1981 Eastern 8 Conference baseball championship series

1981 Eastern 8 Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	2
Format	Best of 3 series
Finals site	The Ellipse Washington, D.C.
Champions	Rutgers (1st title)
Winning coach	Matt Bolger (1st title)

1981 Eastern 8 Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
East
Rutgers  ^x‍‍‡‍	5	–	3	–	0		.625			18	–	19	–	1		.487
UMass  ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	0		.500			22	–	17	–	0		.564
Rhode Island  ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	0		.375			14	–	18	–	0		.438
West
West Virginia  ^x‍‍‍	6	–	2	–	0		.750			17	–	18	–	0		.486
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	7	–	3	–	0		.700			25	–	8	–	0		.758
George Washington  ‍‍‍	3	–	3	–	0		.500			18	–	20	–	0		.474
Duquesne  ‍‍‍	0	–	8	–	0		.000			13	–	12	–	0		.520
x – Division champion ‡ – Championship Series champion As of June 30, 1981 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1981 Eastern 8 Conference Baseball Championship Series was held on May 8 and 9, 1981^[1] to determine the champion of the NCAA Division I Eastern 8 Conference, renamed in 1982 as the Atlantic 10 Conference, for the 1981 NCAA Division I baseball season. This was the third iteration of the event, and was held on the campus of George Mason in Fairfax, Virginia. Rutgers won the championship.^[2]

Format and seeding

The regular season winners of each of the conference's two divisions advanced to a best of three series.

Team W L Pct GB East Division Rutgers 5 3 .625 — UMass 4 4 .500 1 Rhode Island 3 5 .375 2

Team W L Pct GB Western Division West Virginia 6 2 .750 — Pittsburgh 7 3 .700 — George Washington 3 3 .500 1.5 Duquesne 0 8 .000 6

Results

Game One

May 8, 1981

Team	R
Rutgers	25
West Virginia	13

Game Two

May 9, 1981

Team	R
West Virginia	5
Rutgers	7

Notes

• Rutgers 25 runs are a tournament record.

References

1. Baseball Media Guide. West Virginia Mountaineers. July 7, 2016. p. 155. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
2. Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic 10 Conference. p. 20. Retrieved June 7, 2017.