1996 Northeast Conference Tournament

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

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

Bracket

	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

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