1985 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament

The 1985 Atlantic Conference baseball tournament was held from May 3 through 5 to determine the champion of the NCAA Division I the Atlantic 10 Conference, for the 1985 NCAA Division I baseball season. This was the seventh iteration of the event, and was held at Hawley Field, home field of West Virginia in Morgantown, West Virginia. West Virginia won their second championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

1985 Atlantic 10 Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Hawley Field Morgantown, WV
Champions	West Virginia (2nd title)
Winning coach	Dale Ramsburg (2nd title)
MVP	Bob Bernardo (West Virginia, Player) Harry Daut (Temple, Pitcher) ()

1985 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
East
Temple  x‍‍‍	9	–	2	–	0		.818			33	–	18	–	1		.644
UMass  ‍‍‍	8	–	4	–	0		.667			20	–	18	–	0		.526
Rutgers  ‍‍‍	6	–	6	–	0		.500			25	–	15	–	0		.625
Rhode Island  ‍‍‍	5	–	7	–	0		.417			24	–	16	–	1		.598
Saint Joseph's  ‍‍‍	2	–	10	–	0		.167			12	–	23	–	0		.343
West
West Virginia  x‍‍‡‍y	9	–	3	–	0		.750			27	–	16	–	0		.628
Penn State  x‍‍‍	9	–	3	–	0		.750			27	–	14	–	0		.659
George Washington  ‍‍‍	8	–	4	–	0		.667			18	–	20	–	2		.475
St. Bonaventure  ‍‍‍	1	–	8	–	0		.111			17	–	13	–	0		.567
Duquesne  ‍‍‍	0	–	9	–	0		.000			15	–	12	–	0		.556
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1985 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The top two teams in each division advanced to the tournament, with each division winner playing the second place team from the opposite division in the first round. The teams played a double-elimination tournament. West Virginia claimed the top seed over Penn State by tiebreaker.

Team W L Pct GB Seed East Division Temple 9 3 .750 — 1E UMass 8 4 .667 1 2E Rutgers 6 6 .500 3 — Rhode Island 5 7 .417 4 — Saint Joseph's 2 10 .167 7 —

Team W L Pct GB Seed Western Division West Virginia 9 3 .750 — 1W Penn State 9 3 .750 — 2W George Washington 8 4 .667 1 — St. Bonaventure 1 8 .111 6.5 — Duquesne 0 9 .000 7.5 —

Results

First round

Semi-finals

Finals

1E

Temple

13

2W

Penn State

5

1E

Temple

7

1W

West Virginia

3

1W

West Virginia

20

2E

UMass

4

1E

Temple

11

7

1W

West Virginia

14

810

Lower round 1

Lower final

1W

West Virginia

14

2W

Penn State

22

2W

Penn State

9

2E

UMass

12