1998 Trans America Athletic Conference Tournament

The 1998 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at Osceola County Stadium in Kissimmee, FL. For the third year in a row, the tournament was preceded by an opening round in which all 12 conference teams were paired up in best of three matchups. The 6 winners advanced to the tournament. Georgia State was upset in the opening round for the third year in a row. #1 Florida International University defeated #2 Troy State University for the title. Edwin Franco of Florida International was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Florida International University	15-5	Danny Price
2	Troy State University	13-7	John Mayotte
3	University of Central Florida	14-7	Jay Bergman
4	Jacksonville State University	13-8	Rudy Abbott
5	Stetson University	9-12	Pete Dunn
6	Florida Atlantic University	6-14	Kevin Cooney

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Florida International	9
	6	Florida Atlantic	8			1	Florida International	3
						4	Jacksonville St.	1
	2	Troy St.	4								1	Florida International	3
	5	Stetson	5								3	Central Florida	2
						5	Stetson	3													1	Fla. International	9	x
						3	Central Florida	5													2	Troy St.	4	x
	3	Central Florida	5													3	Central Florida	9
	4	Jacksonville St.	0								5	Stetson	3			2	Troy St.	12
						6	Florida Atlantic	6			2	Troy St.	8
						2	Troy St.	11

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Florida International University	9-8	Florida Atlantic University
Game 2	Stetson University	5-4 (10)	Troy State University
Game 3	University of Central Florida	5-0	Jacksonville State University
Game 4	Troy State University	11-6	Florida Atlantic University	Florida Atlantic eliminated
Game 5	Florida International University	3-1	Jacksonville State University	Jacksonville State eliminated
Game 6	University of Central Florida	5-3	Stetson University
Game 7	Florida International University	3-2	University of Central Florida
Game 8	Troy State University	8-3	Stetson University	Stetson eliminated
Game 9	Troy State University	12-9	University of Central Florida	Central Florida eliminated
Game 10	Florida International University	9-4	Troy State University	Florida International advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• P Edwin Franco FIU
• P Trey Wright Troy
• C Jeff Rodriguez FIU
• IF Fred Case Troy
• IF Jason Vetter FIU
• IF Dustin Brisson UCF
• IF Tim Boeth UCF
• OF Ned French Stet
• OF Ricky Rowe Troy
• OF Sean Mahoney FIU
• OF Jim Molina FIU
• DH Jorge Soto Troy