Teams | 4 |
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Format | Four-team double elimination |
Finals site |
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Champions | Virginia Tech (1st title) |
Winning coach | Chuck Hartman (1st title) |
MVP | Barry Gauch (Virginia Tech) |
The 1997 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held at Bear Stadium in Boyertown, Pennsylvania from May 15 through 17. The double elimination tournament featured the top two regular-season finishers of each of the conference's six-team divisions. West Division second seed Virginia Tech defeated Massachusetts in the title game to win the tournament for the first time, earning the Atlantic 10's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA tournament.[1]