1990 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament
The 1990 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held at Bear Stadium in Boyertown, Pennsylvania from May 11 through 14. The double elimination tournament featured the top two regular-season finishers from both of the league's divisions. East top seed Rutgers defeated West Virginia in the title game to win the tournament for the fourth time, earning the Atlantic 10's automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA tournament.[1]
| Teams | 4 |
|---|---|
| Format | Four-team double elimination |
| Finals site |
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| Champions | Rutgers (4th title) |
| Winning coach | Fred Hill (3rd title) |
| MVP | Paul Prosser (West Virginia) |
Seeding and format edit
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
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| Rutgers | 14 | 2 | .875 | – |
1E
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| Massachusetts | 12 | 4 | .750 | 2 |
2E
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| Rhode Island | 6 | 10 | .375 | 8 |
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| Temple | 5 | 11 | .313 | 9 |
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| Saint Joseph's | 3 | 13 | .188 | 9 |
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West Division
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| George Washington | 13 | 3 | .813 | – |
1W
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| West Virginia | 12 | 4 | .750 | 1 |
2W
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| St. Bonaventure | 7 | 9 | .438 | 6 |
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| Penn State | 6 | 10 | .375 | 7 |
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| Duquesne | 2 | 14 | .125 | 11 |
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Bracket edit
| First round | Semi-finals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1E | Rutgers | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2W | West Virginia | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1E | Rutgers | 814 | ||||||||||||
| 2E | Massachusetts | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 1W | George Washington | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2E | Massachusetts | 13 | ||||||||||||
| 1E | Rutgers | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 2W | West Virginia | 11 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | |||||||||||||
| 2E | Massachusetts | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2W | West Virginia | 11 | 2W | West Virginia | 9 | |||||||||
| 1W | George Washington | 10 | ||||||||||||
All-Tournament edit
West Virginia's Paul Prosser was named Most Outstanding Player, while Rutgers's Darrin Kotch was named Most Outstanding Pitcher.
References edit
- ^ "2014 Atlantic 10 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Atlantic10.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 19, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.