2001 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2001 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Alexander Brest Field on the campus of Jacksonville University in Jacksonville, Florida from May 16 through 19.[2] UCF won its fifth tournament championship to earn the Trans America Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[3]

2001 Trans America Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Alexander Brest Field Jacksonville, FL
Champions	UCF (5th title)
Winning coach	Jay Bergman (5th title)
MVP	Jeremy Kurella, UCF

2001 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 17 UCF  ‍†‍‡‍^y	22	–	5		.815			51	–	14		.785
Stetson  ‍‍‍^y	19	–	8		.704			43	–	17		.717
Jacksonville  ‍‍‍^y	18	–	9		.667			39	–	25		.609
Campbell  ‍‍‍	17	–	10		.630			33	–	21		.611
Florida Atlantic  ‍‍‍	14	–	13		.519			36	–	24		.600
Troy State  ‍‍‍	12	–	15		.444			27	–	28		.491
Samford  ‍‍‍	12	–	15		.444			20	–	34		.370
Mercer  ‍‍‍	10	–	17		.370			24	–	28		.462
Georgia State  ‍‍‍	8	–	19		.296			20	–	35		.364
Jacksonville State  ‍‍‍	3	–	24		.111			11	–	39		.220
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2001[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding

The top six teams (based on conference results) from the conference earn invites to the tournament.

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
UCF	22	5	.815	—	1
Stetson	19	8	.704	3	2
Jacksonville	18	9	.667	4	3
Campbell	17	10	.630	5	4
Florida Atlantic	14	13	.519	8	5
Troy State	12	15	.444	10	6
Samford	12	15	.444	10	—
Mercer	10	17	.370	12	—
Georgia State	8	19	.296	14	—
Jacksonville State	3	24	.111	19	—

Results

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	UCF	18
	6	Troy State	1			1	UCF	8
						4	Campbell	3
	3	Jacksonville	5								1	UCF	6^10
	4	Campbell	1								5	Florida Atlantic	5
						3	Jacksonville	3													1	UCF	9	11
						5	Florida Atlantic	7													3	Jacksonville	10	2
	2	Stetson	1													5	Florida Atlantic	5
	5	Florida Atlantic	2								3	Jacksonville	10			3	Jacksonville	12
						6	Troy State	5			6	Troy State	6
						2	Stetson	2

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]

Pos	Name	Team
P	Justin Pope	UCF
	Von Stertzbach	UCF
	Burt Clark	UCF
	Jason Arnold	UCF
C	Chad Oliva	Jacksonville
IF	Jeremy Kurella	UCF
	Mike Fox	UCF
	Chad Ehrnsberger	UCF
	Chris Reier	Jacksonville
OF	Phil Nover	Jacksonville
	Mike Myers	UCF
	B.J. Weed	Jacksonville

Tournament Most Valuable Player

Jeremy Kurella was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Kurella was an infielder for UCF.[4]

References

1. 2019 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 4. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
2. Baseball Media Guide (PDF). UCF Knights. p. 68. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
3. Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 7. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
4. Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conferece. p. 13. Retrieved April 5, 2019.