1990 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament

1990 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1990
Teams	4
Format	Four-team double elimination
Site	Bear Stadium (Boyertown) Boyertown, PA
Champions	Rutgers (4th title)
Winning coach	Fred Hill (3rd title)
MVP	Paul Prosser (West Virginia)
Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament «1989  1991»

The 1990 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held at Bear Stadium in Boyertown, Pennsylvania from May 11–14. The double elimination tournament featured the top two regular-season finishers from both of the league's divisions. East top seed Rutgers defeated West Virginia in the title game to win the tournament for the fourth time, earning the Atlantic 10's automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Tournament.^[1]

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	Seed
East Division
Rutgers	14	2	.875	–	1E
Massachusetts	12	4	.750	2	2E
Rhode Island	6	10	.375	8	–
Temple	5	11	.313	9	–
Saint Joseph's	3	13	.188	9	–
West Division
George Washington	13	3	.813	–	1W
West Virginia	12	4	.750	1	2W
St. Bonaventure	7	9	.438	6	–
Penn State	6	10	.375	7	–
Duquesne	2	14	.125	11	–

Bracket

First Round

Semi-Finals

Finals

1E

Rutgers

2

2W

West Virginia

1

1E

Rutgers

8[lower-alpha 1]

2E

Massachusetts

7

1W

George Washington

0

2E

Massachusetts

13

1E

Rutgers

2

6

2W

West Virginia

11

4

2W

West Virginia

11

1W

George Washington

10

2E

Massachusetts

1

2W

West Virginia

9

1. 14 innings.

All-Tournament

West Virginia's Paul Drosser was named Most Outstanding Player, while Rutgers's Darrin Kotch was named Most Outstanding Pitcher.

References

1. "2014 Atlantic 10 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Atlantic10.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.