1994 North Atlantic Conference Baseball Tournament

1994 North Atlantic Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1994
Teams 8
Format Best-of-three quarterfinals
Double-elimination final round
Site Friedman Diamond
Brookline, MA
Champions Northeastern (1st title)
Winning coach Neil McPhee (1st title)
MVP Bill Barrale (Northeastern)
North Atlantic Conference
Baseball Tournament
«1993  1995»

The 1994 North Atlantic Conference Baseball Tournament was held over two weekends, with the final round being played at Friedman Diamond in Brookline, Massachusetts. All eight of the league's teams qualified for the tournament, the format of which was best-of-three quarterfinals and a four-team double-elimination final round. In the championship game, second-seeded Northeastern defeated fifth-seeded Hartford, 5-0, to win its first tournament championship. As a result, Northeastern received the North Atlantic's automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA Tournament.[1][2][3]

Seeding

All eight of the league's teams were seeded one through eight based on conference winning percentage only. They were then matched up for an opening round of four best-of-three series– one vs. eight, two vs. seven, three vs. six, and four vs. five. The four winners of these series met in a double-elimination final round.[2]

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Delaware 20 4 .833
–
1
Northeastern 18 6 .750
2
2
Drexel 13 7 .650
5
3
Maine 13 12 .520
7.5
4
Hartford 10 11 .476
9.5
5
Vermont 10 13 .435
10.5
6
New Hampshire 6 17 .261
14.5
7
Boston University 4 24 .143
19
8

Results

Quarterfinals

#1 Delaware vs. #8 Boston University

  Quarterfinal
           
  1  Delaware 8 7 —
  8  Boston University 2 3 —

#2 Northeastern vs. #7 New Hampshire

  Quarterfinal
           
  2  Northeastern 8 3 —
  7  New Hampshire 1 1 —

#3 Drexel vs. #6 Vermont

  Quarterfinal
           
  3  Drexel 12 1 9
  6  Vermont 4 6 6

#4 Maine vs. #5 Hartford

  Quarterfinal
           
  4  Maine 1 8 —
  5  Hartford 5 10 —

Final round

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1  Delaware 1  
5  Hartford 5  
  5  Hartford 6  
  2  Northeastern 5  
2  Northeastern 9
3  Drexel 2  
  5  Hartford 5 0
  2  Northeastern 6 5
1  Delaware 14  
3  Drexel 8  
  2  Northeastern 4
  1  Delaware 3  

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[1]

Player Team
Bill Barrale Northeastern
Derek Gauthier Northeastern
Mike Glavine Northeastern
Mark Hopkins Northeastern
Tim O'Connell Northeastern
Jay O'Shaughnessy Northeastern
Scott LaRock Hartford
Dave Tober Hartford
Deron Brown Delaware
Ethan Jack Delaware
Tom Lafferty Delaware
John Shannon Drexel

Most Outstanding Player

Northeastern outfielder Bill Barrale was named Most Outstanding Player.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "2013 America East Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). AmericaEast.com. America East Conference. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 20, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1994". BoydsWorld.com. Boyd Nation. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
  3. ↑ Clark, Ernie (June 7, 2013). "Maine Out of Baseball Playoffs:". Portland Press Herald. Guy Gannett News Service. p. 1D. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Baseball Coaching Staff: Bill Barrale". Athletics.Williams.edu. Williams Sports Information. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
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