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1996 Atlantic 10 Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatFour-team double elimination
Finals site
Champions Massachusetts (3rd title)
Winning coach Mike Stone (2nd title)
MVPNate Murphy (Massachusetts)

The 1996 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held at Bear Stadium in Boyertown, Pennsylvania from May 10 through 12. The double elimination tournament featured the top two regular-season finishers of each of the conference's six-team divisions. East Division top seed Massachusetts defeated Virginia Tech in the title game to win the tournament for the third time, earning the Atlantic 10's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA tournament. [1]

Seeding and format

Each division's top teams, based on winning percentage in the 20-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 T Pct. GB Seed
East Division
Massachusetts 15 5 0 .750
–
1E
Temple 12 8 0 .600
3
2E
St. Bonaventure 10 10 0 .500
5
–
Fordham 8 11 1 .425
6.5
–
Saint Joseph's 8 11 1 .425
6.5
–
Rhode Island 6 14 0 .300
9
–
West Division
Virginia Tech 16 4 0 .800
–
1W
Xavier 11 8 0 .579
4.5
2W
George Washington 10 10 0 .500
6
–
Dayton 8 11 0 .421
7.5
–
La Salle 8 12 0 .400
8
–
Duquesne 6 14 0 .300
10
–

Bracket

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1E Massachusetts16
2W Xavier3
1EMassachusetts1
1WVirginia Tech4
1W Virginia Tech4
2E Temple2
1WVirginia Tech
1EMassachusetts
Lower round 1Lower final
1EMassachusetts6
2WXavier62WXavier1
2ETemple3

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Massachusetts's Nate Murphy, one of five Minutemen selected, was named Most Outstanding Player. [2]

1996 was the first time the league named an All-Tournament Team. Previously, it had named only a Most Outstanding Player and Pitcher.

Pos. Name Team
P David Dart Massachusetts
P Brian Fitzgerald Virginia Tech
C Michael Gancasz Temple
SS Brad Gorrie Massachusetts
P Jon Hand Virginia Tech
C/DH Josh Herman Virginia Tech
C Andy Kiah Massachusetts
3B Bryan Mazzaferro Massachusetts
OF Nate Murphy Massachusetts
OF Austin Rappe Virginia Tech
SS Marty Sparks Xavier

References

  1. ^ "2014 Atlantic 10 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Atlantic10.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 19, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. ^ "College Baseball". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. May 15, 1996. Archived from the original on February 22, 2017. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
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