1997 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament

The 1997 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament was held in May 1997 at Skylands Park in Sussex, New Jersey. The league's top four teams competed in the double elimination tournament. Top-seeded Marist won their first and only tournament championship then won the NCAA play-in series against Siena to advance to the 1997 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[1]

1997 Northeast Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsMarist (1st title)
Winning coachJohn Szefc (1st title)
MVPBen Shove, Marist
1997 Northeast Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Marist  y 1470 .667  32190 .627
Fairleigh Dickinson   1470 .667  23241 .490
Wagner   1290 .571  17292 .375
Rider   1290 .571  20290 .408
Monmouth   11100 .524  23250 .479
Long Island   10110 .476  17210 .447
St. Francis   6150 .286  15240 .385
Mount St. Mary's   5160 .238  10231 .309
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
Marist147.6671
Fairleigh Dickinson147.6672
Wagner129.57123
Rider129.57124
Monmouth1110.5243
Long Island1011.4764
St. Francis615.2868
Mount St. Mary's516.2389

Bracket

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1 Marist 4  
4 Rider 1  
  1 Marist 5  
  2 Fairleigh Dickinson 6  
3 Wagner 4
2 Fairleigh Dickinson 7  
  2 Fairleigh Dickinson 2 4
  1 Marist 5 5
4 Rider 20  
3 Wagner 6  
  1 Marist 6
  4 Rider 3  

Most Valuable Player

Ben Shove of Marist 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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