1979 Eastern 8 Conference baseball tournament

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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 a postseason baseball tournament for the Eastern 8 Conference in the 1979 NCAA Division I baseball season. The first iteration of the event took place from April 20–21, 1979 and was held 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][2]

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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Quarterfinals Second Round Championship Game
George Washington 4
Penn State 4 Penn State 3
Rutgers 3 George Washington 7
Pittsburgh 3
Duquesne 3
Pittsburgh 3 Pittsburgh 12
West Virginia 2

Two games were scheduled to determine place of finish. West Virginia beat Rutgers 13-10 to finish 5th while Penn State won by forfeit over Duquesne to win 3rd.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ https://newspaperarchive.com/dubois-courier-express-apr-23-1979-p-19/
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