1980 Eastern 8 Tournament

The 1980 Eastern 8 baseball tournament was held in Washington, DC. University of Massachusetts Amherst defeated Rutgers University for the title.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Overall Record*	Head Coach
	Duquesne University	21-6	Rich Spear
	George Washington University	17-24	Mike Toomey
	University of Massachusetts Amherst	19-13-2	Dick Bergquist
	Rutgers-New Brunswick	11-12	Matt Bolger
	West Virginia University	12-14-2	Dale Ramsburg

* Schools did not play a conference schedule

Results

Bracket

	Opening round					Opening round					Second round					Semi-finals					Finals
		Rutgers	5
		West Virginia	1				Duquesne	1
							Rutgers	11
												Rutgers	6
												Massachusetts	17
							Massachusetts	13														Massachusetts	12	x
							George Washington	3														Rutgers	0	x
																	Rutgers	17
												Duquesne	14				George Washington	13
							George Washington	9				George Washington	15
							West Virginia	8

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Rutgers University	5-1	West Virginia University
Game 2	University of Massachusetts Amherst	13-3	George Washington University
Game 3	Rutgers University	11-1	Duquesne University
Game 4	George Washington University	9-8	West Virginia University	West Virginia eliminated
Game 5	University of Massachusetts Amherst	17-6	Rutgers University
Game 6	George Washington University	15-14	Duquesne University	Duquesne eliminated
Game 7	Rutgers University	17-13	George Washington University	George Washington eliminated
Game 8	University of Massachusetts Amherst	12-0	Rutgers University	Massachusetts wins Eastern 8 title