1981 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament
1981 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament | |||
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Classification | Division I | ||
Season | 1981 | ||
Teams | 4 | ||
Format | Double-elimination | ||
Site | [[Hunter Field]] Abilene, TX | ||
Champions | Mercer (2nd title) | ||
Winning coach | Barry Myers (2nd title) | ||
Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament
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1981 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Southern x | 9 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 41 | – | 22 | – | 1 | .648 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mercer ‡ | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .429 | 39 | – | 12 | – | 1 | .760 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas–Little Rock | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .000 | 22 | – | 25 | – | 0 | .468 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hardin–Simmons x | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .667 | 20 | – | 28 | – | 0 | .417 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Centenary | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .667 | 33 | – | 29 | – | 0 | .532 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northeast Louisiana | 6 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .500 | 33 | – | 22 | – | 0 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern State | 2 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .167 | 16 | – | 42 | – | 0 | .276 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion As of June 30, 1981[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |
The 1981 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Hunter Field on the campus of Hardin–Simmons University in Abilene, Texas from April 30 through May 2. This was the third tournament championship held by the Trans America Athletic Conference, in its third year of existence. Mercer won their second tournament championship.
Seeding and format
The TAAC established two divisions beginning in 1981, and brought the two division winners and second place team from each division to the tournament. Each division winner played the opposite division runner up in the first round in the four team double elimination tournament. Hardin-Simmons claimed the West's top seed by tiebreaker.[2][3]
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
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Georgia Southern | 9 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
Mercer | 3 | 4 | .429 | ||
Arkansas–Little Rock | 0 | 6 | .000 | ||
Hardin–Simmons | 8 | 4 | .667 | ||
Centenary | 8 | 4 | .667 | ||
Northeast Louisiana | 6 | 6 | .500 | ||
Northwestern State | 2 | 10 | .167 |
Results
First Round | Semi-Finals | Finals | ||||||||||||
1E | Georgia Southern | 4 | ||||||||||||
2W | Centenary | 3 | ||||||||||||
1E | Georgia Southern | 3 | ||||||||||||
2E | Mercer | 5 | ||||||||||||
1W | Hardin–Simmons | 5 | ||||||||||||
2E | Mercer | 7 | ||||||||||||
2E | Mercer | 9 | – | |||||||||||
1E | Georgia Southern | 3 | – | |||||||||||
2W | Centenary | 9 | ||||||||||||
1W | Hardin–Simmons | 1 | ||||||||||||
1E | Georgia Southern | 5 | ||||||||||||
2W | Centenary | 4 | ||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. No MVP was named until 1985.[4]
POS | Player | School |
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P | Scott Barnhouse | Mercer |
P | Tim Werkin | Mercer |
C | Lawrence Walter | Mercer |
INF | Derrell Baker | Georgia Southern |
INF | Dave Jedneski | Mercer |
INF | Mickey Lezcano | Georgia Southern |
INF | Wayne Ryle | Mercer |
OF | Frank Millerd | Mercer |
OF | David Coss | Cententary |
OF | Mark Beale | Hardin–Simmons |
OF | Tim Smith | Mercer |
References
- ↑ Altantic Sun Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 3. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
- ↑ Atlantic Sun Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 2. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
- ↑ "2014 Baseball Media Guide". Mercer Bears. p. 70. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
- ↑ Atlantic Sun Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 21. Retrieved March 9, 2014.