1997 Atlantic-10 Conference Tournament
The 1997 Atlantic-10 Conference baseball tournament was held at Bear Stadium in Boyertown, PA. Virginia Polytechnic Institute defeated University of Massachusetts Amherst for the title. Barry Gauch of Virginia Tech was named Most Outstanding Player.
Participating Teams[edit]
Seed | School | Conf. Record | Head Coach |
---|---|---|---|
East 1 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 17-4 | Mike Stone |
East 2 | Fordham University | 12-9 | Dan Gallagher |
West 1 | Xavier University | 14-6 | John Morrey |
West 2 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute | 13-8 | Chuck Hartman |
Results[edit]
Bracket[edit]
First Round | Second Round | Final | ||||||||||||
E1 | Massachusetts | 4 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Virginia Tech | 8 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Virginia Tech | 17 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Xavier | 2 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Xavier | 6 | ||||||||||||
E2 | Fordham | 1 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Virginia Tech | 13 | x | |||||||||||
E1 | Massachusetts | 8 | x | |||||||||||
W1 | Xavier | 1 | ||||||||||||
E1 | Massachusetts | 14 | E1 | Massachusetts | 6 | |||||||||
E2 | Fordham | 6 |
Game Results[edit]
Game | Winner | Score | Loser | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Game 1 | Xavier University | 6-1 | Fordham University | |
Game 2 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute | 8-4 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | |
Game 3 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 14-6 | Fordham University | Fordham eliminated |
Game 4 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute | 17-2 | Xavier University | |
Game 5 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 6-1 | Xavier University | Xavier eliminated |
Game 6 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute | 13-8 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | Virginia Tech advances to NCAA tournament |
All-Championship Team[edit]
- Scott Barnsby, P Massachusetts
- Doug Clark, OF Massachusetts
- Barry Gauch, C Virginia Tech
- David Giglio, 1B Massachusetts
- Brad Gorrie, SS Massachusetts
- Matt Griswold, OF Virginia Tech
- Kevin Kurilla, SS Virginia Tech
- Tony Martelli, SS Fordham
- Randy Martin, 2B Virginia Tech
- Denny Wagner, P Virginia Tech
- Louie Witte, P Xavier
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