2009 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament

The 2009 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held from May 20 through 23 at Fifth Third Field in Dayton, OH. It featured the top six regular-season finishers of the conference's 14 teams. Third-seeded Xavier defeated Rhode Island in the title game to win the tournament for the first time, earning the A-10's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA tournament.[1][2][3]

2009 Atlantic 10 Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatSix-team double elimination
First-round byes for top two seeds
Finals site
ChampionsXavier (1st title)
Winning coachScott Googins (1st title)
MVPBilly O'Conner (Xavier)

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, Dayton and Rhode Island, received byes into the second round of play in the double elimination tournament.[1]

In the three-way tie for fourth-place, the conference's tiebreaking procedures gave Massachusetts the fourth seed, Fordham the fifth, and Charlotte the sixth.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Dayton 21 6 .778
1
Rhode Island 19 6 .760
1
2
Xavier 18 9 .667
3
3
Massachusetts 16 11 .593
5
4
Fordham 16 11 .593
5
5
Charlotte 16 11 .593
5
6
Saint Louis 12 13 .480
8
George Washington 11 15 .423
9.5
Temple 11 15 .423
9.5
Richmond 11 16 .407
10
Saint Joseph's 9 17 .346
11.5
St. Bonaventure 9 17 .346
11.5
La Salle 8 18 .308
12.5
Duquesne 7 19 .269
13.5

Bracket

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Round 1QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1Dayton9
5Fordham44Massachusetts5
4Massachusetts51Dayton2
2Rhode Island9
2Rhode Island7
6Charlotte63Xavier6
3Xavier8
2Rhode Island7
3Xavier9
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower final
5Fordham10
1Dayton3
6Charlotte13
3Xavier63Xavier11
4Massachusetts4
4Massachusetts6[a]
6Charlotte5
  1. ^ 10 innings.

All-Tournament Team

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The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Xavier's Billy O'Conner, one of six Musketeers selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.[1]

Xavier's Jordan Conley and Charlotte's Rob Lyerly, both selected in 2008, were second-time selections.

Pos. Name Team
SS Jordan Conley Xavier
OF Tom Coulombe Rhode Island
1B Bobby Freking Xavier
1B Mike Gedman Massachusetts
P Nick Greenwood Rhode Island
2B Zack Jacobs Xavier
1B Rob Lyerly Charlotte
3B John McCambridge Xavier
C Billy O'Conner Xavier
2B Oliver Palmer Rhode Island
P Zac Richard Xavier
DH Ben Thomas Xavier

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. ^ "Baseball Downed by Xavier, 10-1, in A-10 Championship Game". GoRhody.com. Rhode Island Athletic Communications. May 23, 2009. Archived from the original on July 25, 2014. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
  3. ^ "Xavier Baseball Wins Big East Championship". Cincinnati.com. Xavier Athletic Communications. May 26, 2014. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2014.