The 1997 Northeast Conference baseball tournament was held in May 1997 at Skylands Park in Sussex, New Jersey. The league's top four teams competed in the double elimination tournament. Top-seeded won their first and only tournament championship then won the NCAA play-in series against Siena to advance to the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Seeding and format The top four finishers were seeded one through four based on conference regular-season winning percentage. They played a double-elimination tournament. Team W L Pct GB Seed 14 7 .667 — 1 14 7 .667 — 2 12 9 .571 2 3 12 9 .571 2 4 11 10 .524 3 — 10 11 .476 4 — 6 15 .286 8 — 5 16 .238 9 —
Bracket
Most Valuable Player Ben Shove of Marist was named Tournament Most Valuable Player.
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