1983 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship Series

1983 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification Division
Teams 2
Format Best of 3 series
Site
Champions Temple (1st title)
Winning coach Skip Wilson (1st title)
1983 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
East
Temple x‡y 9 – 1   .900     27 – 8   .771
Rutgers 5 – 7   .417     13 – 22   .371
Saint Joseph's 5 – 7   .417     19 – 12   .613
Rhode Island 3 – 7   .300     15 – 22   .405
West
Penn State x 9 – 1   .900     16 – 23   .410
West Virginia 6 – 4   .600     22 – 10   .688
George Washington 5 – 6   .455     7 – 25   .219
Duquesne 1 – 10   .091     9 – 12   .429
x – Division champion
‡ – Championship Series champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1983; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1983 Atlantic Conference Baseball Championship Series was held on May 6 and 7, 1983[1] to determine the champion of the NCAA Division I the Atlantic 10 Conference, for the 1983 NCAA Division I baseball season. The conference rechristened itself for the 1983 season, recognizing membership changes. This was the fifth iteration of the event, and was held at Beaver Field on the campus of Penn State in State College, Pennsylvania. Temple won the championship two games to none and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

Format and seeding

The regular season winners of each of the conference's two divisions advanced to a best of three series.

Team W L Pct GB
East Division
Temple 9 1 .900 —
Rutgers 5 7 .417 5
Saint Joseph's 5 7 .417 5
Rhode Island 3 7 .300 6
Team W L Pct GB
Western Division
Penn State 9 1 .900 —
West Virginia 6 4 .600 3
George Washington 5 6 .455 4.5
Duquesne 1 10 .091 8.5

Results

Game One

May 6, 1983
Team R
Temple 10
Penn State 7

Game Two

May 7, 1983
Team R
Penn State 1
Temple 6

References

  1. ↑ 2014 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Temple Owls. p. 48. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
  2. ↑ Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic 10 Conference. p. 20. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
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