1991 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament

1991 Trans America Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsFIU (1st title)
Winning coachDanny Price (1st title)
MVPKevin Lucero (FIU)
1991 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
East
Stetson x‍†‍‍ 13 – 5 – 0   .722 36 – 22 – 1   .619
FIU ‍‍‡‍y 11 – 7 – 0   .611 43 – 23 – 0   .652
Georgia Southern ‍‍‍ 10 – 8 – 0   .556 33 – 27 – 0   .550
Mercer ‍‍‍ 2 – 16 – 0   .111 15 – 31 – 0   .326
West
Samford x‍‍‍ 9 – 5 – 0   .643 23 – 26 – 0   .469
Centenary ‍‍‍ 7 – 7 – 0   .500 28 – 23 – 0   .549
Arkansas–Little Rock ‍‍‍ 6 – 10 – 0   .375 28 – 27 – 0   .509
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1991[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 1991 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at Conrad Park on the campus of Stetson University in DeLand, Florida. This was the thirteenth tournament championship held by the Trans America Athletic Conference, in its thirteenth year of existence. FIU won their first tournament championship in their first year in the conference and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1991 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 13 5 .722 — 1E
FIU 11 7 .611 2 2E
Georgia Southern 10 8 .556 3 —
Mercer 2 16 .111 11 —
Team W L Pct. GB Seed
West
Samford 9 5 .643 — 1W
Centenary 7 7 .500 2 2W
Arkansas–Little Rock 6 10 .375 4 —

Bracket

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1EStetson9
2WCentenary3
1EStetson9
2EFIU5
1WSamford4
2EFIU6
1EStetson72
2EFIU910
Lower round 1Lower final
2EFIU10
2WCentenary51WSamford1
1WSamford8

All-Tournament Team

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

POS Player School
P Kevin Lucero FIU
Jerry Santos FIU
C Bill Scalzitti FIU
1B Mike Kash Samford
2B Eric Cruz FIU
3B Gary Haight FIU
SS Wes Weger Stetson
DH Nathan Harvey FIU
OF Mike Sempeles Stetson
Aaron Iatarola Stetson
Chad Ott Samford

Most Valuable Player

Kevin Lucero was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Lucero was a pitcher for FIU.[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.