2008 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament

2008 Atlantic 10 Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatSix-team double elimination
First-round byes for top two seeds
Finals site
ChampionsCharlotte (2nd title)
Winning coachLoren Hibbs (2nd title)
MVPRob Lyerly (Charlotte)

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]

Seeding and format

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, 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
–
1
Charlotte 19 8 .704
–
2
Duquesne 16 10 .615
2.5
3
Temple 16 11 .593
3
4
Rhode Island 15 11 .574
3.5
5
St. Bonaventure 15 12 .556
4
6
Dayton 13 14 .481
6
–
Fordham 13 14 .481
6
–
George Washington 11 16 .407
8
–
La Salle 11 16 .407
8
–
Massachusetts 11 16 .407
8
–
Richmond 10 16 .389
8.5
–
Saint Louis 9 17 .346
9.5
–
Saint Joseph's 9 18 .333
10
–

Bracket

Round 1QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1Xavier4
5Rhode Island75Rhode Island11
4Temple15Rhode Island1
2Charlotte11
2Charlotte13
6St. Bonaventure63Duquesne7
3Duquesne16
2Charlotte411
1Xavier3
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower final
4Temple5
5Rhode Island0
6St. Bonaventure2
1Xavier91Xavier3
3Duquesne5
3Duquesne10
4Temple7

All-Tournament Team

The 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

  • This was Duquesne's final appearance in the tournament as the baseball program folded in 2010 due to budget cuts.

References

  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. ^ Phillips, Duncan (February 4, 2009). "49ers Look to Lyerly". CollegeBaseballInsider.com. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved July 18, 2014.