2007 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament
| 2007 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Classification | Division I | ||
| Season | 2007 | ||
| Teams | 6 | ||
| Format | Six-team double elimination First-round byes for top two seeds | ||
| Site | Fifth Third Field (Dayton) Dayton, OH | ||
| Champions | Charlotte (1st title) | ||
| Winning coach | Loren Hibbs (1st title) | ||
| MVP | Shayne Moody (Charlotte) | ||
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The 2007 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held from May 23–26 at Fifth Third Field in Dayton, OH. It featured the top six regular-season finishers of the conference's 14 teams. Top-seeded Charlotte defeated Fordham in the title game to win the tournament for the first time, earning the Atlantic 10's automatic bid to the 2007 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, Charlotte and Fordham, received byes into the second round of play in the double elimination tournament.[1]
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte | 23 | 4 | .852 | ||
| Fordham | 19 | 8 | .704 | ||
| Richmond | 18 | 9 | .667 | ||
| Xavier | 17 | 10 | .630 | ||
| Rhode Island | 16 | 11 | .593 | ||
| St. Bonaventure | 14 | 12 | .538 | ||
| George Washington | 14 | 13 | .519 | ||
| Massachusetts | 13 | 14 | .481 | ||
| Saint Louis | 12 | 14 | .462 | ||
| Duquesne | 10 | 17 | .370 | ||
| Dayton | 9 | 18 | .333 | ||
| Temple | 9 | 18 | .333 | ||
| La Salle | 8 | 19 | .296 | ||
| Saint Joseph's | 6 | 21 | .222 |
Bracket
| 1 | Charlotte | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Rhode Island | 4 | 5 | Rhode Island | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Xavier | 3 | 1 | Charlotte | 15 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Fordham | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Fordham | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | St. Bonaventure | 2 | 3 | Richmond | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Richmond | 8 | 1 | Charlotte | 18 | – | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Fordham | 6 | – | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Xavier | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | St. Bonaventure | 11 | 2 | Fordham | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Richmond | 5 | 3 | Richmond | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Xavier | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Rhode Island | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Xavier | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Charlotte shortstop Shayne Moody, one of five 49ers selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.[1][2][3]
| Pos. | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|
| P | Alex Hale | Richmond |
| 2B | Adam Lipski | Xavier |
| P | Michael Luces | Xavier |
| OF | Brad McElroy | Charlotte |
| P | Adam Mills | Charlotte |
| SS | Shayne Moody | Charlotte |
| CF | Adam Pasono | Xavier |
| 2B | Eric Reese | Fordham |
| P | Cory Riordan | Fordham |
| C | Kris Rochelle | Charlotte |
| DH | Chris Taylor | Charlotte |
| DH | Alex Wotring | Richmond |
References
- 1 2 3 "2014 Atlantic 10 Baseball Record Book". Atlantic10.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ↑ Wolf, Jason (June 29, 2008). "D-Braves' Moody a 'Pleasant Surprise' at Shortstop". GoDanRiver.com. Archived from the original on July 19, 2014. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
- ↑ Utter, Jim (February 14, 2008). "Home-State Advantage". BaseballAmerica.com. Archived from the original on July 19, 2014. Retrieved July 19, 2014.