1990 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament

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1990 Atlantic 10 Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatFour-team double elimination
Finals site
Champions Rutgers  (4th title)
Winning coach Fred Hill  (3rd title)
MVP Paul Prosser (West Virginia)

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]

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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.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
East Division
Rutgers 142.875
1E
Massachusetts 124.750
2
2E
Rhode Island 610.375
8
Temple 511.313
9
Saint Joseph's 313.188
9
West Division
George Washington 133.813
1W
West Virginia 124.750
1
2W
St. Bonaventure 79.438
6
Penn State 610.375
7
Duquesne 214.125
11

Bracket

First roundSemi-finalsFinals
1E Rutgers 2
2W West Virginia 1
1ERutgers8 14
2EMassachusetts7
1W George Washington 0
2E Massachusetts 13
1ERutgers26
2WWest Virginia114
Lower round 1Lower final
2EMassachusetts1
2WWest Virginia112WWest Virginia9
1WGeorge Washington10

All-Tournament

West Virginia's Paul Prosser was named Most Outstanding Player, while Rutgers's Darrin Kotch was named Most Outstanding Pitcher.

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References

  1. "2014 Atlantic 10 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Atlantic10.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 19, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.