1997 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament

1997 Atlantic 10 Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1997
Teams 4
Format Four-team double elimination
Site Bear Stadium (Boyertown)
Boyertown, PA
Champions Virginia Tech (1st title)
Winning coach Chuck Hartman (1st title)
MVP Barry Gauch (Virginia Tech)
Atlantic 10 Conference
Baseball Tournament
«1996  1998»

The 1997 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held at Bear Stadium in Boyertown, Pennsylvania from May 15–17. The double elimination tournament featured the top two regular-season finishers of each of the conference's six-team divisions. West Division second seed Virginia Tech defeated Massachusetts in the title game to win the tournament for the first time, earning the Atlantic 10's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Tournament.[1]

Seeding and format

Each division's top teams, based on winning percentage in the 21-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
Massachusetts 17 4 .810
1E
Fordham 12 9 .571
5
2E
St. Bonaventure 9 12 .429
8
Temple 9 12 .429
8
Rhode Island 6 15 .286
11
Saint Joseph's 4 17 .190
13
West Division
Xavier 14 6 .700
1W
Virginia Tech 13 8 .619
1.5
2W
Dayton 12 9 .571
2.5
Duquesne 12 9 .571
2.5
George Washington 9 12 .429
5.5
La Salle 8 12 .400
6

Bracket

 
                             
1W  Xavier 6  
2E  Fordham 1  
  1W  Xavier 2  
  2W  Virginia Tech 17  
1E  Massachusetts 4
2W  Virginia Tech 8  
  2W  Virginia Tech 13
  1E  Massachusetts 8
2E  Fordham 6  
1E  Massachusetts 14  
  1W  Xavier 1
  1E  Massachusetts 6  

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Virginia Tech catcher Barry Gauch, one of five Hokies selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.

Massachusetts's shortstop Brad Gorrie, who was also selected in 1996 was named to the team for the second time.

Pos. Name Team
P Scott Barnsby Massachusetts
OF Doug Clark Massachusetts
C Barry Gauch Virginia Tech
1B David Giglio Massachusetts
SS Brad Gorrie Massachusetts
OF Matt Griswold Virginia Tech
SS Kevin Kurilla Virginia Tech
SS Tony Martelli Fordham
2B Randy Martin Virginia Tech
P Denny Wagner Virginia Tech
P Louie Witte Xavier

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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