1997 Northeast Conference baseball tournament

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1997 Northeast Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
Format Double-elimination tournament
Finals site
Champions Marist  (1st title)
Winning coach John Szefc  (1st title)
MVP Ben Shove (Marist)
1997 Northeast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Marist  y1470 .66732190 .627
Fairleigh Dickinson  1470 .66723241 .490
Wagner  1290 .57117292 .375
Rider  1290 .57120290 .408
Monmouth  11100 .52423250 .479
Long Island  10110 .47617210 .447
St. Francis  6150 .28615240 .385
Mount St. Mary's  5160 .23810231 .309
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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]

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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
Marist 147.6671
Fairleigh Dickinson 147.6672
Wagner 129.57123
Rider 129.57124
Monmouth 1110.5243
Long Island 1011.4764
St. Francis 615.2868
Mount St. Mary's 516.2389

Bracket

First roundSemi-finalsFinals
1 Marist 4
4 Rider 1
1Marist5
2Fairleigh Dickinson6
3 Wagner 4
2 Fairleigh Dickinson 7
2Fairleigh Dickinson
1Marist
Lower round 1Lower final
1Marist6
4Rider204Rider3
3Wagner6

Most Valuable Player

Ben Shove of Marist was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "2018 Northeast Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Northeast Conference. Retrieved September 15, 2018.