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1986 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament

1986 Atlantic 10 Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination tournament
Finals Site
Champions Rutgers (2nd title)
Winning coach Fred Hill (1st title)
MVP Sam Ferretti (Rutgers, Player)
Ken Smith (West Virginia, Pitcher)
1986 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
East
Rutgers xy 9 2 0   .818     28 18 0   .609
Temple 8 3 0   .727     30 17 1   .635
Rhode Island 4 7 1   .375     14 15 1   .483
UMass 4 7 0   .364     16 24 0   .400
Saint Joseph's 2 8 1   .227     6 26 1   .197
West
West Virginia x 9 2 0   .818     24 14 1   .628
George Washington 8 2 0   .800     28 13 1   .679
Penn State 7 4 0   .636     29 19 0   .604
St. Bonaventure 2 9 0   .182     13 26 0   .333
Duquesne 1 10 0   .091     21 10 0   .677
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1986; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1986 Atlantic Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 9 through 11, 1986 to determine the champion of the NCAA Division I the Atlantic 10 Conference, for the 1986 NCAA Division I baseball season. This was the eighth iteration of the event, and was held on the campus of Rutgers in Piscataway, New Jersey. Rutgers won their second championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

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.


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