1993 North Atlantic Conference Baseball Tournament

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]

1993 North Atlantic Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatBest-of-three quarterfinals
Double-elimination final round
Finals site
ChampionsMaine (1st title)
Winning coachJohn Winkin (1st title)
MVPGabe Duross, Maine

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]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Maine224.846
1
New Hampshire1510.600
6.5
2
Delaware1412.538
8
3
Vermont1513.536
8
4
Drexel1211.522
8.5
5
Hartford915.375
12
6
Northeastern714.333
12.5
7
Boston University217.105
16.5
8

Results

#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
#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 BallardMaine
Bill ChampiMaine
Ron HewesMaine
Mike SidotiMaine
Shawn TobinMaine
Justin TomberlinMaine
Chad WhiteMaine
Adam WhiteDrexel
Bill DiIennoDelaware
Bruce HannahDelaware
Fran McHughNew Hampshire

Most Outstanding Player

Maine first baseman Gabe Duross was named Most Outstanding Player.

Notes

  1. 11 innings.

References

  1. "2013 America East Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). AmericaEast.com. America East Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 21, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
  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. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
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