1986 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament

1986 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification Division
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination tournament
Site
Champions Rutgers (2nd title)
Winning coach Fred Hill (1st title)
MVP Sam Ferretti (Rutgers, Player)
Ken Smith (West Virginia, Pitcher)
1986 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
East
Rutgers x‡y 9 – 2 – 0   .818     28 – 18 – 0   .609
Temple 8 – 3 – 0   .727     30 – 17 – 1   .635
Rhode Island 4 – 7 – 1   .375     14 – 15 – 1   .483
UMass 4 – 7 – 0   .364     16 – 24 – 0   .400
Saint Joseph's 2 – 8 – 1   .227     6 – 26 – 1   .197
West
West Virginia x 9 – 2 – 0   .818     24 – 14 – 1   .628
George Washington 8 – 2 – 0   .800     28 – 13 – 1   .679
Penn State 7 – 4 – 0   .636     29 – 19 – 0   .604
St. Bonaventure 2 – 9 – 0   .182     13 – 26 – 0   .333
Duquesne 1 – 10 – 0   .091     21 – 10 – 0   .677
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1986; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1986 Atlantic Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 9 through 11, 1986 to determine the champion of the NCAA Division I the Atlantic 10 Conference, for the 1986 NCAA Division I baseball season. This was the eighth iteration of the event, and was held on the campus of Rutgers in Piscataway, New Jersey. Rutgers won their second championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[1]

Format and seeding

The top two teams in each division advanced to the tournament, with each division winner playing the second place team from the opposite division in the first round. The teams played a double-elimination tournament.

Team W L T Pct GB Seed
East Division
Rutgers 9 2 0 .818 — 1E
Temple 8 3 0 .727 1 2E
Rhode Island 4 7 1 .375 5.5 —
UMass 4 7 0 .364 5 —
Saint Joseph's 2 9 1 .208 7.5 —
Team W L T Pct GB Seed
Western Division
West Virginia 9 2 0 .818 — 1W
George Washington 8 2 0 .800 .5 2W
Penn State 7 4 0 .636 2 —
St. Bonaventure 2 9 0 .182 7 —
Duquesne 1 10 0 .091 8 —

Results

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1E Rutgers 14  
2W George Washington 1  
  1E Rutgers 8  
  1W West Virginia 3  
1W West Virginia 16
2E Temple 3  
  1E Rutgers 4 10
  1W West Virginia 9 3
2W George Washington 6  
2E Temple 14  
  1W West Virginia '8
  2E Temple 6  

References

  1. ↑ Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic 10 Conference. p. 20. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
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