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.
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 —
Bracket
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.
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