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

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Skylands Park Sussex, NJ
Champions	Marist (1st title)
Winning coach	John Szefc (1st title)
MVP	Ben Shove (Marist)
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1997 Northeast Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Marist  ‍†‍‡‍^y	14	–	7	–	0		.667			32	–	19	–	0		.627
Fairleigh Dickinson  ‍†‍‍	14	–	7	–	0		.667			23	–	24	–	1		.490
Wagner  ‍‍‍	12	–	9	–	0		.571			17	–	29	–	2		.375
Rider  ‍‍‍	12	–	9	–	0		.571			20	–	29	–	0		.408
Monmouth  ‍‍‍	11	–	10	–	0		.524			23	–	25	–	0		.479
Long Island  ‍‍‍	10	–	11	–	0		.476			17	–	21	–	0		.447
St. Francis  ‍‍‍	6	–	15	–	0		.286			15	–	24	–	0		.385
Mount St. Mary's  ‍‍‍	5	–	16	–	0		.238			10	–	23	–	1		.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.

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
Marist	14	7	.667	—	1
Fairleigh Dickinson	14	7	.667	—	2
Wagner	12	9	.571	2	3
Rider	12	9	.571	2	4
Monmouth	11	10	.524	3	—
Long Island	10	11	.476	4	—
St. Francis	6	15	.286	8	—
Mount St. Mary's	5	16	.238	9	—

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
											1	Marist
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						1	Marist	6
	4	Rider	20			4	Rider	3
	3	Wagner	6

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.