1996 Big East Conference Tournament

The 1996 Big East Conference baseball tournament was held at Dodd Stadium in Norwich, CT. West Virginia University defeated University of Notre Dame for the title.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
American 1	West Virginia University	15-10	Greg Van Zant
American 2	Providence College	15-10	Paul Kostacopoulos
American 3	St. John's University	14-10	Ed Blankmeyer
National 1	Villanova University	16-5	George Bennett
National 2	Rutgers - New Brunswick	15-7	Fred Hill
National 3	University of Notre Dame	13-7	Paul Mainieri

Results

Results

First round

Second round

Third round

Semi-finals

Finals

A1

West Virginia

10

N3

Notre Dame

8

A1

West Virginia

5

N2

Rutgers

0

N1

Villanova

1

A1

West Virginia

6

A3

St. John's

4

A3

St. John's

5

A3

St. John's

3

A1

West Virginia

2

7

A2

Providence

2

N3

Notre Dame

5

4

A2

Providence

4

A3

St. John's

0

N2

Rutgers

1

A2

Providence

2

N3

Notre Dame

4

N3

Notre Dame

7

N3

Notre Dame

4

N1

Villanova

3

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	West Virginia University	10-8	University of Notre Dame
Game 2	St. John's University	4-1	Villanova University
Game 3	Providence College	4-1	Rutgers University
Game 4	University of Notre Dame	7-3	Villanova University	Villanova eliminated
Game 5	West Virginia University	5-0	Rutgers University	Rutgers eliminated
Game 6	St. John's University	3-2	Providence College
Game 7	West Virginia University	6-5	St. John's University
Game 8	University of Notre Dame	4-2	Providence College	Providence eliminated
Game 9	University of Notre Dame	4-0	St. John's University	St. John's eliminated
Game 10	University of Notre Dame	5-2	West Virginia University
Game 11	West Virginia University	7-4	University of Notre Dame	West Virginia advances to NCAA tournament