1998 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament

1998 Trans America Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Osceola County Stadium; Kissimmee, Florida;
Champions	FIU (2nd title)
Winning coach	Danny Price (2nd title)
MVP	Edwin Franco (FIU)
	← 1997; baseball tournament; 1999 →;

The 1998 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at Osceola County Stadium in Kissimmee, Florida. This was the twentieth tournament championship held by the Trans America Athletic Conference. FIU won their second tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[2]

1998 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
South
FIU ^x‍†‍‡‍^y	15	–	5	–	0	.750	41	–	24	–	0	.631
UCF ‍‍‍	14	–	7	–	0	.667	41	–	21	–	0	.661
Stetson ‍‍‍	9	–	12	–	0	.429	30	–	31	–	1	.492
Florida Atlantic ‍‍‍	6	–	14	–	0	.300	29	–	30	–	0	.492
East
Georgia State ^x‍‍‍	11	–	9	–	0	.550	23	–	29	–	0	.442
College of Charleston ‍‍‍	10	–	11	–	0	.476	31	–	26	–	0	.544
Campbell ‍‍‍	10	–	11	–	0	.476	28	–	30	–	0	.483
Mercer ‍‍‍	7	–	13	–	0	.350	27	–	26	–	1	.509
West
Troy State ^x‍‍‍	13	–	7	–	0	.650	37	–	21	–	0	.638
Jacksonville State ‍‍‍	13	–	8	–	0	.619	34	–	20	–	0	.630
Centenary ‍‍‍	9	–	12	–	0	.429	21	–	36	–	0	.368
Samford ‍‍‍	6	–	14	–	0	.300	13	–	43	–	0	.232

x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1998^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The top six finishers by overall winning percentage qualified for the tournament, with the top seed playing the lowest seed in the first round. College of Charleston was ineligible as it completed its transition from NAIA.

Team	W	L	T	Pct.	Seed
South
FIU	36	22	0	.621	1
UCF	39	19	0	.672	3
Stetson	29	29	1	.500	5
Florida Atlantic	29	28	0	.509	6

Team	W	L	T	Pct.	Seed
East
Georgia State	23	29	0	.442	—
College of Charleston	31	26	0	.544	—
Campbell	28	30	0	.483	—
Mercer	27	26	1	.509	—

Team	W	L	T	Pct.	Seed
West
Troy State	34	19	0	.642	2
Jacksonville State	34	18	0	.654	4
Centenary	21	36	0	.368	—
Samford	13	43	0	.232	—

Bracket


First round			Second round			Third round			Semifinals			Final



1	FIU	9

6	Florida Atlantic	8	1	FIU	3

			4	Jacksonville State	1

3	UCF	5				1	FIU	3

4	Jacksonville State	0				3	UCF	2

			3	UCF	5							1	FIU	9	—

			5	Stetson	3							2	Troy State	4	—

2	Troy State	4							3	UCF	9

5	Stetson	5¹⁰				5	Stetson	3	2	Troy State	12

			2	Troy State	11	2	Troy State	8

			6	Florida Atlantic	6

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.^[2]

POS	Player	School
P	Edwin Franco	FIU
P	Trey Wright	Troy
C	Jeff Rodriguez	FIU
IF	Fred Case	Troy
	Jason Vetter	FIU
	Dustin Brisson	UCF
	Tim Boeth	UCF
OF	Ned French	Stetson
	Ricky Rowe	Troy
	Sean Mahoney	FIU
	Jim Molina	FIU
DH	Jorge Soto	Troy

Most Valuable Player

Edwin Franco was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Franco was a pitcher for FIU.^[2]

References

^ 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 January 19, 2020.

[1] Atlantic Sun Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 5. Retrieved July 17, 2019.

[ASUNRecordBook-2] Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved January 19, 2020.

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