1983 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball championship series

1983 Atlantic 10 Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	2
Format	Best of 3 series
Finals site	Beaver Field State College, PA
Champions	Temple (1st title)
Winning coach	Skip Wilson (1st title)

1983 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Temple  x‍‍‡‍y	9	–	1		.900			27	–	8		.771
Rutgers  ‍‍‍	5	–	7		.417			13	–	22		.371
Saint Joseph's  ‍‍‍	5	–	7		.417			19	–	12		.613
Rhode Island  ‍‍‍	3	–	7		.300			15	–	22		.405
West
Penn State  x‍‍‍	9	–	1		.900			16	–	23		.410
West Virginia  ‍‍‍	6	–	4		.600			22	–	10		.688
George Washington  ‍‍‍	5	–	6		.455			7	–	25		.219
Duquesne  ‍‍‍	1	–	10		.091			9	–	12		.429
x – Division champion ‡ – Championship Series champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1983 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1983 Atlantic Conference Baseball Championship Series was held on May 6 and 7, 1983 to determine the champion of the NCAA Division I the Atlantic 10 Conference, for the 1983 NCAA Division I baseball season. The conference rechristened itself for the 1983 season, recognizing membership changes. This was the fifth iteration of the event, and was held at Beaver Field on the campus of Penn State in State College, Pennsylvania. Temple won the championship two games to none and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

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 Temple 9 1 .900 — Rutgers 5 7 .417 5 Saint Joseph's 5 7 .417 5 Rhode Island 3 7 .300 6

Team W L Pct GB Western Division Penn State 9 1 .900 — West Virginia 6 4 .600 3 George Washington 5 6 .455 4.5 Duquesne 1 10 .091 8.5

Results

Game One

May 6, 1983

Team	R
Temple	10
Penn State	7

Game Two

May 7, 1983

Team	R
Penn State	1
Temple	6