2003 Northeast Conference baseball tournament

Baseball tournament, New Jersey, U.S.

Collegiate baseball tournament

2003 Northeast Conference
baseball tournamentTeams| 4

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Format| Double-elimination tournament
Finals site|

* FirstEnergy Park
* Lakewood, NJ

Champions| Central Connecticut (2nd title)
Winning coach| Charlie Hickey (2nd title)
MVP| Zack Herrick (Central Connecticut)

* ← 2002
* Northeast Conference baseball tournament
* 2004 →

2003 Northeast Conference baseball standings

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Team | W |   | L |   | T |   | PCT |  |  | W |   | L |   | T |   | PCT
Central Connecticut  ‍†‍‡‍y | 19 | – | 6 | – | 0 |   | .760 |  |  | 31 | – | 17 | – | 2 |   | .640
St. Francis  ‍‍‍ | 17 | – | 10 | – | 0 |   | .630 |  |  | 21 | – | 21 | – | 1 |   | .500
Monmouth  ‍‍‍ | 15 | – | 11 | – | 0 |   | .577 |  |  | 24 | – | 27 | – | 0 |   | .471
UMBC  ‍‍‍ | 15 | – | 12 | – | 0 |   | .556 |  |  | 20 | – | 27 | – | 0 |   | .426
Quinnipiac  ‍‍‍ | 14 | – | 13 | – | 0 |   | .519 |  |  | 17 | – | 24 | – | 0 |   | .415
Fairleigh Dickinson  ‍‍‍ | 12 | – | 15 | – | 0 |   | .444 |  |  | 14 | – | 25 | – | 0 |   | .359
Long Island  ‍‍‍ | 11 | – | 15 | – | 0 |   | .423 |  |  | 16 | – | 24 | – | 0 |   | .400
Mount St. Mary's  ‍‍‍ | 9 | – | 14 | – | 0 |   | .391 |  |  | 14 | – | 23 | – | 0 |   | .378
Wagner  ‍‍‍ | 10 | – | 16 | – | 0 |   | .385 |  |  | 11 | – | 36 | – | 0 |   | .234
Sacred Heart  ‍‍‍ | 7 | – | 17 | – | 0 |   | .292 |  |  | 13 | – | 29 | – | 0 |   | .310
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2003 Northeast Conference baseball tournament began on May 16 and ended on May 18, 2003, at FirstEnergy Park in Lakewood, New Jersey. The league's top four teams competed in the double elimination tournament. Top-seeded Central Connecticut won their second of three consecutive tournament championships and earned the Northeast Conference's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1]

## Seeding and format

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The top four finishers were seeded one through four based on conference regular-season winning percentage.

Team | Wins | Losses | Pct. | GB | Seed

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Central Connecticut | 19 | 6 | .760 | — | 1
St. Francis | 17 | 10 | .630 | 3 | 2
Monmouth | 15 | 11 | .577 | 4.5 | 3
UMBC | 15 | 12 | .556 | 5 | 4
Quinnipiac | 14 | 13 | .519 | 6 | —
Fairleigh Dickinson | 12 | 15 | .444 | 8 | —
Long Island | 11 | 15 | .423 | 8.5 | —
Mount St. Mary's | 9 | 14 | .391 | 9 | —
Wagner | 10 | 16 | .385 | 9.5 | —
Sacred Heart | 7 | 17 | .292 | 11.5 | —

## Bracket

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| First round| | | Semi-finals| | | Finals
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| 1| Central Connecticut| 8
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| 4| UMBC| 1| |
| | | 1| Central Connecticut| 2
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| | | 3| Monmouth| 0| |
| 3| Monmouth| 2| | | |
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| 2| St. Francis| 0| |
| | | 1| Central Connecticut|
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| | | 3| Monmouth|
| Lower round 1| | | Lower final| |

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| | 3| Monmouth| 11
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| 4| UMBC| 1| | | 4| UMBC| 2| |
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| 2| St. Francis| 0| | |
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## Most Valuable Player

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Zack Herrick of Central Connecticut was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Herrick pitched 8 innings, allowing no runs while striking out three and walking four to win the final game.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b "2003 NEC Baseball Tournament Headquarters". Northeast Conference. May 18, 2003. Retrieved August 25, 2018.

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