1994 North Atlantic Conference baseball tournament

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1994 North Atlantic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
Format Best-of-three quarterfinals
Double-elimination final round
Finals site
Champions Northeastern  (1st title)
Winning coach Neil McPhee  (1st title)
MVP Bill Barrale (Northeastern)
  • 1993
  • NAC baseball tournament
  • 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]

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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]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Delaware 204.833
1
Northeastern 186.750
2
2
Drexel 137.650
5
3
Maine 1312.520
7.5
4
Hartford 1011.476
9.5
5
Vermont 1013.435
10.5
6
New Hampshire 617.261
14.5
7
Boston University 424.143
19
8

Results

Quarterfinals Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
               
1 Delaware 87
8 Boston University 2 3
1 Delaware 1
5Hartford5
4 Maine 1 8
5 Hartford 510
5Hartford6
2 Northeastern 5
2 Northeastern 83
7 New Hampshire 1 1
2Northeastern9
3 Drexel 2
3 Drexel 121 9
6 Vermont 4 66
5 Hartford 5 0
2Northeastern65
1Delaware14
3 Drexel 8
2Northeastern4
1 Delaware 3

All-Tournament Team

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

PlayerTeam
Bill BarraleNortheastern
Derek GauthierNortheastern
Mike Glavine Northeastern
Mark HopkinsNortheastern
Tim O'ConnellNortheastern
Jay O'ShaughnessyNortheastern
Scott LaRockHartford
Dave ToberHartford
Deron BrownDelaware
Ethan JackDelaware
Tom LaffertyDelaware
John ShannonDrexel

Most Outstanding Player

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

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