2008 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament
The 2008 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held from May 21 through 24 at Campbell's Field in Camden, New Jersey. 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]
| Teams | 6 |
|---|---|
| Format | Six-team double elimination First-round byes for top two seeds |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Charlotte (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Loren Hibbs (2nd title) |
| MVP | Rob Lyerly (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, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xavier | 19 | 8 | .704 | – | 1 |
| Charlotte | 19 | 8 | .704 | – | 2 |
| Duquesne | 16 | 10 | .615 | 2.5 | 3 |
| Temple | 16 | 11 | .593 | 3 | 4 |
| Rhode Island | 15 | 11 | .574 | 3.5 | 5 |
| St. Bonaventure | 15 | 12 | .556 | 4 | 6 |
| Dayton | 13 | 14 | .481 | 6 | – |
| Fordham | 13 | 14 | .481 | 6 | – |
| George Washington | 11 | 16 | .407 | 8 | – |
| La Salle | 11 | 16 | .407 | 8 | – |
| Massachusetts | 11 | 16 | .407 | 8 | – |
| Richmond | 10 | 16 | .389 | 8.5 | – |
| Saint Louis | 9 | 17 | .346 | 9.5 | – |
| Saint Joseph's | 9 | 18 | .333 | 10 | – |
Bracket
| Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | 411 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Xavier | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower final | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Temple | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Rhode Island | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | St. Bonaventure | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Xavier | 9 | 1 | Xavier | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Duquesne | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Duquesne | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Temple | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Danny Rosenbaum | 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
- "2014 Atlantic 10 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Atlantic10.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 19, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- Phillips, Duncan (February 4, 2009). "49ers Look to Lyerly". CollegeBaseballInsider.com. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved July 18, 2014.