2012 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament


The 2012 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament was held from May 23 through 26. The top six regular season finishers of the league's thirteen teams met in the double-elimination tournament at Jim Houlihan Park at Jack Coffey Field on the campus of Fordham University in the Bronx, New York. Second seed Dayton won their first tournament championship and claimed the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]

2012 Atlantic 10 Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsDayton (1st title)
Winning coachTony Vittorio (1st title)
MVPBurny Mitchem (Dayton)
2012 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Saint Louis  ‍‍‍ 17 7 0   .708 41 18 0   .695
Dayton  ‍y 17 7 0   .708 31 30 0   .508
Rhode Island  ‍‍‍ 16 8 0   .667 33 25 1   .568
Richmond  ‍‍‍ 14 10 0   .583 30 26 0   .536
UMass  ‍‍‍ 14 10 0   .583 22 22 0   .500
Saint Joseph's  ‍‍‍ 13 10 0   .565 25 32 0   .439
Xavier  ‍‍‍ 13 11 0   .542 28 28 0   .500
Fordham  ‍‍‍ 12 12 0   .500 22 34 0   .393
St. Bonaventure  ‍‍‍ 10 14 0   .417 23 25 0   .479
Charlotte  ‍‍‍ 9 14 0   .391 21 32 0   .396
La Salle  ‍‍‍ 7 17 0   .292 20 33 0   .377
Temple  ‍‍‍ 7 17 0   .292 19 34 0   .358
George Washington  ‍‍‍ 6 18 0   .250 20 35 0   .364
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2012[1]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll

Seeding and format

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The top six finishers from the regular season were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage. The bottom four seeds played on the first day, with the losers of each game playing an elimination game in game 3. On day 2, the winners of games 1 and 2 played the top two seeds. Higher seeds were protected by playing lower seeds or playing later elimination games. Saint Louis claimed the top seed over Dayton and UMass claimed the fourth seed over Richmond by tiebreaker.[4]

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Saint Louis 17 7 .708 1
Dayton 17 7 .708 2
Rhode Island 16 8 .667 1 3
UMass 14 10 .583 3 4
Richmond 14 10 .583 3 5
Saint Joseph's 13 10 .565 3.5 6
Xavier 13 11 .542 4
Fordham 12 12 .500 5
St. Bonaventure 10 14 .417 7
Charlotte 9 14 .391 7.5
La Salle 7 17 .292 10
Temple 7 17 .292 10
George Washington 6 18 .250 11

Results

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Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
5Richmond6
5Richmond91Saint Louis0
4UMass42Dayton9
5Richmond5
6Saint Joseph's3
6Saint Joseph's32Dayton4
3Rhode Island0
2Dayton3
5Richmond0
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower final
3Rhode Island6
5Richmond3
4UMass5
6Saint Joseph's01Saint Louis2
1Saint Louis6
3Rhode Island2
6Saint Joseph's3

All-Tournament Team

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The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]

Richmond's Jacob Mayers, also selected in 2011, was a second-time selection.

POS Name School Class
P Burny Mitchem Dayton SR
P Alex Pracher Saint Joseph's GR
P Clay Smith Saint Louis SO
P Zach Sterling Richmond FR
C Josh Jeffery Dayton SR
1B Dylan Begin UMass SO
3B Robby Sunderman Dayton SO
OF Chris Famiglietti Rhode Island JR
OF Ian Hundley Dayton JR
OF Phil Ruzbarsky Richmond SR
OF Brett Tiagwad Saint Joseph's SR
DH Jacob Mayers Richmond JR

Most Valuable Player

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Burny Mitchem was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Mitchem was a senior pitcher for Dayton, who earned a pair of saves including in the 3–0 final over Richmond.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Standings & Leaders". Atlantic 10 Conference. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  2. ^ "Conference Championship Central". ncaa.org. Archived from the original on May 18, 2012. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
  3. ^ a b c "Dayton Wins Atlantic 10 Baseball Championship". atlantic10.com. May 26, 2012. Archived from the original on April 23, 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
  4. ^ "Atlantic 10 Conference Championships". atlantic10.com. Archived from the original on May 20, 2012. Retrieved May 13, 2012.