1984 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament

The 1984 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at Centenary Park on the campus of Centenary College of Louisiana in Shreveport, Louisiana, from May 13 through 15.[2] This was the sixth tournament championship held by the Trans America Athletic Conference, in its sixth year of existence. Nicholls State won their first tournament championship.[3]

1984 Trans America Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsNicholls State (1st title)
Winning coachMike Knight (1st title)
1984 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
Georgia Southern x 134 .7653237 .464
Mercer  106 .6252323 .500
Georgia State  511 .3132231 .415
Samford  512 .294842 .160
West
Nicholls State x 185 .7833821 .644
Hardin–Simmons  176 .7392531 .446
Arkansas–Little Rock  1014 .4172030 .400
Centenary  714 .3332825 .528
Northwestern State  717 .2921745 .274
x Division champion
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1984[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

At the end of the conference regular season, the top two finishers in each division advanced to the tournament with each division winner playing the runner up from the opposite division in the first round of the double-elimination tournament.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
East
Georgia Southern134.7651E
Mercer106.6252.52E
Georgia State511.3137.5
Samford512.2948
TeamWLPct.GBSeed
West
Nicholls State185.7831W
Hardin–Simmons176.73912W
Arkansas–Little Rock1014.4178.5
Centenary714.33310
Northwestern State717.29211.5

Bracket

First roundSemi-finalsFinals
1EGeorgia Southern410
2WHardin–Simmons3
1EGeorgia Southern3
1WNicholls State6
1WNicholls State18
2EMercer1
1WNicholls State16
1EGeorgia Southern4
Lower round 1Lower final
1EGeorgia Southern14
2WHardin–Simmons62EMercer4
2EMercer812

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. No MVP was named until 1985.[4]

POSPlayerSchool
PStan FabreNicholls State
John FacianeNicholls State
CGreg McMullenGeorgia Southern
1BMatt BergeronNicholls State
2BJeff PetzoldtGeorgia Southern
SSBobby DickersonNicholls State
3BTracy ThomasHardin–Simmons
OFDarryl HamiltonNicholls State
Ben AbnerGeorgia Southern
Mike TullierNicholls State
DHPat ChascoNicholls State

References

  1. Atlantic Sun Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 5. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
  2. 2019 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Georgia Southern Eagles. p. 34. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
  3. Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 8. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
  4. Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 14. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
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