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2009 Atlantic 10 Conference
baseball tournament
Teams	6
Format	Six-team double elimination; First-round byes for top two seeds
Finals site	Fifth Third Field (Dayton); Dayton, OH;
Champions	Xavier (1st title)
Winning coach	Scott Googins (1st title)
MVP	Billy O'Conner (Xavier)
	← 2008; baseball tournament; 2010 →;

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]

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, 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


Round 1			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Final



			1	Dayton	9

5	Fordham	4	4	Massachusetts	5

4	Massachusetts	5				1	Dayton	2

						2	Rhode Island	9

			2	Rhode Island	7

6	Charlotte	6	3	Xavier	6

3	Xavier	8
									2	Rhode Island	7

									3	Xavier	9

Lower round 1			Lower round 2			Lower final



5	Fordham	10
						1	Dayton	3
6	Charlotte	13
			3	Xavier	6	3	Xavier	11

			4	Massachusetts	4
4	Massachusetts	6^[a]

6	Charlotte	5

^ 10 innings.

All-Tournament Team

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

^ ^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.
^ "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.
^ "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.