1997 Northern Illinois-Iowa Conference Tournament

The 1997 Northern Illinois-Iowa Conference baseball tournament was held May 4-5. Aurora University defeated Benedictine University for the title.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Aurora University	8-2	Mark Walsh
	Benedictine University	7-3	John Ostrowski
	Concordia University Chicago	7-3	Mike Palmer
4	Eureka College	4-6

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Final
	1	Aurora	14
	4	Eureka	1
							Aurora	3
							Benedictine (IL)	2
		Benedictine (IL)	10
		Concordia (IL)	5
												Aurora	27	x
												Benedictine (IL)	4	x
							Benedictine (IL)	8
		Eureka	14				Eureka	3
		Concordia (IL)	12

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 4
Game 1	Benedictine University	10-5	Concordia University Chicago
Game 2	Aurora University	14-1	Eureka College
Game 3	Eureka College	14-12	Concordia University Chicago	Concordia eliminated
Game 4	Aurora University	3-2	Benedictine University
May 5
Game 5	Benedictine University	8-3	Eureka College	Eureka eliminated
Game 6	Aurora University	27-4	Benedictine University	Aurora advances to NCAA tournament