The 1996 North Atlantic Conference baseball tournament was held at Mahaney Diamond in Orono, Maine. The top six regular season finishers of the league's nine teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, first-seeded Delaware defeated third-seeded Drexel, 12–2, to win its second tournament championship. As a result, Delaware received the North Atlantic's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA tournament.
Seeding The top six finishers from the regular season were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage only. They then played in a double-elimination format. In the first round, the one and six seeds were matched up in the first game, the two and five seeds in the second, and the three and four seeds in the third. Team W L Pct. GB Seed Delaware 19 5 .792 – 1 Maine 12 8 .600 5 2 Drexel 12 8 .600 5 3 Hofstra 12 12 .500 7 4 Northeastern 11 11 .500 7 5 Hartford 10 14 .417 9 6 Vermont 8 12 .400 9 – Towson State 8 14 .364 10 – New Hampshire 8 16 .333 11 –
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Player TeamBrian August DelawareDan Hammer DelawareMatt Ardizzone DelawareAdam Lamanteer DelawareJason Gold DrexelKris Doiron DrexelKevin Fahy DrexelBrian Edge HartfordDave Tober HartfordKeith Croteau MainePete Fischer Maine
Most Outstanding Player Delaware pitcher Adam Lamanteer was named Most Outstanding Player.
Notes
Delaware sets a tournament record for most runs (27).
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