1999 Atlantic 10 Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatFour-team double elimination
Finals site
ChampionsVirginia Tech (2nd title)
Winning coachChuck Hartman (2nd title)
MVPLarry Bowles (Virginia Tech)

The 1999 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held at Bear Stadium in Boyertown, Pennsylvania from May 20 through 22. It was the 12th time was held in Boyertown, where it was previously held from 1987 to 1997. It featured the top two regular-season finishers of each of the conference's six-team divisions. West Division top seed Virginia Tech defeated La Salle in the title game to win the tournament for the second time, earning the Atlantic 10's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA tournament.[1]

Seeding and format

Each 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, conference tiebreaking rules gave La Salle received the second seed in the four-way tie for second place.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
East Division
Massachusetts138.619
–
1E
Temple129.571
1
2E
Fordham1011.476
3
–
Rhode Island1011.476
3
–
St. Bonaventure1011.476
3
–
Saint Joseph's516.238
8
–
West Division
Virginia Tech183.857
–
1W
La Salle1011.476
8
2W
Duquesne1011.476
8
–
George Washington1011.476
8
–
Xavier1011.476
8
–
Dayton813.381
10
–

Bracket

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1WVirginia Tech4
2ETemple3
1WVirginia Tech6
2WLa Salle13
1EMassachusetts6
2WLa Salle7
2WLa Salle
1WVirginia Tech
Lower round 1Lower final
1WVirginia Tech9
2ETemple11EMassachusetts4
1EMassachusetts4

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Virginia Tech's Larry Bowles, one of six Hokies selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.[1][2]

Virginia Tech's Barry Gauch was named for the third time. He was the Most Outstanding Player in 1997 and also named in 1998. The Hokies' Matt Griswold was named for the second time, after also being selected in 1997.

Pos.NameTeam
OFMike BellLa Salle
3B/PLarry BowlesVirginia Tech
SSAddison BowmanVirginia Tech
3B/PToby FisherLa Salle
OFMatt GriswoldVirginia Tech
C/DHBarry GauchVirginia Tech
PPat PinkmanVirginia Tech
OFKyle SweppenhiserTemple
PTravis VerackaMassachusetts
3BJohn WestVirginia Tech
CKevin WittmeyerLa Salle

References

  1. 1 2 "2014 Atlantic 10 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Atlantic10.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 19, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. ↑ "#11 Larry Bowles". HokieSports.com. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
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