1996 North Atlantic Conference baseball tournament explained
| Year: | 1996 |
| Conference: | North Atlantic Conference |
| Shortconference: | NAC |
| Teams: | 6 |
| Format: | Double-elimination |
| Ballpark: | Mahaney Diamond |
| City: | Orono, ME |
| Champions: | Delaware |
| Titlecount: | 2nd |
| Coach: | Bob Hannah |
| Coachcount: | 2nd |
| Mvp: | Adam Lamanteer |
| Mvpteam: | Delaware |
| Different Next: | 1997 |
The 1996 North Atlantic Conference baseball tournament was held at Mahaney Diamond in Orono, Maine. The top six regular season finishers of the league's nine teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, first-seeded Delaware defeated third-seeded Drexel, 12–2, to win its second tournament championship. As a result, Delaware received the North Atlantic's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA tournament.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Seeding
The top six finishers from the regular season were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage only. They then played in a double-elimination format. In the first round, the one and six seeds were matched up in the first game, the two and five seeds in the second, and the three and four seeds in the third.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
|---|
| 19 | 5 | .792 | – | 1 |
| 12 | 8 | .600 | 5 | 2 |
| 12 | 8 | .600 | 5 | 3 |
| 12 | 12 | .500 | 7 | 4 |
| 11 | 11 | .500 | 7 | 5 |
| 10 | 14 | .417 | 9 | 6 |
| 8 | 12 | .400 | 9 | – |
| 8 | 14 | .364 | 10 | – |
| 8 | 16 | .333 | 11 | – | |
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.
| Player | Team |
|---|
| Brian August | Delaware |
| Dan Hammer | Delaware |
| Matt Ardizzone | Delaware |
| Adam Lamanteer | Delaware |
| Jason Gold | Drexel |
| Kris Doiron | Drexel |
| Kevin Fahy | Drexel |
| Brian Edge | Hartford |
| Dave Tober | Hartford |
| Keith Croteau | Maine |
| Pete Fischer | Maine | |
Most Outstanding Player
Delaware pitcher Adam Lamanteer was named Most Outstanding Player.[5]
Notes
- Delaware sets a tournament record for most runs (27).
Notes and References
- 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 .
- Web site: College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1996 . BoydsWorld.com . Boyd Nation . June 7, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130214055642/http://www.boydsworld.com/data/standings/standings1996.html . February 14, 2013 . live .
- Web site: Flesichmann . Bill . Baseball Proves Right Choice for Drexel's Doiron . Philly.com . The Philadelphia Inquirer . June 7, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001149/http://articles.philly.com/1996-05-15/sports/25623376_1_drexel-dragons-north-atlantic-conference . March 4, 2016 . May 15, 1996 . dead .
- News: Thomas . Kevin . UMaine Bows Out, 8–6 . June 7, 2013 . Portland Press Herald . May 19, 1996 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170910040555/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=0EAE9ADBE1D9E8D3&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM . September 10, 2017 . 1D . dead .
- Web site: College Beat: Midwest Regional . USA Today Baseball Weekly . USAToday.com . June 7, 2013 . https://archive.today/20131212132530/http://content.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/sbbw0938.htm . December 12, 2013 . June 6, 1996 . live .
