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1989 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament
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1989 Atlantic 10 Conference 4 Four-team double elimination Bear Stadium (Boyertown) Boyertown, PA George Washington 2nd John Castleberry 1st Mike Palys/Frank Terry Temple/George Washington
The 1989 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held at Bear Stadium in Boyertown, Pennsylvania from May 12 through 14. The double elimination tournament featured the top two regular-season finishers from both of the league's divisions. West top seed George Washington defeated Temple in the title game to win the tournament for the second time, earning the Atlantic 10's automatic bid to the 1989 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
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.
Team W L Pct. GB SeedEast Division Rutgers 14 2 14 2 – 1E Temple 11 5 11 5 3 2E Rhode Island 5 10 5 10 8.5 – Massachusetts 5 11 5 11 9 – Saint Joseph's 4 11 4 11 9.5 –West Division George Washington 13 3 13 3 – 1W Penn State 12 4 12 4 1 2W West Virginia 9 5 9 5 3 – St. Bonaventure 4 10 4 10 8 – Duquesne 0 16 0 16 13 –
Bracket
First round Semi-finals Finals 1W George Washington 1 2E Temple 10 1E Rutgers 6 2W Penn State 1 1W George Washington 3 2W Penn State 2 2E Temple 9 1E Rutgers 7 1E Rutgers 3 1W George Washington 6 2E Temple 2 8 1W George Washington 3 9
All-Tournament
Temple's Mike Palys and George Washington's Frank Terry shared Most Valuable Player honors. George Washington's Mike Rolfes was named Most Valuable Pitcher.
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