1994 North Atlantic Conference baseball tournament
American college baseball tournament
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The 1994 North Atlantic Conference baseball tournament was held over two weekends, with the final round being played at Friedman Diamond in Brookline, Massachusetts. 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, second-seeded Northeastern defeated fifth-seeded Hartford, 5-0, to win its first tournament championship. As a result, Northeastern received the North Atlantic's automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA tournament.[1][2][3]
Double-elimination final round
| Teams | 8 |
|---|---|
| Format | Best-of-three quarterfinals Double-elimination final round |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Northeastern (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Neil McPhee (1st title) |
| MVP | Bill Barrale (Northeastern) |
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– one vs. eight, two vs. seven, three vs. six, and four vs. five. The four winners of these series met in a double-elimination final round.[2]
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | 20 | 4 | .833 | – | 1 |
| Northeastern | 18 | 6 | .750 | 2 | 2 |
| Drexel | 13 | 7 | .650 | 5 | 3 |
| Maine | 13 | 12 | .520 | 7.5 | 4 |
| Hartford | 10 | 11 | .476 | 9.5 | 5 |
| Vermont | 10 | 13 | .435 | 10.5 | 6 |
| New Hampshire | 6 | 17 | .261 | 14.5 | 7 |
| Boston University | 4 | 24 | .143 | 19 | 8 |
Results
| Quarterfinals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Delaware | 8 | 7 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Boston University | 2 | 3 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Delaware | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Hartford | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Maine | 1 | 8 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Hartford | 5 | 10 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Hartford | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Northeastern | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Northeastern | 8 | 3 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | New Hampshire | 1 | 1 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Northeastern | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Drexel | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Drexel | 12 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Vermont | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Hartford | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Northeastern | 6 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Delaware | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Drexel | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Northeastern | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Delaware | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[1]
| Player | Team |
|---|---|
| Bill Barrale | Northeastern |
| Derek Gauthier | Northeastern |
| Mike Glavine | Northeastern |
| Mark Hopkins | Northeastern |
| Tim O'Connell | Northeastern |
| Jay O'Shaughnessy | Northeastern |
| Scott LaRock | Hartford |
| Dave Tober | Hartford |
| Deron Brown | Delaware |
| Ethan Jack | Delaware |
| Tom Lafferty | Delaware |
| John Shannon | Drexel |
Most Outstanding Player
Northeastern outfielder Bill Barrale was named Most Outstanding Player.[4]