1998 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament

American college baseball tournament August 2023 June 2026 1998 Atlantic 10 Conference 4 Four-team single elimination Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA Fordham 1st Dan Gallagher 1st Tom Stein Fordham The 1998 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on May 12. It was scheduled to be a double-elimination tournament held at Bear Stadium in Boyertown, Pennsylvania, where it had been held from 1987 to 1997. Rain, however, forced the league to move it to the Phillies' Veterans Stadium and change it to a one-day, single-elimination tournament. It featured the top two regular-season finishers of each of the conference's six-team divisions. East Division second seed Fordham defeated Virginia Tech in the title game to win the tournament for the first time, earning the Atlantic 10's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA tournament.2014 Atlantic 10 Baseball Record Book http://www.atlantic10.com/fls/31600/pdfs/baserecords.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=31600 Atlantic10.com July 15, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140519024741/http://www.atlantic10.com/fls/31600/pdfs/baserecords.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=31600 May 19, 2014 dead Hodges Jim 4 Coaches, 4 Views of Regional Openers https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-may-21-sp-52146-story.html July 26, 2014 LATimes.com May 21, 1998 https://web.archive.org/web/20140812150621/http://articles.latimes.com/1998/may/21/sports/sp-52146 August 12, 2014 live Seeding and format Each division's top teams, based on winning percentage in the 18-game regular season schedule, qualified for the field. In the four-team single-elimination format forced by rain, the East Division champion opened by playing the West Division runner-up, and vice versa. Team W L Pct. GB SeedEast Division Massachusetts 15 3 15 3 – 1E Fordham 10 8 10 8 5 2E Rhode Island 8 10 8 10 7 – St. Bonaventure 8 10 8 10 7 – Temple 7 11 7 11 8 – Saint Joseph's 6 12 6 12 9 –West Division George Washington 13 2 13 2 – 1W Virginia Tech 10 5 10 5 3 2W Duquesne 11 7 11 7 3.5 – Xavier 9 8 9 8 5 – Dayton 5 12 5 12 9 – La Salle 1 15 1 15 12.5 – Bracket 1E Massachusetts 6 2W Virginia Tech 7 1W George Washington 5 2E Fordham 14 2W Virginia Tech 1 2E Fordham 3 All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Fordham third baseman Tom Stein, one of four Rams selected, was named Most Outstanding Player. The three Virginia Tech players selected, catcher Barry Gauch, pitcher Jon Hand, and second baseman Randy Martin, were all second-time selections. Hand was selected in 1996. Gauch and Martin were both selected in 1997, when Gauch was also named Most Outstanding Player. Pos. Name Team OF Aaron Braunstein Massachusetts SS Ryan Dacey George Washington 2B Muchie Dagliere Massachusetts C Barry Gauch Virginia Tech P Jon Hand Virginia Tech 2B Randy Martin Virginia Tech P Gary Reznick Fordham OF Dan Rouhier George Washington OF Bob Sprague Fordham 3B Tom Stein Fordham OF Anthony Vega Fordham Notes With the tournament being moved to Veterans Stadium this was the first conference baseball tournament to be held in an MLB stadium. References Atlantic 10 Conference tournament Category:Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament Category:1998 in Philadelphia Category:College baseball tournaments in Pennsylvania Category:Baseball competitions in Philadelphia