2004 Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Tournament

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2004 Atlantic Sun Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsFlorida Atlantic (1st title)
Winning coachKevin Cooney (1st title)
MVPRusty Brown (Florida Atlantic)
2004 Atlantic Sun Conference baseball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 25 UCF  ‍†‍‍y 24 – 6   .800 47 – 18   .723
No. 30 Florida Atlantic  ‍‍‡‍y 20 – 10   .667 47 – 17   .734
Stetson  ‍‍‍ 20 – 10   .667 36 – 23   .610
Gardner–Webb  ‍‍‍ 19 – 11   .633 32 – 25   .561
Troy  ‍‍‍ 15 – 15   .500 36 – 22   .621
Campbell  ‍‍‍ 14 – 16   .467 23 – 34   .404
Belmont  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17   .433 31 – 23   .574
Jacksonville  ‍‍‍ 12 – 18   .400 25 – 31   .446
Georgia State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 19   .367 18 – 36   .333
Lipscomb  ‍‍‍ 9 – 21   .300 15 – 39   .278
Mercer  ‍‍‍ 8 – 22   .267 20 – 35   .364
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2004[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2004 Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Melching Field at Conrad Park on the campus of Stetson University in DeLand, Florida from May 26 through 29.[2] Florida Atlantic won its first and only tournament championship to earn the Atlantic Sun Conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[3]

Seeding[]

The top six teams (based on conference results) from the conference earn invites to the tournament.

Team W L PCT GB Seed
UCF 24 6 .800 — 1
Stetson 20 10 .667 4 2
Florida Atlantic 20 10 .667 4 3
Gardner–Webb 19 11 .633 5 4
Troy 15 15 .500 9 5
Campbell 14 16 .467 10 6
Belmont 13 17 .433 11 —
Jacksonville 12 18 .400 12 —
Georgia State 11 19 .367 13 —
Lipscomb 9 21 .300 15 —
Mercer 8 22 .267 16 —

Results[]

  First round Second round Third round Semi-finals Finals
                                                 
  1 UCF 6  
  6 Campbell 5     1 UCF 10  
    4 Gardner–Webb 7    
  2 Stetson 4         1 UCF 4            
  5 Troy 2           3 Florida Atlantic 7              
      2 Stetson 1           3 Florida Atlantic 21 —
      3 Florida Atlantic 15         5 Troy 2 —
  3 Florida Atlantic 7         1 UCF 7    
  4 Gardner–Webb 4       2 Stetson 3     5 Troy 9  
  6 Campbell 11     5 Troy 5  
  5 Troy 13  

All-Tournament Team[]

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]

Pos Name Team
P Chris Saxton Florida Atlantic
Nate Moore Troy
C Drew Butera UCF
Henry Gutierrez Troy
IF Rusty Brown Florida Atlantic
Matt Ray UCF
Derek Hutton Florida Atlantic
Evan Brannon Florida Atlantic
OF Dee Brown UCF
Tim Mascia Florida Atlantic
Adam Godwin Troy

Tournament Most Valuable Player[]

Rusty Brown was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Brown was an infielder for Florida Atlantic.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ 2019 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 4. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  2. ^ Baseball Record Book (PDF). Florida Atlantic Owls. p. 36. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  3. ^ Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 7. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 13. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
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