1986 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament

1986 Atlantic 10 Conference
baseball tournamentTeams| 4

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Format| Double-elimination tournament
Finals site|

* Piscataway, New Jersey

Champions| Rutgers (2nd title)
Winning coach| Fred Hill (1st title)
MVP| Sam Ferretti (Rutgers, Player)
Ken Smith (West Virginia, Pitcher) ()

* ← 1985
* A–10 baseball tournament
* 1987 →

1986 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | T |  | PCT
East
Rutgers x‍‍‡‍y | 9 | - | 2 | - | 0 |  | .818 |  |  | 28 | - | 18 | - | 0 |  | .609
Temple ‍‍‍ | 8 | - | 3 | - | 0 |  | .727 |  |  | 30 | - | 17 | - | 1 |  | .635
Rhode Island ‍‍‍ | 4 | - | 7 | - | 1 |  | .375 |  |  | 14 | - | 15 | - | 1 |  | .483
UMass ‍‍‍ | 4 | - | 7 | - | 0 |  | .364 |  |  | 16 | - | 24 | - | 0 |  | .400
Saint Joseph's ‍‍‍ | 2 | - | 8 | - | 1 |  | .227 |  |  | 6 | - | 26 | - | 1 |  | .197
West
West Virginia x‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 2 | - | 0 |  | .818 |  |  | 24 | - | 14 | - | 1 |  | .628
George Washington ‍‍‍ | 8 | - | 2 | - | 0 |  | .800 |  |  | 28 | - | 13 | - | 1 |  | .679
Penn State ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 4 | - | 0 |  | .636 |  |  | 29 | - | 19 | - | 0 |  | .604
St. Bonaventure ‍‍‍ | 2 | - | 9 | - | 0 |  | .182 |  |  | 13 | - | 26 | - | 0 |  | .333
Duquesne ‍‍‍ | 1 | - | 10 | - | 0 |  | .091 |  |  | 21 | - | 10 | - | 0 |  | .677
x - Division champion
‡ - Tournament champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1986
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1986 Atlantic Conference baseball tournament was held from May 9 through 11, 1986 to determine the champion of the NCAA Division I the Atlantic 10 Conference, for the 1986 NCAA Division I baseball season. This was the eighth iteration of the event, and was held on the campus of Rutgers in Piscataway, New Jersey. Rutgers won their second championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1]

## Format and seeding[edit]

The top two teams in each division advanced to the tournament, with each division winner playing the second place team from the opposite division in the first round. The teams played a double-elimination tournament.

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East Division
Rutgers | 9 | 2 | 0 | .818 | — | 1E
Temple | 8 | 3 | 0 | .727 | 1 | 2E
Rhode Island | 4 | 7 | 1 | .375 | 5.5 | —
UMass | 4 | 7 | 0 | .364 | 5 | —
Saint Joseph's | 2 | 9 | 1 | .208 | 7.5 | —
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Western Division
West Virginia | 9 | 2 | 0 | .818 | — | 1W
George Washington | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .5 | 2W
Penn State | 7 | 4 | 0 | .636 | 2 | —
St. Bonaventure | 2 | 9 | 0 | .182 | 7 | —
Duquesne | 1 | 10 | 0 | .091 | 8 | —

## Results[edit]

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| First round| | | Semi-finals| | | Finals
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| 1E| Rutgers| 14
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| 2W| George Washington| 1| |
| | | 1E| Rutgers| 8
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| | | 1W| West Virginia| 3| |
| 1W| West Virginia| 16| | | |
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| 2E| Temple| 3| |
| | | 1E| Rutgers| 4| 10
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| | | 1W| West Virginia| 9| 3
| Lower round 1| | | Lower final| |

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| | 1W| West Virginia| 8
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| 2W| George Washington| 6| | | 2E| Temple| 6| |
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| 2E| Temple| 14| | |
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## References[edit]

1. ^ Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic 10 Conference. p. 20. Retrieved June 11, 2017.

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