1997 Northeast Conference baseball tournament

Baseball tournament, New Jersey, U.S. August 2023 1997 Northeast Conference 200px 4 Double-elimination tournament Skylands Park Sussex, NJ 1997 Marist Red Foxes Marist 1st John Szefc 1st Ben Shove Marist 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 1997 Marist Red Foxes 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.https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/northeastconference.org/documents/2018/7/5/baseball18.pdf 2018 Northeast Conference Baseball Record Book September 15, 2018 Northeast Conference 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 1997 Marist Red Foxes Marist 14 7 .667 — 1 1997 Fairleigh Dickinson Knights Fairleigh Dickinson 14 7 .667 — 2 1997 Wagner Seahawks Wagner 12 9 .571 2 3 1997 Rider Broncs Rider 12 9 .571 2 4 1997 Monmouth Hawks Monmouth 11 10 .524 3 — 1997 Long Island Blackbirds Long Island 10 11 .476 4 — 1997 St. Francis Terriers St. Francis 6 15 .286 8 — 1997 Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers Mount St. Mary's 5 16 .238 9 — Bracket First round Semi-finals Finals 1 1997 Marist Red Foxes Marist 4 4 1997 Rider Broncs Rider 1 3 1997 Wagner Seahawks Wagner 4 2 1997 Fairleigh Dickinson Knights Fairleigh Dickinson 7 4 Rider 20 3 Wagner 6 1 Marist 5 2 Fairleigh Dickinson 6 1 Marist 6 4 Rider 3 2 Fairleigh Dickinson 2 4 1 Marist 5 5 Most Valuable Player Ben Shove of Marist was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. References Tournament Category:Northeast Conference baseball tournament Northeast Conference baseball tournament Northeast Conference baseball tournament