The 1980 Eastern 8 Conference baseball tournament was held on May 18 and 19, 1980 to determine the champion of the NCAA Division I Eastern 8 Conference, renamed in 1982 as the Atlantic 10 Conference, for the 1980 NCAA Division I baseball season. This was the second iteration of the event, and was held on The Ellipse, home field of George Washington, in Washington, D.C. UMass won the championship and the conference's automatic bid to the 1980 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1]
| Teams | 5 |
|---|---|
| Finals site | |
| Champions | UMass (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Dick Bergquist (1st title) |
Format
editThe tournament followed a double-elimination format, with Duquesne receiving a first round bye.
Bracket
edit| Round 1 | Round 2 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia | 1 | Duquesne | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass | 13 | UMass | 12 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| George Washington | 3 | Rutgers | 0 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duquesne | 14 | George Washington | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia | 8 | George Washington | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| George Washington | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic 10 Conference. p. 20. Retrieved June 7, 2017.