The 1994 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held at Bear Stadium in Boyertown, Pennsylvania from May 13 through 15. The double elimination tournament featured the league's top four regular-season finishers. Second-seeded West Virginia defeated St. Bonaventure in the title game to win the tournament for the fourth time, earning the Atlantic 10's automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA tournament.[1]
| Teams | 4 |
|---|---|
| Format | Four-team double elimination |
| Finals site |
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| Champions | West Virginia (4th title) |
| Winning coach | Dale Ramsburg (4th title) |
| MVP | Mark Landers (West Virginia) |
Seeding and format
editThe league's top four teams, based on winning percentage in the 24-game regular-season schedule, were seeded one through four.[1]
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 19 | 4 | .826 | – |
1
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| West Virginia | 17 | 4 | .810 | 2 |
2
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| Rutgers | 15 | 4 | .789 | 4 |
3
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| St. Bonaventure | 11 | 10 | .524 | 7 |
4
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| George Washington | 12 | 11 | .522 | 7 |
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| Temple | 9 | 12 | .429 | 9 |
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| Saint Joseph's | 8 | 15 | .348 | 12 |
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| Duquesne | 5 | 15 | .250 | 12.5 |
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| Rhode Island | 1 | 22 | .043 | 18 |
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Bracket
edit| Upper round 1 | Upper final | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Massachusetts | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | St. Bonaventure | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | St. Bonaventure | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | West Virginia | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | West Virginia | 12 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Rutgers | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | St. Bonaventure | 9 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 2 | West Virginia | 11 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | |||||||||||||
| 2 | West Virginia | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Massachusetts | 9 | 1 | Massachusetts | 2 | |||||||||
| 3 | Rutgers | 3 | ||||||||||||
All-Tournament
editWest Virginia's Mark Landers was named Most Outstanding Player. His teammate Ryan Williams was named Most Outstanding Pitcher.
References
edit- ^ a b "2014 Atlantic 10 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Atlantic10.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 19, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.