2008 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament
Teams | 6 |
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Format | Six-team double elimination First-round byes for top two seeds |
Finals site |
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Champions | Charlotte (2nd title) |
Winning coach | Loren Hibbs (2nd title) |
MVP | Rob Lyerly (Charlotte) |
The 2008 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held from May 21–24 at Campbell's Field in Camden, NJ. It featured the top six regular-season finishers of the conference's 14 teams. Second-seeded Charlotte defeated Xavier in the title game to win the tournament for the second straight year, earning the A-10's automatic bid to the 2008 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, Xavier and Charlotte, received byes into the second round of play in the double elimination tournament.[1]
In the tie for first place, the conference's tiebreaking procedures gave Xavier the top seed.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
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Xavier | 19 | 8 | .704 | – |
1
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Charlotte | 19 | 8 | .704 | – |
2
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Duquesne | 16 | 10 | .615 | 2.5 |
3
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Temple | 16 | 11 | .593 | 3 |
4
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Rhode Island | 15 | 11 | .574 | 3.5 |
5
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St. Bonaventure | 15 | 12 | .556 | 4 |
6
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Dayton | 13 | 14 | .481 | 6 |
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Fordham | 13 | 14 | .481 | 6 |
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George Washington | 11 | 16 | .407 | 8 |
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La Salle | 11 | 16 | .407 | 8 |
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Massachusetts | 11 | 16 | .407 | 8 |
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Richmond | 10 | 16 | .389 | 8.5 |
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Saint Louis | 9 | 17 | .346 | 9.5 |
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Saint Joseph's | 9 | 18 | .333 | 10 |
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Bracket[]
1 | Xavier | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Rhode Island | 7 | 5 | Rhode Island | 11 | ||||||||||||||
4 | Temple | 1 | 5 | Rhode Island | 1 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Charlotte | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Charlotte | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | St. Bonaventure | 6 | 3 | Duquesne | 7 | ||||||||||||||
3 | Duquesne | 16 | 2 | Charlotte | 4[a] | – | |||||||||||||
1 | Xavier | 3 | – | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Temple | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | St. Bonaventure | 2 | 5 | Rhode Island | 0 | ||||||||||||||
1 | Xavier | 9 | 1 | Xavier | 3 | ||||||||||||||
3 | Duquesne | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Duquesne | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Temple | 7 |
- ^ 11 innings.
All-Tournament Team[]
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Charlotte's Rob Lyerly, one of four 49ers selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.[1][2]
Duquesne's Bill Torre (2005) was a second-time selection.
Pos. | Name | Team |
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1B | Alex Burt | Charlotte |
IF | Jordan Conley | Xavier |
P | Mike Creevy | Xavier |
IF | Rob Lyerly | Charlotte |
C | Derek Mechling | Duquesne |
P | Mike Mongiardini | Temple |
OF | Stan Orzechowski | Temple |
P | Brett Palanski | Rhode Island |
P | Xavier | |
P | Luke Stahl | Charlotte |
OF | O'Brien Taylor | Charlotte |
IF | Bill Torre | Duquesne |
Notes[]
- This was Duquesne's final appearance in the tournament as the baseball program folded in 2010 due to budget cuts.
References[]
- ^ a b c "2014 Atlantic 10 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Atlantic10.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ^ Phillips, Duncan (February 4, 2009). "49ers Look to Lyerly". CollegeBaseballInsider.com. CollegeBaseballInsider.com. Archived from the original on July 18, 2014. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
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