2009 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament
| 2009 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Classification | Division I | ||
| Season | 2009 | ||
| Teams | 6 | ||
| Format | Six-team double elimination First-round byes for top two seeds | ||
| Site | Fifth Third Field (Dayton) Dayton, OH | ||
| Champions | Xavier (1st title) | ||
| Winning coach | Scott Googins (1st title) | ||
| MVP | Billy O'Conner (Xavier) | ||
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The 2009 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held from May 20–23 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 | ||
| Rhode Island | 19 | 6 | .760 | ||
| Xavier | 18 | 9 | .667 | ||
| Massachusetts | 16 | 11 | .593 | ||
| Fordham | 16 | 11 | .593 | ||
| Charlotte | 16 | 11 | .593 | ||
| Saint Louis | 12 | 13 | .480 | ||
| George Washington | 11 | 15 | .423 | ||
| Temple | 11 | 15 | .423 | ||
| Richmond | 11 | 16 | .407 | ||
| Saint Joseph's | 9 | 17 | .346 | ||
| St. Bonaventure | 9 | 17 | .346 | ||
| La Salle | 8 | 18 | .308 | ||
| Duquesne | 7 | 19 | .269 |
Bracket
| 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 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Xavier | 9 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Fordham | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Charlotte | 13 | 1 | Dayton | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Xavier | 6 | 3 | Xavier | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Massachusetts | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Massachusetts | 6[lower-alpha 1] | |||||||||||||||||
| 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
- 1 2 3 "2014 Atlantic 10 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Atlantic10.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 15, 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 16, 2014. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
- ↑ "Xavier Baseball Wins Big East Championship". Cincinnati.com. Xavier Athletic Communications. May 26, 2014. Archived from the original on July 16, 2014. Retrieved July 16, 2014.