2000 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament

2000 Atlantic 10 Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2000
Teams 4
Format Four-team double elimination
Site Bear Stadium (Boyertown)
Boyertown, PA
Champions Virginia Tech (3rd title)
Winning coach Chuck Hartman (3rd title)
MVP Addison Bowman (Virginia Tech)
Atlantic 10 Conference
Baseball Tournament
«1999  2001»

The 2000 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held at Bear Stadium in Boyertown, Pennsylvania from May 18–20. It was the 13th and final tournament held in Boyertown. It featured the top two regular-season finishers of each of the conference's six-team divisions. West Division top seed Virginia Tech defeated Massachusetts in the title game to win the tournament for the third time, earning the Atlantic 10's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Tournament.[1][2]

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 four-team double-elimination format, the East Division champion played the West Division runner-up, and vice versa. In the West Division, Virginia Tech's regular season series win over George Washington gave it the top seed.[3]

Team W L T Pct. GB Seed
East Division
St. Bonaventure 13 8 0 .619
1E
Massachusetts 11 9 1 .548
1.5
2E
Temple 9 11 1 .452
3.5
Saint Joseph's 8 13 0 .381
5
Rhode Island 8 13 0 .381
5
Fordham 7 14 0 .333
6
West Division
Virginia Tech 16 5 0 .762
1W
George Washington 16 5 0 .762
2W
Xavier 13 8 0 .619
3
Duquesne 10 11 0 .476
6
Dayton 10 11 0 .476
6
La Salle 4 17 0 .190
12

Bracket

 
                             
1E  St. Bonaventure 3  
2W  George Washington 4[lower-alpha 1]  
  2W  George Washington 1  
  1W  Virginia Tech 9  
1W  Virginia Tech 4
2E  Massachusetts 3  
  1W  Virginia Tech 9
  2E  Massachusetts 6
1E  St. Bonaventure 5  
2E  Massachusetts 6  
  2W  George Washington 8
  2E  Massachusetts 9  
  1. 10 innings.

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Virginia Tech shortstop Addison Bowman, one of three Hokies selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.[1]

Virginia Tech's Addison Bowman, also named in 1999, was selected for the second time.

Pos. Name Team
OF Mike Bassett George Washington
P Adam Belicic George Washington
SS Addison Bowman Virginia Tech
P Jason Bush Virginia Tech
C Jed English Virginia Tech
SS Mark Evers St. Bonaventure
3B Chad Foutz Virginia Tech
3B Kyle Johnson St. Bonaventure
P Jesse Santos Massachusetts
IF Aaron Senez Massachusetts
2B Shaun Skeffington Massachusetts

References

  1. 1 2 "2014 Atlantic 10 Baseball Record Book". Atlantic10.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. "Pete Hughes to Be Oklahoma Coach". ESPN.com. June 27, 2013. Archived from the original on July 26, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
  3. "George Washington Series History". HokieSports.com. Virginia Tech Athletics Communications. Archived from the original on July 26, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
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