1999 Northeast Conference baseball tournament explained

Year:1999
Conference:Northeast Conference
Teams:4
Format:Double-elimination tournament
Ballpark:The Ballpark at Harbor Yard
City:Bridgeport, CT
Titlecount:2nd
Coach:Dean Ehehalt
Coachcount:2nd
Mvp:Mike Benfield
Mvpteam:Monmouth

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 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.

North Division
Team W L Pct GB Seed
12 8 .600 2
12 8 .600 3
11 9 .550 1 4
11 9 .550 1
7 13 .350 5
South Division
Team W L Pct GB Seed
12 7 .632 1
10 9 .526 2
8 11 .421 4
5 14 .263 7

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1999 NEC Baseball Tournament Headquarters. May 10, 1999. Northeast Conference. September 3, 2018.