1996 Northeast Conference Tournament

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The 1996 Northeast Conference baseball tournament was held in Ewing, NJ. #1 Rider University defeated #4 LIU Brooklyn for the title. Jim Gordon of Rider was named MVP.

Participating Teams[edit]

Seed School Conf. Record Head Coach
1 Rider University 15-6 Sonny Pittaro
2 Monmouth University 15-6 Dean Ehehalt
3 St. Francis College 12-8 Frank Del George
4 LIU Brooklyn 12-9 Frank Giannone

Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

  First Round   Second Round   Final
                             
  1 Rider 3  
  4 LIU Brooklyn 2    
      1 Rider 1  
      3 St. Francis (NY) 0    
  2 Monmouth 2          
  3 St. Francis (NY) 5        
      1 Rider 14 x
        4 LIU Brooklyn 1 x
       
    3 St. Francis (NY) 4    
  4 LIU Brooklyn 2     4 LIU Brooklyn 9  
  2 Monmouth 1  


Game Results[edit]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
Game 1 St. Francis College 5-2 Monmouth University
Game 2 Rider University 3-2 LIU Brooklyn
Game 3 LIU Brooklyn 2-1 Monmouth University Monmouth eliminated
Game 4 Rider University 1-0 St. Francis College
Game 5 LIU Brooklyn 9-4 St. Francis College St. Francis eliminated
Game 6 Rider University 14-1 LIU Brooklyn Rider loses play-in game against Princeton University to advance to NCAA tournament