2004 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament

2004 Atlantic 10 Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatSix-team double elimination
First-round byes for division winners
Finals site
ChampionsSt. Bonaventure (1st title)
Winning coachLarry Sudbrook (1st title)
MVPBrian Pellegrini (St. Bonaventure)

The 2004 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held from May 26 through 30 at Dodd Stadium in Norwich, Connecticut. It featured the top two regular-season finishers of each six-team division, plus the next two best finishers. Fourth-seeded St. Bonaventure defeated Rhode Island in the title game to win the tournament for the first time, earning the Atlantic 10's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA tournament.[1][2][3]

Seeding and format

The league's top six teams, based on winning percentage in the 24-game regular season schedule, qualified for the field. The top two teams in each division qualified for the tournament automatically; the two division winners, Rhode Island in the East and George Washington in the West, received the top two seeds and byes through to the second round of the double elimination tournament.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
East Division
Rhode Island 20 4 .833
–
1
St. Bonaventure 14 7 .667
4.5
4
Fordham 13 11 .542
7
5
Massachusetts 10 14 .417
10
–
Temple 10 14 .417
10
–
Saint Joseph's 4 20 .167
16
–
West Division
George Washington 19 5 .792
–
2
Richmond 17 7 .708
2
3
Duquesne 11 10 .524
6.5
6
Dayton 11 13 .458
8
–
Xavier 7 17 .292
12
–
La Salle 5 19 .208
14
–

Bracket

Round 1QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1Rhode Island6
5Fordham44St. Bonaventure711
4St. Bonaventure54St. Bonaventure10
3Richmond9
2George Washington0
6Duquesne23Richmond3
3Richmond4
4St. Bonaventure3
1Rhode Island2
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower final
5Fordham4
3Richmond3
6Duquesne3
1Rhode Island81Rhode Island10
2George Washington4
2George Washington6
5Fordham4

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. St. Bonaventure's Brian Pellegrini, one of three Bonnies selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.[1]

Richmond's Thomas Martin (2002) and Bobby LeNoir (2003) were second-time selections.

Pos. Name Team
1B Dan Batz Rhode Island
1B Jim Fasano Richmond
DH Joe Gwozdz Fordham
SS Bobby LeNoir Richmond
P Thomas Martin Richmond
C Josh Nestor Rhode Island
P/OF Brian Pellegrini St. Bonaventure
P Michael Proctor St. Bonaventure
3B Mike Rainville Rhode Island
P Stephen Holmes Rhode Island
OF Joe Rizzo St. Bonaventure

References

  1. ^ a b "2014 Atlantic 10 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Atlantic10.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 19, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. ^ Moritz, Amy (April 11, 2013). "Sudbrook's 600 Wins Are No Small Feat at Bona". BuffaloNews.com. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  3. ^ Bontemps, Tim (May 18, 2008). "Shout-Outs to Pellegrini, St. Bonaventure Baseball". NYPost.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 20, 2014.