The 1991 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at Conrad Park on the campus of Stetson University in DeLand, Florida. This was the thirteenth tournament championship held by the Trans America Athletic Conference, in its thirteenth year of existence. FIU won their first tournament championship in their first year in the conference and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]
Teams | 4 |
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Format | Double-elimination |
Finals site | |
Champions | FIU (1st title) |
Winning coach | Danny Price (1st title) |
MVP | Kevin Lucero (FIU) |
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Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stetson x† | 13 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .722 | 36 | – | 22 | – | 1 | .619 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIU ‡y | 11 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .611 | 43 | – | 23 | – | 0 | .652 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Southern | 10 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .556 | 33 | – | 27 | – | 0 | .550 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mercer | 2 | – | 16 | – | 0 | .111 | 15 | – | 31 | – | 0 | .326 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Samford x | 9 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .643 | 23 | – | 26 | – | 0 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Centenary | 7 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .500 | 28 | – | 23 | – | 0 | .549 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas–Little Rock | 6 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .375 | 28 | – | 27 | – | 0 | .509 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1991[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |
Format and seeding
editThe top two finishers from each division by conference winning percentage qualified for the tournament, with the top seed from one division playing the second seed from the opposite in the first round.
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Bracket
editAll-Tournament Team
editThe following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[2]
POS | Player | School |
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P | Kevin Lucero | FIU |
Jerry Santos | FIU | |
C | Bill Scalzitti | FIU |
1B | Mike Kash | Samford |
2B | Eric Cruz | FIU |
3B | Gary Haight | FIU |
SS | Wes Weger | Stetson |
DH | Nathan Harvey | FIU |
OF | Mike Sempeles | Stetson |
Aaron Iatarola | Stetson | |
Chad Ott | Samford |
Most Valuable Player
editKevin Lucero was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Lucero was a pitcher for FIU.[2]
References
edit- ^ Atlantic Sun Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 5. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
- ^ a b c Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved December 2, 2019.