Teams | 4 |
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Format | Double-elimination |
Finals site | |
Champions | Mercer (2nd title) |
Winning coach | Barry Myers (2nd title) |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
x – Division champion † – 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
[edit]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]
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Results
[edit]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 | – | |||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower final | |||||||||||||
1E | Georgia Southern | 5 | ||||||||||||
2W | Centenary | 9 | 2W | Centenary | 4 | |||||||||
1W | Hardin–Simmons | 1 | ||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
[edit]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 | Centenary |
OF | Mark Beale | Hardin–Simmons |
OF | Tim Smith | Mercer |
References
[edit]- ^ Atlantic 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.