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 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.

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Marist147.667—1
Fairleigh Dickinson147.667—2
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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