1996 North Central Conference Tournament

The 1996 North Central Conference baseball tournament was held in Fargo, ND. Mankato State University defeated North Dakota State University for the title.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
North 1	North Dakota State University	8-4	Mitch McLeod
North 2	Mankato State University	7-5	Dean Bowyer
at-large	University of Northern Colorado	0-0	Terry Hensley
South 1	South Dakota State University	12-4	Mark Ekeland
South 2	Morningside College	9-7	Jim Scholten
South 3	University of Nebraska at Omaha	7-9	Bob Gates

Results

Bracket

First round

Second round

Third round

Semi-finals

Finals

S1

South Dakota State

15

N2

Mankato State

18

N2

Mankato State

28

S3

Nebraska Omaha

3

N1

North Dakota State

21

N2

Mankato State

13

S2

Morningside

1

Northern Colorado

3

N1

North Dakota State

7

N2

Mankato State

4

4

Northern Colorado

8

N1

North Dakota State

8

3

Northern Colorado

6

Northern Colorado

3

S3

Nebraska Omaha

4

N1

North Dakota State

4

N1

North Dakota State

10

S1

South Dakota State

11

S1

South Dakota State

2

S2

Morningside

2

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Mankato State University	18-15	South Dakota State University
Game 2	University of Northern Colorado	6-4	University of Nebraska at Omaha
Game 3	North Dakota State University	21-1	Morningside College
Game 4	Mankato State University	28-3	University of Nebraska at Omaha	Nebraska Omaha eliminated
Game 5	South Dakota State University	11-2	Morningside College	Morningside eliminated
Game 6	University of Northern Colorado	8-7	North Dakota State University
Game 7	North Dakota State University	4-2	South Dakota State University	South Dakota State eliminated
Game 8	Mankato State University	13-3	University of Northern Colorado
Game 9	North Dakota State University	10-3	University of Northern Colorado	Northern Colorado eliminated
Game 10	North Dakota State University	8-4	Mankato State University
Game 11	Mankato State University	4-3	North Dakota State University	Mankato State advances to NCAA tournament