The 2008 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held from May 21 through 24 at Campbell's Field in Camden, New Jersey. It featured the top six regular-season finishers of the conference's 14 teams. Second-seeded Charlotte defeated Xavier in the title game to win the tournament for the second straight year, earning the A-10's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA tournament.[1]
| Teams | 6 |
|---|---|
| Format | Six-team double elimination First-round byes for top two seeds |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Charlotte (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Loren Hibbs (2nd title) |
| MVP | Rob Lyerly (Charlotte) |
Seeding and format
editThe league's top six teams, based on winning percentage in the 27-game regular-season schedule, were seeded one through six. The top two seeds, Xavier and Charlotte, received byes into the second round of play in the double elimination tournament.[1]
In the tie for first place, the conference's tiebreaking procedures gave Xavier the top seed.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xavier | 19 | 8 | .704 | – |
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| Charlotte | 19 | 8 | .704 | – |
2
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| Duquesne | 16 | 10 | .615 | 2.5 |
3
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| Temple | 16 | 11 | .593 | 3 |
4
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| Rhode Island | 15 | 11 | .574 | 3.5 |
5
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| St. Bonaventure | 15 | 12 | .556 | 4 |
6
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| Dayton | 13 | 14 | .481 | 6 |
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| Fordham | 13 | 14 | .481 | 6 |
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| George Washington | 11 | 16 | .407 | 8 |
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| La Salle | 11 | 16 | .407 | 8 |
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| Massachusetts | 11 | 16 | .407 | 8 |
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| Richmond | 10 | 16 | .389 | 8.5 |
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| Saint Louis | 9 | 17 | .346 | 9.5 |
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| Saint Joseph's | 9 | 18 | .333 | 10 |
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Bracket
edit| Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Xavier | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Rhode Island | 7 | 5 | Rhode Island | 11 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Temple | 1 | 5 | Rhode Island | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Charlotte | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Charlotte | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | St. Bonaventure | 6 | 3 | Duquesne | 7 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Duquesne | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Charlotte | 411 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Xavier | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower final | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Temple | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Rhode Island | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | St. Bonaventure | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Xavier | 9 | 1 | Xavier | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Duquesne | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Duquesne | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Temple | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
editThe following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Charlotte's Rob Lyerly, one of four 49ers selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.[1][2]
Duquesne's Bill Torre (2005) was a second-time selection.
| Pos. | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 1B | Alex Burt | Charlotte |
| IF | Jordan Conley | Xavier |
| P | Mike Creevy | Xavier |
| IF | Rob Lyerly | Charlotte |
| C | Derek Mechling | Duquesne |
| P | Mike Mongiardini | Temple |
| OF | Stan Orzechowski | Temple |
| P | Brett Palanski | Rhode Island |
| P | Danny Rosenbaum | Xavier |
| P | Luke Stahl | Charlotte |
| OF | O'Brien Taylor | Charlotte |
| IF | Bill Torre | Duquesne |
Notes
edit- This was Duquesne's final appearance in the tournament as the baseball program folded in 2010 due to budget cuts.
References
edit- ^ a b c "2014 Atlantic 10 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Atlantic10.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 19, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ^ Phillips, Duncan (February 4, 2009). "49ers Look to Lyerly". CollegeBaseballInsider.com. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved July 18, 2014.