1993 North Atlantic Conference Baseball Tournament

1993 North Atlantic Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams	8
Format	Best-of-three quarterfinals; Double-elimination final round
Finals site	Delaware Diamond (baseball); Newark, DE;
Champions	Maine (1st title)
Winning coach	John Winkin (1st title)
MVP	Gabe Duross, Maine

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

#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 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

11 innings.

References

"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.
"College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1993". BoydsWorld.com. Boyd Nation. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
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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[aecrb-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.

[aecst93-2] "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1993". BoydsWorld.com. Boyd Nation. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2013.

[bdn-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.