1998 Big East Conference Tournament

The 1998 Big East Conference baseball tournament was held at Dodd Stadium in Norwich, CT. #1 Rutgers University defeated #2 University of Notre Dame for the title.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Rutgers - New Brunswick	17-3	Fred Hill
2	University of Notre Dame	15-4	Paul Mainieri
3	St. John's University	14-7	Ed Blankmeyer
4	Providence College	14-8-1	Charlie Hickey
5	West Virginia University	13-9	Greg Van Zant
6	Seton Hall University	12-10	Mike Sheppard

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second Round					Third Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
	1	Rutgers	9
	6	Seton Hall	7			1	Rutgers	2
						4	Providence	3
											4	Providence	10
											5	West Virginia	1			4	Providence	7
						6	Seton Hall	2								2	Notre Dame	9
						5	West Virginia	7
	2	Notre Dame	5																		2	Notre Dame	0
	5	West Virginia	4																		1	Rutgers	12
						2	Notre Dame	3
						3	St. John's	2
	3	St. John's	7								2	Notre Dame	6
	4	Providence	2								1	Rutgers	7
						3	St. John's	10
						1	Rutgers	14

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Rutgers University	9-7 (17)	Seton Hall University
Game 2	University of Notre Dame	5-4	West Virginia University
Game 3	St. John's University	7-2	Providence College
Game 4	West Virginia University	7-2	Seton Hall University	Seton Hall eliminated
Game 5	Providence College	3-2	Rutgers University
Game 6	University of Notre Dame	3-2	St. John's University
Game 7	Rutgers University	14-10	St. John's University	St. John's eliminated
Game 8	Providence College	10-1	West Virginia University	West Virginia eliminated
Game 9	Rutgers University	7-6	University of Notre Dame
Game 10	University of Notre Dame	9-7	Providence College	Providence eliminated
Game 11	Rutgers University	12-0	University of Notre Dame	Rutgers advances to NCAA tournament