1994 North Atlantic Conference Baseball Tournament

1994 North Atlantic Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1994
Teams	8
Format	Best-of-three quarterfinals Double-elimination final round
Site	Friedman Diamond Brookline, MA
Champions	Northeastern (1st title)
Winning coach	Neil McPhee (1st title)
MVP	Bill Barrale (Northeastern)
North Atlantic Conference Baseball Tournament «1993  1995»

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]

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

#1 Delaware vs. #8 Boston University

	Quarterfinal
	1	Delaware	8	7	—
	8	Boston University	2	3	—

#2 Northeastern vs. #7 New Hampshire

	Quarterfinal
	2	Northeastern	8	3	—
	7	New Hampshire	1	1	—

#3 Drexel vs. #6 Vermont

	Quarterfinal
	3	Drexel	12	1	9
	6	Vermont	4	6	6

#4 Maine vs. #5 Hartford

	Quarterfinal
	4	Maine	1	8	—
	5	Hartford	5	10	—

Final round

	First round					Semifinals					Finals
	1	Delaware	1
	5	Hartford	5
						5	Hartford	6
						2	Northeastern	5
	2	Northeastern	9
	3	Drexel	2
											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]

References

1. "2013 America East Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). AmericaEast.com. America East Conference. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 20, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
2. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1994". BoydsWorld.com. Boyd Nation. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
3. Clark, Ernie (June 7, 2013). "Maine Out of Baseball Playoffs:". Portland Press Herald. Guy Gannett News Service. p. 1D. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
4. "Baseball Coaching Staff: Bill Barrale". Athletics.Williams.edu. Williams Sports Information. Retrieved June 7, 2013.