1989 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament

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1989 Atlantic 10 Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatFour-team double elimination
Finals site
  • Bear Stadium (Boyertown)
  • Boyertown, PA
ChampionsGeorge Washington (2nd title)
Winning coach (1st title)
MVPMike Palys/Frank Terry (Temple/George Washington)

The 1989 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held at 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" (PDF). Atlantic10.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
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