1987 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament

1987 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification Division
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination tournament
Site
Champions West Virginia (3rd title)
Winning coach Dale Ramsburg (3rd title)
MVP Jon Szynal (West Virginia, Player)
Dave Perry (West Virginia, Pitcher)
1987 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
East
Rutgers x 11 – 4 – 1   .719     36 – 14 – 1   .716
UMass 10 – 4 – 0   .714     22 – 16 – 0   .579
Temple 10 – 5 – 1   .656     26 – 20 – 1   .564
Rhode Island 4 – 10 – 0   .286     9 – 22 – 0   .290
Saint Joseph's 2 – 14 – 0   .125     9 – 26 – 0   .257
West
West Virginia x‡y 9 – 2 – 0   .818     24 – 14 – 1   .628
Penn State 11 – 3 – 0   .786     29 – 19 – 0   .604
George Washington 8 – 8 – 0   .500     19 – 25 – 0   .432
St. Bonaventure 4 – 10 – 0   .286     11 – 18 – 0   .379
Duquesne 2 – 14 – 0   .125     19 – 17 – 0   .528
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1987; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1987 Atlantic Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 8 through 10, 1987 to determine the champion of the NCAA Division I the Atlantic 10 Conference, for the 1987 NCAA Division I baseball season. This was the ninth iteration of the event, and was held at Bear Stadium in Boyertown, Pennsylvania. West Virginia won their third championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1987 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 11 4 1 .719 — 1E
UMass 10 4 0 .714 .5 2E
Temple 10 5 1 .656 1 —
Rhode Island 4 10 0 .286 6.5 —
Saint Joseph's 2 10 0 .167 7 —
Team W L T Pct GB Seed
Western Division
West Virginia 13 3 0 .813 — 1W
Penn State 11 3 0 .786 1 2W
George Washington 8 8 0 .500 5 —
St. Bonaventure 4 10 0 .286 8 —
Duquesne 2 14 0 .125 11 —

Results

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1E Rutgers 8  
2W Penn State 1  
  1E Rutgers 0  
  1W West Virginia 2  
1W West Virginia 1
2E UMass 0  
  1W West Virginia 13 —
  2E UMass 3 —
2W Penn State 4  
2E UMass 10  
  1E Rutgers 3
  2E UMass 8  

References

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