1998 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

The 1998 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Osceola County Stadium in Kissimmee, Florida. This was the twentieth tournament championship held by the Trans America Athletic Conference. FIU won their second tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

1998 Trans America Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsFIU (2nd title)
Winning coachDanny Price (2nd title)
MVPEdwin Franco, FIU
1998 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
South
FIU x‍†‍‡‍y 15–5–0 .750  41–24–0 .631
UCF ‍‍‍ 14–7–0 .667  41–21–0 .661
Stetson ‍‍‍ 9–12–0 .429  30–31–1 .492
Florida Atlantic ‍‍‍ 6–14–0 .300  29–30–0 .492
East
Georgia State x‍‍‍ 11–9–0 .550  23–29–0 .442
College of Charleston ‍‍‍ 10–11–0 .476  31–26–0 .544
Campbell ‍‍‍ 10–11–0 .476  28–30–0 .483
Mercer ‍‍‍ 7–13–0 .350  27–26–1 .509
West
Troy State x‍‍‍ 13–7–0 .650  37–21–0 .638
Jacksonville State ‍‍‍ 13–8–0 .619  34–20–0 .630
Centenary ‍‍‍ 9–12–0 .429  21–36–0 .368
Samford ‍‍‍ 6–14–0 .300  13–43–0 .232
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1998[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. College of Charleston was ineligible as it completed its transition from NAIA.

TeamWLTPct.Seed
South
FIU36220.6211
UCF39190.6723
Stetson29291.5005
Florida Atlantic29280.5096
TeamWLTPct.Seed
East
Georgia State23290.442—
College of Charleston31260.544—
Campbell28300.483—
Mercer27261.509—
TeamWLTPct.Seed
West
Troy State34190.6422
Jacksonville State34180.6544
Centenary21360.368—
Samford13430.232—

Bracket

  First round Second round Third round Semi-finals Finals
                                                 
  1 FIU 9  
  6 Florida Atlantic 8     1 FIU 3  
    4 Jacksonville State 1    
  3 UCF 5         1 FIU 3            
  4 Jacksonville State 0           3 UCF 2              
      3 UCF 5           1 FIU 9 —
      5 Stetson 3         2 Troy State 4 —
  2 Troy State 4         3 UCF 9    
  5 Stetson 510       5 Stetson 3     2 Troy State 12  
  2 Troy State 11     2 Troy State 8  
  6 Florida Atlantic 6  

All-Tournament Team

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

POSPlayerSchool
PEdwin FrancoFIU
Trey WrightTroy
CJeff RodriguezFIU
IFFred CaseTroy
Jason VetterFIU
Dustin BrissonUCF
Tim BoethUCF
OFNed FrenchStetson
Ricky RoweTroy
Sean MahoneyFIU
Jim MolinaFIU
DHJorge SotoTroy

Most Valuable Player

Edwin Franco was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Franco was a pitcher for FIU.[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 19, 2020.
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