2007 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament

The 2007 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held from May 23 through 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]

2007 Atlantic 10 Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatSix-team double elimination
First-round byes for top two seeds
Finals site
ChampionsCharlotte (1st title)
Winning coachLoren Hibbs (1st title)
MVPShayne Moody (Charlotte)

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]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Charlotte234.852
1
Fordham198.704
4
2
Richmond189.667
5
3
Xavier1710.630
6
4
Rhode Island1611.593
7
5
St. Bonaventure1412.538
8.5
6
George Washington1413.519
9
Massachusetts1314.481
10
Saint Louis1214.462
10.5
Duquesne1017.370
13
Dayton918.333
14
Temple918.333
14
La Salle819.296
15
Saint Joseph's621.222
17

Bracket

Round 1QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1Charlotte11
5Rhode Island45Rhode Island1
4Xavier31Charlotte15
2Fordham2
2Fordham3
6St. Bonaventure23Richmond1
3Richmond8
1Charlotte18
2Fordham6
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower final
4Xavier15
2Fordham11
6St. Bonaventure11
3Richmond53Richmond9
4Xavier4
5Rhode Island0
4Xavier3

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.NameTeam
PAlex HaleRichmond
2BAdam LipskiXavier
PMichael LucesXavier
OFBrad McElroyCharlotte
PAdam MillsCharlotte
SSShayne MoodyCharlotte
CFAdam PasonoXavier
2BEric ReeseFordham
PCory RiordanFordham
CKris RochelleCharlotte
DHChris TaylorCharlotte
DHAlex WotringRichmond

References

  1. "2014 Atlantic 10 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Atlantic10.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 19, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. 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.
  3. Utter, Jim (February 14, 2008). "Home-State Advantage". BaseballAmerica.com. Archived from the original on July 19, 2014. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
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