1986 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament

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.

1986 Atlantic 10 Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Piscataway, New Jersey
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

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

Lower round 1

Lower final

1W

West Virginia

8

2W

George Washington

6

2E

Temple

6

2E

Temple

14