Teams | 4 |
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Format | Double-elimination |
Finals site | |
Champions | UCF (2nd title) |
Winning coach | Jay Bergman (2nd title) |
MVP | Todd Tocco UCF |
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Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 20 FIU †y | 27 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .900 | 50 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .820 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 21 UCF ‡y | 23 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .767 | 49 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .790 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stetson | 19 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .633 | 34 | – | 25 | – | 0 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida Atlantic | 17 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .567 | 27 | – | 31 | – | 0 | .466 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Centenary | 14 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .519 | 23 | – | 27 | – | 0 | .460 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Campbell | 12 | – | 18 | – | 0 | .400 | 26 | – | 29 | – | 0 | .473 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia State | 11 | – | 17 | – | 0 | .393 | 20 | – | 33 | – | 0 | .377 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southeastern Louisiana | 10 | – | 18 | – | 0 | .357 | 17 | – | 31 | – | 0 | .354 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mercer | 9 | – | 18 | – | 0 | .333 | 15 | – | 36 | – | 2 | .302 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Samford | 10 | – | 20 | – | 0 | .333 | 21 | – | 30 | – | 0 | .412 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College of Charleston | 8 | – | 22 | – | 0 | .267 | 17 | – | 29 | – | 0 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1995 [1] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |
The 1995 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Homestead Sports Complex in Homestead, Florida. This was the seventeenth tournament championship held by the Trans America Athletic Conference, in its seventeenth year of existence. UCF won their second tournament championship in three years, and first of three in a row, and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. [2]
The top four finishers by conference winning percentage qualified for the tournament, with the top seed playing the lowest seed in the first round.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
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FIU | 27 | 3 | .900 | — | 1 |
UCF | 23 | 7 | .767 | 4 | 2 |
Stetson | 19 | 11 | .633 | 8 | 3 |
Florida Atlantic | 17 | 13 | .567 | 10 | 4 |
Centenary | 14 | 13 | .519 | 11.5 | — |
Campbell | 12 | 18 | .400 | 15 | — |
Georgia State | 11 | 17 | .393 | 15 | — |
Southeastern Louisiana | 10 | 18 | .357 | 16 | — |
Mercer | 9 | 18 | .333 | 16.5 | — |
Samford | 10 | 20 | .333 | 17 | — |
College of Charleston | 8 | 22 | .267 | 19 | — |
First Round | Semi-Finals | Finals | ||||||||||||
1 | FIU | 0 | ||||||||||||
4 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | ||||||||||||
4 | Florida Atlantic | 5 | ||||||||||||
2 | UCF | 7 | ||||||||||||
2 | UCF | 4 | ||||||||||||
3 | Stetson | 3 | ||||||||||||
2 | UCF | 7 | — | |||||||||||
3 | Stetson | 2 | — | |||||||||||
1 | FIU | 5 | ||||||||||||
3 | Stetson | 6 | ||||||||||||
4 | Florida Atlantic | 0 | ||||||||||||
3 | Stetson | 6 | ||||||||||||
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. [2]
POS | Player | School |
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P | Javier Gomez | Stetson |
Ken Wagner | Florida Atlantic | |
C | Jeff Smith | Stetson |
1B | Todd Tocco | UCF |
2B | Rookie Gage | UCF |
3B | Andy Moser | UCF |
SS | Kevin Nicholson | Stetson |
OF | Clint Hendry | Stetson |
Tony Marrillia | UCF | |
Alex Morales | UCF | |
DH | Matt Branz | Stetson |
Todd Tocco was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Tocco was a first baseman for UCF. [2]
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