1997 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

The 1997 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Conrad Park on the campus of Stetson in DeLand, Florida. This was the nineteenth tournament championship held by the Trans America Athletic Conference. UCF won their fourth tournament championship in five years, and third in a row, and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

1997 Trans America Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsUCF (4th title)
Winning coachJay Bergman (4th title)
MVPGreg Pacitti, UCF
1997 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
South
Stetson x‍‍‍y 10–8–0 .556  37–26–1 .586
FIU x‍‍‍y 10–8–0 .556  42–21–0 .667
Florida Atlantic ‍‍‍ 8–9–0 .471  32–24–0 .571
UCF ‍‍‡‍y 7–10–0 .412  40–24–0 .625
East
Mercer x‍‍‍ 12–6–0 .667  36–23–0 .610
Georgia State ‍‍‍ 10–8–0 .556  23–30–0 .434
Campbell ‍‍‍ 7–11–0 .389  17–40–0 .298
College of Charleston ‍‍‍ 7–11–0 .389  25–29–1 .464
West
Jacksonville State x‍†‍‍ 14–4–0 .778  39–13–0 .750
Southeastern Louisiana ‍‍‍ 11–7–0 .611  34–24–0 .586
Samford ‍‍‍ 8–10–0 .444  31–29–0 .517
Centenary ‍‍‍ 3–15–0 .167  11–39–0 .220
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1997[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. Florida Atlantic and Jacksonville State did not qualify as they completed their transition from NCAA Division II.

TeamWLTPct.Seed
South
Stetson34221.6052
FIU40170.7024
Florida Atlantic32240.571—
UCF36220.6216
TeamWLTPct.Seed
East
Mercer36210.6321
Georgia State23300.434—
Campbell17400.298—
College of Charleston25291.464—
TeamWLTPct.Seed
West
Jacksonville State39130.750—
Southeastern Louisiana34220.6073
Samford30270.5265
Centenary11390.220—

Bracket

  First round Second round Third round Semi-finals Finals
                                                 
  1 Mercer 4  
  6 UCF 11     6 UCF 17  
    3 Southeastern Louisiana 9    
  3 Southeastern Louisiana 5         6 UCF 8            
  4 FIU 8           4 FIU 4              
      4 FIU 312           6 UCF 14 —
      2 Stetson 2         2 Stetson 9 —
  2 Stetson 4         4 FIU 3    
  5 Samford 3       2 Stetson 6     2 Stetson 4  
  1 Mercer 0     5 Samford 3  
  5 Samford 6  

All-Tournament Team

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

POSPlayerSchool
PJeff NewmanSamford
Eric KnottStetson
CEric JohnsonUCF
IFPat WilliamsonUCF
Clint ChryslerStetson
Eric RiggsUCF
Bryan BruceUCF
OFSean MahoneyFIU
C.J. FaganStetson
Todd BellhornUCF
Gregg PacittiUCF

Most Valuable Player

Greg Pacitti was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Pacitti was an outfielder for UCF.[2]

References

  1. Atlantic Sun Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 5. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
  2. Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
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