The 1979 Eastern 8 Conference baseball tournament was held in May 1979 to determine the champion of the NCAA Division I Eastern 8 Conference, renamed in 1982 as the Atlantic 10 Conference, for the 1979 NCAA Division I baseball season. This was the first iteration of the event, and was held at Hershey High School and Lower Dauphin High School in Hershey, Pennsylvania. George Washington earned the first championship and the conference's automatic bid to the 1979 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1]
| Teams | 6 |
|---|---|
| Finals site | |
| Champions | George Washington (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Mike Toomey (1st title) |
Format
editThe tournament followed a double-elimination format, with two teams (George Washington and Duquesne) receiving first round byes.
Bracket
edit| Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||||||||||||
| George Washington | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn State | 4 | Penn State | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 3 | George Washington | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duquesne | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 3 | Pittsburgh | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| George Washington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 3 | Lower final | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn State | 9[a] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 10 | Duquesne | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
- ^ Forfeit
References
edit- ^ Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic 10 Conference. p. 20. Retrieved June 7, 2017.