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)
MVP,
1984 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
East
Georgia Southern x 134 .765  3237 .464
Mercer  106 .625  2323 .500
Georgia State  511 .313  2231 .415
Samford  512 .294  842 .160
West
Nicholls State x 185 .783  3821 .644
Hardin–Simmons  176 .739  2531 .446
Arkansas–Little Rock  1014 .417  2030 .400
Centenary  714 .333  2825 .528
Northwestern State  717 .292  1745 .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 Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1E Georgia Southern 410  
2W Hardin–Simmons 3  
  1E Georgia Southern 3  
  1W Nicholls State 6  
1W Nicholls State 18
2E Mercer 1  
  1W Nicholls State 16
  1E Georgia Southern 4
2W Hardin–Simmons 6  
2E Mercer 812  
  1E Georgia Southern 14
  2E Mercer 4  

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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