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1999 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament


Teams
Four-team double elimination
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Virginia Tech (2nd title)
Chuck Hartman (2nd title)
Larry Bowles (Virginia Tech)

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.

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 received the second seed in the four-way tie for second place.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
East Division
Massachusetts138.6191E
Temple129.57112E
Fordham1011.4763
Rhode Island1011.4763
St. Bonaventure1011.4763
Saint Joseph's516.2388
West Division
Virginia Tech183.8571W
La Salle1011.47682W
Duquesne1011.4768
George Washington1011.4768
Xavier1011.4768
Dayton813.38110

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.NameTeam
OFMike BellLa Salle
3B/PLarry BowlesVirginia Tech
SSAddison BowmanVirginia Tech
3B/PToby FisherLa Salle
OFMatt GriswoldVirginia Tech
C/DHBarry GauchVirginia Tech
PPat PinkmanVirginia Tech
OFKyle SweppenhiserTemple
PTravis VerackaMassachusetts
3BJohn WestVirginia Tech
CKevin WittmeyerLa Salle
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