1993 North Atlantic Conference Baseball Tournament

1993 North Atlantic Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1993
Teams 8
Format Best-of-three quarterfinals
Double-elimination final round
Site Delaware Diamond (baseball)
Newark, DE
Champions Maine (1st title)
Winning coach John Winkin (1st title)
MVP Gabe Duross (Maine)
North Atlantic Conference
Baseball Tournament
  1994»

The 1993 North Atlantic Conference Baseball Tournament was held over two weekends, with the final round being played at Delaware Diamond in Newark, Delaware. 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, first-seeded Maine defeated fifth-seeded Drexel, 11-1, to win its first tournament championship. As a result, Maine received the North Atlantic's automatic bid to the 1993 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, with both seeds and geography taken into account.[2]

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Maine 22 4 .846
–
1
New Hampshire 15 10 .600
6.5
2
Delaware 14 12 .538
8
3
Vermont 15 13 .536
8
4
Drexel 12 11 .522
8.5
5
Hartford 9 15 .375
12
6
Northeastern 7 14 .333
12.5
7
Boston University 2 17 .105
16.5
8

Results

Quarterfinals

North Region

#1 Maine vs. #7 Northeastern
  Quarterfinal
           
  1  Maine 5 2 5
  7  Northeastern 4 5 2
#2 New Hampshire vs. #5 Vermont
  Quarterfinal
           
  2  New Hampshire 5 3 6
  4  Vermont 20 2 2

South Region

#3 Delaware vs. #8 Boston University
  Quarterfinal
           
  3  Delaware 13 6 —
  8  Boston University 2 1 —
#5 Drexel vs. #6 Hartford
  Quarterfinal
           
  5  Drexel 4 4 —
  6  Hartford 2 3 —

Final round

 
                             
1  Maine 8  
5  Drexel 4  
  1  Maine 6[lower-alpha 1]  
  3  Delaware 1  
2  New Hampshire 4
3  Delaware 6  
  1  Maine 11 —
  5  Drexel 1 —
5  Drexel 6  
2  New Hampshire 1  
  3  Delaware 7
  5  Drexel 9  

All-Tournament Team

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

Player Team
Mark Ballard Maine
Bill Champi Maine
Ron Hewes Maine
Mike Sidoti Maine
Shawn Tobin Maine
Justin Tomberlin Maine
Chad White Maine
Adam White Drexel
Bill DiIenno Delaware
Bruce Hannah Delaware
Fran McHugh New Hampshire

Most Outstanding Player

Maine first baseman Gabe Duross was named Most Outstanding Player.

Notes

  1. ↑ 11 innings.

References

  1. 1 2 "2013 America East Conference Baseball Record Book". AmericaEast.com. America East Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 20, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1993". BoydsWorld.com. Boyd Nation. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
  3. ↑ Mahoney, Larry (May 21, 1993). "Bears Battle Dragons Today: UM's Hewes to Start in NAC Semi". Bangor Daily News (Bangor, ME, USA). p. 9. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
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