2000 Little East Conference Tournament

The 2000 Little East Conference baseball tournament was held May 9 at the higher seeds and May 11-13 in Gorham, ME. #4 University of Massachusetts Dartmouth defeated #1 University of Southern Maine for the title. Brian Ronayne of UMass Dartmouth was named Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of Southern Maine	12-2	Ed Flaherty
2	Eastern Connecticut State University	12-2	Bill Holowaty
3	Keene State College	9-5	Ken Howe
4	University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	8-6	Bruce Wheeler
5	Rhode Island College	5-9	Scott Perry
6	Western Connecticut State University	4-10	John Susi

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Final
	1	Southern Maine	1
	4	UMass Dartmouth	7
						4	UMass Dartmouth	9
						2	Eastern Connecticut St.	4
	2	Eastern Connecticut St.	8
	3	Keene St.	7
											4	UMass Dartmouth	8	x
											1	Southern Maine	6	x
						2	Eastern Connecticut St.	5
	1	Southern Maine	12			1	Southern Maine	6
	3	Keene St.	8

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 9
Game 1	University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	4-3	Rhode Island College	Rhode Island College eliminated
Game 2	Keene State College	9-3	Western Connecticut State University	Western Connecticut State eliminated
May 11
Game 3	Eastern Connecticut State University	8-7 (11)	Keene State College
Game 4	University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	7-1	University of Southern Maine
May 12
Game 5	University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	9-4	Eastern Connecticut State University
Game 6	University of Southern Maine	12-8 (14)	Keene State College	Keene State eliminated
May 13
Game 7	University of Southern Maine	6-5	Eastern Connecticut State University	Eastern Connecticut State eliminated
Game 8	University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	8-6	University of Southern Maine	UMass Dartmouth advances to NCAA tournament