2006 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament

2006 Atlantic 10 Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2006
Teams 6
Format Six-team double elimination
First-round byes for top two seeds
Site Jim Houlihan Park at Jack Coffey Field
Bronx, NY
Champions Saint Louis (1st title)
Winning coach Bob Hughes (1st title)
MVP Ryan Bird (Saint Louis)
Atlantic 10 Conference
Baseball Tournament
«2005  2007»

The 2006 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held from May 24–28 at Jim Houlihan Park at Jack Coffey Field in The Bronx, NY. It featured the top six regular-season finishers of the conference's 14 teams. Fifth-seeded Saint Louis defeated St. Bonaventure in the title game to win the tournament for the first time, earning the Atlantic 10's automatic bid to the 2006 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, Rhode Island and St. Bonaventure, received byes into the second round of play in the double elimination tournament.[1]

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Rhode Island 19 6 .760
–
1
St. Bonaventure 18 8 .692
1.5
2
Dayton[lower-alpha 1] 18 9 .667
2
3
Charlotte 18 9 .667
2
4
Saint Louis 15 12 .556
5
5
George Washington 13 12 .520
6
6
Fordham 13 14 .481
7
–
La Salle 12 14 .462
7.5
–
Duquesne 12 15 .444
8
–
Richmond 12 15 .444
8
–
Massachusetts 11 16 .407
9
–
Saint Joseph's 9 18 .333
11
–
Xavier 9 18 .333
11
–
Temple 6 19 .240
13
–
  1. ↑ In the tie for third place, Dayton's regular-season series sweep of Charlotte gave them the third seed.[2]

Bracket

             
                                       
      1  Rhode Island 2  
  5  Saint Louis 3     5  Saint Louis 3    
  4  Charlotte 1         5  Saint Louis 10  
      2  St. Bonaventure 5    
    2  St. Bonaventure 4          
  6  George Washington 0     3  Dayton 3        
  3  Dayton 2         5  Saint Louis 2 7
      2  St. Bonaventure 3 0
         
  4  Charlotte 1        
  6  George Washington 3         2  St. Bonaventure 9    
      1  Rhode Island 5     6  George Washington 2  
      6  George Washington 6[lower-alpha 1]  
  3  Dayton 1    
  6  George Washington 6  
  1. ↑ 17 innings.

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Saint Louis pitcher Ryan Bird, one of two Billikens selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.[1][3]

George Washington's Josh Wilkie (2005) and St. Bonaventure's Joe Rizzo (2004) were second-time selections.

Pos. Name Team
C Andrew Abokhair George Washington
RP Matt Agostinelli St. Bonaventure
P Ryan Bird Saint Louis
P Derek Haese George Washington
OF Charlie Kruer George Washington
OF Randy Moley St. Bonaventure
C Bill Musselman Saint Louis
P Dan Pfau George Washington
OF Joe Rizzo St. Bonaventure
P Luke Trubee Dayton
P Josh Wilkie George Washington
P John Zinnicker St. Bonaventure

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "2014 Atlantic 10 Baseball Record Book". Atlantic10.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. ↑ "2006 Baseball Schedule". DaytonFlyers.com. Dayton Athletic Communications. Archived from the original on July 19, 2014. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Former SLU Pitcher Joins Miners". OurSportsCentral.com. March 31, 2008. Archived from the original on July 19, 2014. Retrieved July 19, 2014.