1991 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament

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1991 Atlantic 10 Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatFour-team double elimination
Finals site
Champions Rutgers  (5th title)
Winning coach Fred Hill  (4th title)
MVP Jason Imperial (Rutgers)

The 1991 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held at Bear Stadium in Boyertown, Pennsylvania from May 10 through 12. The double elimination tournament featured the top two regular-season finishers from both of the league's divisions. East top seed Rutgers defeated Massachusetts in the title game to win the tournament for the fifth time, earning the Atlantic 10's automatic bid to the 1991 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 115.688
1E
Massachusetts 106.625
1
2E
Temple 97.563
2
Saint Joseph's 610.375
5
Rhode Island 412.250
7
West Division
Penn State 115.688
1W
George Washington 106.625
1
2W
West Virginia 97.563
2
St. Bonaventure 79.438
4
Duquesne 313.188
8

Bracket

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1W Penn State 3
2E Massachusetts 4
2EMassachusetts11
1ERutgers6
1E Rutgers 4
2W George Washington 2
2EMassachusetts43
1ERutgers58
Lower round 1Lower final
1ERutgers12
1WPenn State71WPenn State6
2WGeorge Washington2

All-Tournament

Rutgers's Jason Imperial was named Most Outstanding Player, and his teammate Dave Hoehler 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.