1988 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament

1988 Atlantic 10 Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Bear Stadium (Pennsylvania) Boyertown, Pennsylvania
Champions	Rutgers (3rd title)
Winning coach	Fred Hill (2nd title)
MVP	Drew Comeau (UMass, Player) Darrin Winston (Rutgers, Pitcher) ()

1988 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
East
Rutgers  x‍‍‡‍y	14	–	2	–	0		.875			38	–	21	–	1		.642
UMass  ‍‍‍	9	–	7	–	0		.563			36	–	16	–	0		.692
Temple  ‍‍‍	8	–	8	–	0		.500			27	–	27	–	0		.500
Rhode Island  ‍‍‍	5	–	11	–	0		.313			10	–	28	–	0		.263
Saint Joseph's  ‍‍‍	4	–	12	–	0		.250			16	–	23	–	1		.413
West
West Virginia  x‍‍‍	12	–	4	–	0		.750			33	–	17	–	1		.657
George Washington  ‍‍‍	11	–	5	–	0		.688			30	–	26	–	1		.535
Penn State  ‍‍‍	8	–	8	–	0		.500			24	–	26	–	0		.480
St. Bonaventure  ‍‍‍	7	–	9	–	0		.438			26	–	21	–	0		.553
Duquesne  ‍‍‍	2	–	14	–	0		.125			13	–	16	–	0		.448
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1988 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1988 Atlantic Conference baseball tournament was held from May 13 through 15, 1988 to determine the champion of the NCAA Division I the Atlantic 10 Conference, for the 1988 NCAA Division I baseball season. This was the tenth iteration of the event, and was held at Bear Stadium in Boyertown, Pennsylvania. Rutgers won their third championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Format and seeding

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. West Virginia claimed the top seed over Penn State and Rhode Island claimed the second seed in the East over Saint Joseph's by tiebreaker.

Team W L Pct GB Seed East Division Rutgers 14 2 .875 — 1E UMass 9 7 .563 5 2E Temple 8 8 .500 6 — Rhode Island 5 11 .313 9 — Saint Joseph's 4 12 .250 10 —

Team W L Pct GB Seed Western Division West Virginia 12 4 .750 — 1W George Washington 11 5 .688 1 2W Penn State 8 8 .500 4 — St. Bonaventure 7 9 .438 5 — Duquesne 2 14 .125 10 —

Results

First round

Semi-finals

Finals

1E

Rutgers

13

2W

George Washington

2

1E

Rutgers

10

2E

UMass

1

1W

West Virginia

9

2E

UMass

16

1E

Rutgers

4

8

2E

UMass

8

5

Lower round 1

Lower final

2E

UMass

20

2W

George Washington

3

1W

West Virginia

2

1W

West Virginia

6