The 2000 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held at Bear Stadium in Boyertown, Pennsylvania from May 18 through 20. It was the 13th and final tournament held in Boyertown. It featured the top two regular-season finishers of each of the conference's six-team divisions. West Division top seed Virginia Tech defeated Massachusetts in the title game to win the tournament for the third time, earning the Atlantic 10's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA tournament.[1][2]
| Teams | 4 |
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| Format | Four-team double elimination |
| Finals site |
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| Champions | Virginia Tech (3rd title) |
| Winning coach | Chuck Hartman (3rd title) |
| MVP | Addison Bowman (Virginia Tech) |
Seeding and format
editEach division's top teams, based on winning percentage in the 21-game regular season schedule, qualified for the field. In the four-team double-elimination format, the East Division champion played the West Division runner-up, and vice versa. In the West Division, Virginia Tech's regular season series win over George Washington gave it the top seed.[3]
| Team | W | L | T | Pct. | GB | Seed |
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East Division
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| St. Bonaventure | 13 | 8 | 0 | .619 | – |
1E
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| Massachusetts | 11 | 9 | 1 | .548 | 1.5 |
2E
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| Temple | 9 | 11 | 1 | .452 | 3.5 |
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| Saint Joseph's | 8 | 13 | 0 | .381 | 5 |
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| Rhode Island | 8 | 13 | 0 | .381 | 5 |
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| Fordham | 7 | 14 | 0 | .333 | 6 |
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West Division
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| Virginia Tech | 16 | 5 | 0 | .762 | – |
1W
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| George Washington | 16 | 5 | 0 | .762 | – |
2W
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| Xavier | 13 | 8 | 0 | .619 | 3 |
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| Duquesne | 10 | 11 | 0 | .476 | 6 |
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| Dayton | 10 | 11 | 0 | .476 | 6 |
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| La Salle | 4 | 17 | 0 | .190 | 12 |
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Bracket
edit| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
| 1E | St. Bonaventure | 3 | |||||||||||
| 2W | George Washington | 4[a] | |||||||||||
| 2W | George Washington | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1W | Virginia Tech | 9 | |||||||||||
| 1W | Virginia Tech | 4 | |||||||||||
| 2E | Massachusetts | 3 | |||||||||||
| 1W | Virginia Tech | ||||||||||||
| 2E | Massachusetts | ||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
| 2W | George Washington | 8 | |||||||||||
| 1E | St. Bonaventure | 5 | 2E | Massachusetts | 9 | ||||||||
| 2E | Massachusetts | 6 | |||||||||||
- ^ 10 innings.
All-Tournament Team
editThe following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Virginia Tech shortstop Addison Bowman, one of three Hokies selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.[1]
Virginia Tech's Addison Bowman, also named in 1999, was selected for the second time.
| Pos. | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|
| OF | Mike Bassett | George Washington |
| P | Adam Belicic | George Washington |
| SS | Addison Bowman | Virginia Tech |
| P | Jason Bush | Virginia Tech |
| C | Jed English | Virginia Tech |
| SS | Mark Evers | St. Bonaventure |
| 3B | Chad Foutz | Virginia Tech |
| 3B | Kyle Johnson | St. Bonaventure |
| P | Jesse Santos | Massachusetts |
| IF | Aaron Senez | Massachusetts |
| 2B | Shaun Skeffington | Massachusetts |
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.
- ^ "Pete Hughes to Be Oklahoma Coach". ESPN.com. June 27, 2013. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
- ^ "George Washington Series History". HokieSports.com. Virginia Tech Athletics Communications. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2014.