1986 Colonial Athletic Association baseball tournament

1986 Colonial Athletic Association
baseball tournament
Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Harrington Field; Greenville, North Carolina;
Champions	Richmond (1st title)
Winning coach	Ron Atkins (1st title)
MVP	Kevin Sickinger (Richmond)
	; baseball tournament; 1987 →;

The 1986 Colonial Athletic Association baseball tournament was held at Harrington Field on the campus of East Carolina in Greenville, North Carolina, from May 15 through 18. The event determined the champion of the Colonial Athletic Association for the 1986 season. It was the first tournament, in the first year that the CAA sponsored baseball. The winner of the tournament, fourth-seeded Richmond, earned the CAA's automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[2]

1986 Colonial Athletic Association baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
East Carolina ‍†‍‍	13	–	5	–	0	.722	40	–	10	–	0	.800
James Madison ‍†‍‍	13	–	5	–	0	.722	35	–	14	–	0	.714
Richmond ‍‍‡‍^y	12	–	6	–	0	.667	24	–	31	–	0	.436
UNC Wilmington ‍‍‍	10	–	8	–	0	.556	29	–	28	–	0	.509
George Mason ‍‍‍	8	–	10	–	0	.444	27	–	20	–	1	.573
William & Mary ‍‍‍	4	–	14	–	0	.222	7	–	38	–	0	.156
American ‍‍‍	3	–	15	–	0	.167	8	–	26	–	0	.235

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1986^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The top four finishers based on winning percentage from the conference's round robin regular season faced off in a double-elimination tournament.^[2]

Kevin Sickinger was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Sickinger was a pitcher and designated hitter for Richmond.^[2]

^ 2020 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Colonial Athletic Association. p. 17. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c 2020 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Colonial Athletic Association. p. 9. Retrieved December 15, 2020.