1996 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament

The 1996 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament was held in May 1996 at Moody Park in Ewing Township, New Jersey. The league's top four teams competed in the double elimination tournament. Top-seeded Rider won their third consecutive, and final, tournament championship. They then lost a play-in series to Princeton for the right to play in the 1996 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[1]

1996 Northeast Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsRider (3rd title)
Winning coachSonny Pittaro (3rd title)
MVPJim Gordon, Rider
1996 Northeast Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Rider   1560 .714  28220 .560
Monmouth   1560 .714  25220 .532
St. Francis   1280 .600  21201 .512
Long Island   1290 .571  21190 .525
Fairleigh Dickinson   9120 .429  16230 .410
Wagner   8120 .400  14240 .368
Marist   8130 .381  16241 .402
Mount St. Mary's   4170 .190  6241 .210
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. They played a double-elimination tournament.

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Rider156.7141
Monmouth156.7142
St. Francis128.6002.53
Long Island129.57134
Fairleigh Dickinson912.4296
Wagner812.4006.5
Marist813.3817
Mount St. Mary's417.19011

Bracket

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1 Rider 3  
4 Long Island 2  
  1 Rider 1  
  3 St. Francis 0  
3 St. Francis 5
2 Monmouth 2  
  1 Rider 14
  4 Long Island 1
4 Long Island 2  
2 Monmouth 1  
  3 St. Francis 4
  4 Long Island 9  

Most Valuable Player

Jim Gordon of Rider was named Tournament Most Valuable Player.[1]

References

  1. "2018 Northeast Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Northeast Conference. Retrieved September 15, 2018.
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