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1979 Eastern 8 Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
Finals site
ChampionsGeorge Washington (1st title)
Winning coachMike Toomey (1st title)
  • Eastern 8 baseball tournament
  • 1980 →

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]

Format

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The tournament followed a double-elimination format, with two teams (George Washington and Duquesne) receiving first round byes.

Bracket

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Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
George Washington4
Penn State4Penn State3
Rutgers3George Washington7
Pittsburgh3
Duquesne3
Pittsburgh3Pittsburgh12
West Virginia2
George Washington
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
Penn State9[a]
Rutgers10Duquesne0
West Virginia13
  1. ^ Forfeit

References

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  1. ^ Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic 10 Conference. p. 20. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
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