1996 Atlantic-10 Conference Tournament

The 1996 Atlantic-10 Conference baseball tournament was held at Bear Stadium in Boyertown, PA. University of Massachusetts Amherst defeated Virginia Polytechnic Institute for the title. Nate Murphy of Massachusetts was named Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
East 1	University of Massachusetts Amherst	15-5	Mike Stone
East 2	Temple University	12-8	Skip Wilson
West 1	Virginia Polytechnic Institute	16-4	Chuck Hartman
West 2	Xavier University	11-8	John Morrey

Results

Bracket

First Round

Second Round

Final

E1

Massachusetts

16

W2

Xavier

3

E1

Massachusetts

1

W1

Virginia Tech

4

W1

Virginia Tech

4

E2

Temple

2

W1

Virginia Tech

2

2

E1

Massachusetts

5

8

E1

Massachusetts

6

W2

Xavier

6

W2

Xavier

1

E2

Temple

3

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	University of Massachusetts Amherst	16-3	Xavier University
Game 2	Virginia Polytechnic Institute	4-2	Temple University
Game 3	Xavier University	6-3	Temple University	Temple eliminated
Game 4	Virginia Polytechnic Institute	4-1	University of Massachusetts Amherst
Game 5	University of Massachusetts Amherst	6-1	Xavier University	Xavier eliminated
Game 6	University of Massachusetts Amherst	5-2	Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Game 7	University of Massachusetts Amherst	8-2	Virginia Polytechnic Institute	Massachusetts advances to NCAA tournament

All-Championship Team

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