Headquarters Northeast Conference August 26, 2018 Seeding and format The top four finishers were seeded one through four based on conference regular season winning percentage. Team Wins Losses Pct. GB Seed 2002 Monmouth Hawks Monmouth 23 4 .852 — 1 2002 UMBC Retrievers UMBC 20 7 .741 3 2 2002 Central Connecticut Blue Devils Central Connecticut 18 9 .667 5 3 2002 St. Francis Terriers St. Francis 17 10 .630 6 4 2002 Sacred Heart Pioneers Sacred Heart 14 13 .519 9 — 2002 Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers Mount St. Mary's 10 16 .385 12.5 — 2002 Quinnipiac Bobcats Quinnipiac 9 18 .333 14 — 2002 Long Island Blackbirds Long Island 8 19 .296 15 — 2002 Wagner Seahawks Wagner 8 19 .296 15 — 2002 Fairleigh Dickinson Knights Fairleigh Dickinson 7 19 .269 16 — Bracket First round Semi-finals Finals 1 2002 Monmouth Hawks Monmouth 3 4 2002 St. Francis Terriers St. Francis 2 3 2002 Central Connecticut Blue Devils Central Connecticut 5 2 2002 UMBC Retrievers UMBC 3 4 St. Francis 0 2 UMBC 1 1 Monmouth 5 3 Central Connecticut 7 1 Monmouth 2 2 UMBC 8 3 Central Connecticut 11 2 UMBC 2 Most Valuable Player Kevin Rival of Central Connecticut was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Rival earned a win in the Blue Devils' opener against UMBC, and a save against Monmouth while also batting .300 with two doubles and three RBI for the tournament. References Tournament Category:Northeast Conference baseball tournament Northeast Conference baseball tournament Northeast Conference baseball tournament