1989 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament

1989 Atlantic 10 Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1989
Teams 4
Format Four-team double elimination
Site Bear Stadium (Boyertown)
Boyertown, PA
Champions George Washington (2nd title)
Winning coach John Castleberry (1st title)
MVP Mike Palys/Frank Terry (Temple/George Washington)
Atlantic 10 Conference
Baseball Tournament
«1988  1990»

The 1989 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held at Bear Stadium in Boyertown, Pennsylvania from May 12–14. The double elimination tournament featured the top two regular-season finishers from both of the league's divisions. West top seed George Washington defeated Temple in the title game to win the tournament for the second time, earning the Atlantic 10's automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA Tournament.[1]

Seeding and format

Each division's top teams, based on winning percentage in the 16-game regular season schedule, qualified for the field. In the opening round of the four-team double-elimination format, the East Division champion played the West Division runner-up, and vice versa.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
East Division
Rutgers 14 2 .875
1E
Temple 11 5 .688
3
2E
Rhode Island 5 10 .333
8.5
Massachusetts 5 11 .313
9
Saint Joseph's 4 11 .267
9.5
West Division
George Washington 13 3 .813
1W
Penn State 12 4 .750
1
2W
West Virginia 9 5 .643
3
St. Bonaventure 4 10 .286
8
Duquesne 0 16 .000
13

Bracket

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1W  George Washington 1  
2E  Temple 10  
  2E  Temple 9  
  1E  Rutgers 7  
1E  Rutgers 6
2W  Penn State 1  
  2E  Temple 2 8
  1W  George Washington 3 9
1W  George Washington 3  
2W  Penn State 2  
  1E  Rutgers 3
  1W  George Washington 6  

All-Tournament

Temple's Mike Palys and George Washington's Frank Terry shared Most Valuable Player honors. George Washington's Mike Rolfes was named Most Valuable Pitcher.

References

  1. "2014 Atlantic 10 Baseball Record Book". Atlantic10.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
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