2012 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament

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2012 Colonial Athletic Association
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsUNC Wilmington (3rd title)
Winning coachMark Scalf (3rd title)
MVPJimmy Yezzo (Delaware)
2012 Colonial Athletic Association baseball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
UNC Wilmington  ‍†‍‡‍y 24 – 6 – 0   .800 39 – 23 – 0   .629
Hofstra  ‍‍‍ 20 – 10 – 0   .667 34 – 22 – 0   .607
Delaware  ‍‍‍ 17 – 13 – 0   .567 31 – 27 – 0   .534
George Mason  ‍‍‍ 16 – 14 – 0   .533 33 – 24 – 0   .579
VCU  ‍‍‍ 15 – 15 – 0   .500 34 – 25 – 0   .576
Towson  ‍‍‍ 15 – 15 – 0   .500 27 – 31 – 0   .466
Georgia State  ‍‍‍ 14 – 16 – 0   .467 24 – 31 – 0   .436
Northeastern  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17 – 0   .433 23 – 28 – 0   .451
William & Mary  ‍‍‍ 12 – 18 – 0   .400 31 – 25 – 0   .554
James Madison  ‍‍‍ 10 – 20 – 0   .333 16 – 35 – 2   .321
Old Dominion  ‍‍‍ 9 – 21 – 0   .300 19 – 34 – 0   .358
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2012[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2012 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament was held at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park in Harrisonburg, VA from May 23 through May 26. The top six finishers from the regular season competed in the double-elimination tournament. Top seeded UNC Wilmington won their third title and earned the Colonial Athletic Association's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

Seeding and format[]

This was the first year of the six team format, as previous seasons consisted of a four team tournament. The top six teams from the regular season, based on conference winning percentage, made the field.

Team W L PCT GB Seed
UNC Wilmington 24 6 .800 – 1
Hofstra 20 10 .667 4 2
Delaware 17 13 .567 7 3
George Mason 16 14 .533 8 4
VCU 15 15 .500 9 5
Towson 15 15 .500 9 6
Georgia State 14 16 .467 10 –
Northeastern 13 17 .433 11 –
William & Mary 12 18 .400 12 –
James Madison 10 20 .333 14 –
Old Dominion 9 21 .300 15 –

Bracket[]

  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  6 Towson 7     3 Delaware 11  
  3 Delaware 8     2 Hofstra 3    
      3 Delaware 2              
      1 UNC Wilmington 3              
  5 VCU 11     5 VCU 5          
  4 George Mason 7     1 UNC Wilmington 8        
        3 Delaware 11 8
Loser's Bracket       1 UNC Wilmington 9 10
  4 George Mason 8        
  6 Towson 16          
      6 Towson 9        
      5 VCU 14          
            2 Hofstra 4              
          5 VCU 2              
      3 Delaware 12    
    2 Hofstra 9  

All-Tournament Team[]

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3][4]

Name School
Jimmy Yezzo Delaware
D. J. Long Delaware
Alex Maruri Delaware
Eric Young Delaware
Matt Campbell UNC Wilmington
Thomas Pope UNC Wilmington
Tyler Molinaro UNC Wilmington
Mat Batts UNC Wilmington
Tyler McSwain UNC Wilmington
Brent Mikionis VCU
Zach Fisher Towson
Zack Helgeson George Mason

Most Outstanding Player[]

Jimmy Yezzo was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Yezzo was a first baseman for Delaware, and set a tournament record with 15 hits while batting .571, scoring ten runs, and driving in 11.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Baseball standings". CAASports.com. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  2. ^ "2012 CAA Baseball Championship". caasports.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2012-04-03.
  3. ^ a b c "UNCW Wins CAA Baseball Title". caasports.com. May 26, 2012. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
  4. ^ Baseball Record Book (PDF). Colonial Athletic Association. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 7, 2012. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
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