1989 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament

1989 Atlantic 10 Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Four-team double elimination
Finals 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)

The 1989 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held at Bear Stadium in Boyertown, Pennsylvania from May 12 through 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

Lower round 1

Lower final

1E

Rutgers

3

1W

George Washington

3

1W

George Washington

6

2W

Penn State

2

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 May 19, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.