The 1999 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held at Bear Stadium in Boyertown, Pennsylvania from May 20 through 22. It was the 12th time was held in Boyertown, where it was previously held from 1987 to 1997. It featured the top two regular-season finishers of each of the conference's six-team divisions. West Division top seed Virginia Tech defeated La Salle in the title game to win the tournament for the second time, earning the Atlantic 10's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA tournament.
Seeding and format Each division's top teams, based on winning percentage in the 21-game regular season schedule, qualified for the field. In the four-team double-elimination format, the East Division champion played the West Division runner-up, and vice versa. In the West Division, conference tiebreaking rules gave La Salle the second seed in the four-way tie for second place.
Team W L Pct. GB Seed Massachusetts 13 8 Temple 12 9 Fordham 10 11 Rhode Island 10 11 St. Bonaventure 10 11 Saint Joseph's 5 16 Virginia Tech 18 3 La Salle 10 11 Duquesne 10 11 George Washington 10 11 Xavier 10 11 Dayton 8 13
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All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Virginia Tech's Larry Bowles, one of six Hokies selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.
Virginia Tech's Barry Gauch was named for the third time. He was the Most Outstanding Player in 1997 and also named in 1998. The Hokies' Matt Griswold was named for the second time, after also being selected in 1997.
Pos. Name Team OF Mike Bell La Salle 3B/P Larry Bowles Virginia Tech SS Addison Bowman Virginia Tech 3B/P Toby Fisher La Salle OF Matt Griswold Virginia Tech C/DH Barry Gauch Virginia Tech P Pat Pinkman Virginia Tech OF Kyle Sweppenhiser Temple P Travis Veracka Massachusetts 3B John West Virginia Tech C Kevin Wittmeyer La Salle
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