1996 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament

The 1996 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament was held in May 1996 at Moody Park in Ewing Township, New Jersey. The league's top four teams competed in the double elimination tournament. Top-seeded Rider won their third consecutive, and final, tournament championship. They then lost a play-in series to Princeton for the right to play in the 1996 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[1]

1996 Northeast Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsRider (3rd title)
Winning coachSonny Pittaro (3rd title)
MVPJim Gordon (Rider)
1996 Northeast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Rider  ‍†‍‡‍ 15–6–0 .71428–22–0 .560
Monmouth  ‍†‍‍ 15–6–0 .71425–22–0 .532
St. Francis  ‍‍‍ 12–8–0 .60021–20–1 .512
Long Island  ‍‍‍ 12–9–0 .57121–19–0 .525
Fairleigh Dickinson  ‍‍‍ 9–12–0 .42916–23–0 .410
Wagner  ‍‍‍ 8–12–0 .40014–24–0 .368
Marist  ‍‍‍ 8–13–0 .38116–24–1 .402
Mount St. Mary's  ‍‍‍ 4–17–0 .1906–24–1 .210
† – 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
Rider156.714—1
Monmouth156.714—2
St. Francis128.6002.53
Long Island129.57134
Fairleigh Dickinson912.4296—
Wagner812.4006.5—
Marist813.3817—
Mount St. Mary's417.19011—

Bracket

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1 Rider 3  
4 Long Island 2  
  1 Rider 1  
  3 St. Francis 0  
3 St. Francis 5
2 Monmouth 2  
  1 Rider 14 —
  4 Long Island 1 —
4 Long Island 2  
2 Monmouth 1  
  St. Francis 4
  Long Island 9  

Most Valuable Player

Jim Gordon of Rider 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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