1993 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament

1993 Trans America Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsUCF (1st title)
Winning coachJay Bergman (1st title)
MVPTony Marrillia (UCF)
1993 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
East
Stetson x‍‍‍ 11 – 7 – 0   .611 38 – 17 – 0   .691
UCF ‍‍‡‍y 9 – 9 – 0   .500 31 – 31 – 0   .500
College of Charleston ‍‍‍ 9 – 9 – 0   .500 18 – 24 – 0   .429
FIU ‍‍‍ 7 – 11 – 0   .389 27 – 29 – 0   .482
West
Southeastern Louisiana x‍†‍‍ 19 – 5 – 0   .792 38 – 17 – 0   .691
Centenary ‍‍‍ 15 – 8 – 0   .652 27 – 25 – 0   .519
Samford ‍‍‍ 9 – 15 – 0   .375 16 – 32 – 1   .337
Georgia State ‍‍‍ 7 – 14 – 0   .333 12 – 35 – 0   .255
Mercer ‍‍‍ 6 – 14 – 0   .300 15 – 34 – 0   .306
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1993[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 1993 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at Conrad Park on the campus of Stetson University in DeLand, Florida. This was the fifteenth tournament championship held by the Trans America Athletic Conference, in its fifteenth year of existence. UCF won their first tournament championship in their first year in the league and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1993 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]

Format and seeding

The top two finishers from each division by conference winning percentage qualified for the tournament, with the top seed from one division playing the second seed from the opposite in the first round.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
East
Stetson 11 7 .611 — 1E
UCF 9 9 .500 2 2E
College of Charleston 9 9 .500 2 —
FIU 7 11 .389 4 —
Team W L Pct. GB Seed
West
Southeastern Louisiana 19 5 .792 — 1W
Centenary 15 8 .652 3.5 2W
Samford 9 15 .375 10 —
Georgia State 7 14 .333 10.5 —
Mercer 6 14 .300 11 —

Bracket

First roundSemi-finalsFinals
1EStetson4
2WCentenary511
2WCentenary2
2EUCF5
1WSoutheastern Louisiana2
2EUCF4
2EUCF313
2WCentenary52
Lower round 1Lower final
2WCentenary14
1EStetson111EStetson4
1WSoutheastern Louisiana5

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[2]

POS Player School
P Jeremy Hadley Centenary
Jason Schlutt UCF
C Gabe DeLaCruz Centenary
1B Todd Tocco UCF
2B Tim Kroeker Centenary
3B Craig Corbett Stetson
Brian Stier Centenary
SS Kiley Hughes Southeastern Louisiana
OF Aaron Iatarola Stetson
Tony Marrillia UCF
Alex Morales UCF

Most Valuable Player

Tony Marrillia was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Marrillia was an outfielder for UCF.[2]

References

  1. ^ Atlantic Sun Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 5. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved December 2, 2019.