1994 North Atlantic Conference baseball tournament explained

Year:	1994
Conference:	North Atlantic Conference
Shortconference:	NAC
Teams:	8
Format:	Best-of-three quarterfinals Double-elimination final round
Ballpark:	Friedman Diamond
City:	Brookline, MA
Champions:	Northeastern
Titlecount:	1st
Coach:	Neil McPhee
Coachcount:	1st
Mvp:	Bill Barrale
Mvpteam:	Northeastern

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.

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
	20	4	.833
	18	6	.750
	13	7	.650
	13	12	.520
	10	11	.476
	10	13	.435
	6	17	.261
	4	24	.143

All-Tournament Team

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

Player	Team
Bill Barrale	Northeastern
Derek Gauthier	Northeastern
	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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2013 America East Conference Baseball Record Book . AmericaEast.com . America East Conference . May 20, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130424161321/http://www.americaeast.com/fls/14000/records/base.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=14000 . April 24, 2013 . dead .
2. Web site: College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1994 . BoydsWorld.com . Boyd Nation . June 7, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130214055609/http://www.boydsworld.com/data/standings/standings1994.html . February 14, 2013 . live .
3. News: Clark . Ernie . Maine Out of baseball playoffs . June 7, 2013 . Portland Press Herald . June 7, 2013 . Guy Gannett News Service . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304233024/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ME&p_theme=me&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAE99B030813225&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM . March 4, 2016 . 1D . dead .
4. Web site: Baseball Coaching Staff: Bill Barrale. Athletics.Williams.edu. Williams Sports Information. June 7, 2013. February 29, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120229165808/http://athletics.williams.edu/sports/bsb/coaches/index. dead.