1986 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament
The 1986 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament was held at Harrington Field on the campus of East Carolina in Greenville, North Carolina from May 15 through May 18. The event determined the champion of the Colonial Athletic Association for the 1986 season. It was the first tournament, in the first year that the CAA sponsored baseball. The winner of the tournament, fourth-seeded Richmond, earned the CAA's automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]
| Teams | 4 |
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| Format | Double-elimination tournament |
| Finals site |
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| Champions | Richmond (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Ron Atkins (1st title) |
| MVP | Kevin Sickinger, Richmond |
| 1986 Colonial Athletic Association baseball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Carolina † | 13 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .722 | 40 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| James Madison † | 13 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .722 | 35 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richmond ‡y | 12 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .667 | 24 | – | 31 | – | 0 | .436 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNC Wilmington | 10 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .556 | 29 | – | 28 | – | 0 | .509 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| George Mason | 8 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .444 | 27 | – | 20 | – | 1 | .573 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William & Mary | 4 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .222 | 7 | – | 38 | – | 0 | .156 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| American | 3 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .167 | 8 | – | 26 | – | 0 | .235 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1986[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Format and seeding
The top four finishers based on winning percentage from the conference's round robin regular season faced off in a double-elimination tournament.[2]
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
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| James Madison | 13 | 5 | .722 | — | 1 |
| East Carolina | 13 | 5 | .722 | — | 2 |
| Richmond | 12 | 6 | .667 | 1 | 3 |
| UNC Wilmington | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3 | 4 |
| George Mason | 8 | 10 | .444 | 5 | — |
| William & Mary | 4 | 14 | .222 | 9 | — |
| American | 3 | 15 | .167 | 10 | — |
Bracket and results
| First Round | Semi-Finals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | James Madison | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | UNC Wilmington | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | UNC Wilmington | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Richmond | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Richmond | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | East Carolina | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Richmond | 8 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 2 | East Carolina | 12 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 1 | James Madison | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | East Carolina | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | UNC Wilmington | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | East Carolina | 1211 | ||||||||||||
Most Valuable Player
Kevin Sickinger was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Sickinger was a pitcher and designated hitter for Richmond.[2]
References
- 2020 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Colonial Athletic Association. p. 17. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
- 2020 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Colonial Athletic Association. p. 9. Retrieved December 15, 2020.