1997 Northeast Conference baseball tournament
Teams | 4 |
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Format | Double-elimination tournament |
Finals site | |
Champions | Marist (1st title) |
Winning coach | John Szefc (1st title) |
MVP | Ben Shove (Marist) |
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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 |
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]
Seeding and format
[edit]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 |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]Ben Shove of Marist was named Tournament Most Valuable Player.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "2018 Northeast Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Northeast Conference. Retrieved September 15, 2018.