2007 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament

The 2007 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held from May 23 through 26 at Fifth Third Field in Dayton, OH. It featured the top six regular-season finishers of the conference's 14 teams. Top-seeded Charlotte defeated Fordham in the title game to win the tournament for the first time, earning the Atlantic 10's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA tournament.[1]

2007 Atlantic 10 Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatSix-team double elimination
First-round byes for top two seeds
Finals site
ChampionsCharlotte (1st title)
Winning coachLoren Hibbs (1st title)
MVPShayne Moody (Charlotte)

Seeding and format

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The 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, Charlotte and Fordham, received byes into the second round of play in the double elimination tournament.[1]

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Charlotte 23 4 .852
1
Fordham 19 8 .704
4
2
Richmond 18 9 .667
5
3
Xavier 17 10 .630
6
4
Rhode Island 16 11 .593
7
5
St. Bonaventure 14 12 .538
8.5
6
George Washington 14 13 .519
9
Massachusetts 13 14 .481
10
Saint Louis 12 14 .462
10.5
Duquesne 10 17 .370
13
Dayton 9 18 .333
14
Temple 9 18 .333
14
La Salle 8 19 .296
15
Saint Joseph's 6 21 .222
17

Bracket

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Round 1QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1Charlotte11
5Rhode Island45Rhode Island1
4Xavier31Charlotte15
2Fordham2
2Fordham3
6St. Bonaventure23Richmond1
3Richmond8
1Charlotte18
2Fordham6
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower final
4Xavier15
2Fordham11
6St. Bonaventure11
3Richmond53Richmond9
4Xavier4
5Rhode Island0
4Xavier3

All-Tournament Team

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The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Charlotte shortstop Shayne Moody, one of five 49ers selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.[1][2][3]

Pos. Name Team
P Alex Hale Richmond
2B Adam Lipski Xavier
P Michael Luces Xavier
OF Brad McElroy Charlotte
P Adam Mills Charlotte
SS Shayne Moody Charlotte
CF Adam Pasono Xavier
2B Eric Reese Fordham
P Cory Riordan Fordham
C Kris Rochelle Charlotte
DH Chris Taylor Charlotte
DH Alex Wotring Richmond

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Wolf, Jason (June 29, 2008). "D-Braves' Moody a 'Pleasant Surprise' at Shortstop". GoDanRiver.com. Archived from the original on July 25, 2014. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  3. ^ Utter, Jim (February 14, 2008). "Home-State Advantage". BaseballAmerica.com. Archived from the original on July 25, 2014. Retrieved July 19, 2014.