2004 Northeast Conference baseball tournament

The 2004 Northeast Conference baseball tournament began on May 21 and ended on May 23, 2004, 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 third consecutive, and third overall, tournament championship and earned the Northeast Conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

2004 Northeast Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	FirstEnergy Park Lakewood, NJ
Champions	Central Connecticut (3rd title)
Winning coach	Charlie Hickey (3rd title)
MVP	Evan Scribner (Central Connecticut)

2004 Northeast Conference baseball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Central Connecticut  ‍†‍‡‍y	20	–	4	–	0		.833			41	–	17	–	1		.703
Quinnipiac  ‍‍‍	16	–	7	–	0		.696			23	–	21	–	0		.523
Monmouth  ‍‍‍	13	–	10	–	0		.565			22	–	29	–	1		.433
Wagner  ‍‍‍	12	–	11	–	0		.522			20	–	29	–	0		.408
Fairleigh Dickinson  ‍‍‍	11	–	13	–	0		.458			12	–	28	–	0		.300
Mount St. Mary's  ‍‍‍	10	–	13	–	0		.435			25	–	18	–	0		.581
Sacred Heart  ‍‍‍	10	–	14	–	0		.417			12	–	36	–	0		.250
Long Island  ‍‍‍	7	–	16	–	0		.304			9	–	29	–	0		.237
St. Francis  ‍‍‍	6	–	17	–	0		.261			12	–	30	–	0		.286
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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
Central Connecticut	20	4	.833	—	1
Quinnipiac	16	7	.696	3.5	2
Monmouth	13	10	.565	6.5	3
Wagner	12	11	.522	7.5	4
Fairleigh Dickinson	11	13	.458	9	—
Mount St. Mary's	10	13	.435	9.5	—
Sacred Heart	10	14	.417	10	—
Long Island	7	16	.304	12.5	—
St. Francis	6	17	.261	13.5	—

Bracket

	First round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Central Connecticut	4
	4	Wagner	9
						4	Wagner	13
						3	Monmouth	4
	3	Monmouth	16
	2	Quinnipiac	1
											4	Wagner
											1	Central Connecticut
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						3	Monmouth	1
	1	Central Connecticut	11			1	Central Connecticut	9
	2	Quinnipiac	4

Most Valuable Player

Evan Scribner of Central Connecticut was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Scribner pitched in four of the five tournament games that Central Connecticut played in.