2012 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament

The 2012 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament was held from May 23 through 26. The top six regular season finishers of the league's thirteen teams met in the double-elimination tournament at Jim Houlihan Park at Jack Coffey Field on the campus of Fordham University in the Bronx, New York. Second seed Dayton won their first tournament championship and claimed the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]

2012 Atlantic 10 Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsDayton (1st title)
Winning coachTony Vittorio (1st title)
MVPBurny Mitchem (Dayton)
2012 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Saint Louis  ‍†‍‍ 17–7–0 .70841–18–0 .695
Dayton  ‍†‍‡‍y 17–7–0 .70831–30–0 .508
Rhode Island  ‍‍‍ 16–8–0 .66733–25–1 .568
Richmond  ‍‍‍ 14–10–0 .58330–26–0 .536
UMass  ‍‍‍ 14–10–0 .58322–22–0 .500
Saint Joseph's  ‍‍‍ 13–10–0 .56525–32–0 .439
Xavier  ‍‍‍ 13–11–0 .54228–28–0 .500
Fordham  ‍‍‍ 12–12–0 .50022–34–0 .393
St. Bonaventure  ‍‍‍ 10–14–0 .41723–25–0 .479
Charlotte  ‍‍‍ 9–14–0 .39121–32–0 .396
La Salle  ‍‍‍ 7–17–0 .29220–33–0 .377
Temple  ‍‍‍ 7–17–0 .29219–34–0 .358
George Washington  ‍‍‍ 6–18–0 .25020–35–0 .364
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2012[1]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll

Seeding and format

The top six finishers from the regular season were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage. The bottom four seeds played on the first day, with the losers of each game playing an elimination game in game 3. On day 2, the winners of games 1 and 2 played the top two seeds. Higher seeds were protected by playing lower seeds or playing later elimination games. Saint Louis claimed the top seed over Dayton and UMass claimed the fourth seed over Richmond by tiebreaker.[4]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Saint Louis177.708–1
Dayton177.708–2
Rhode Island168.66713
UMass1410.58334
Richmond1410.58335
Saint Joseph's1310.5653.56
Xavier1311.5424–
Fordham1212.5005–
St. Bonaventure1014.4177–
Charlotte914.3917.5–
La Salle717.29210–
Temple717.29210–
George Washington618.25011–

Results
Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
5Richmond6
5Richmond91Saint Louis0
4UMass42Dayton9
5Richmond5
6Saint Joseph's3
6Saint Joseph's32Dayton4
3Rhode Island0
2Dayton3
5Richmond0
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower final
3Rhode Island6
5Richmond3
4UMass5
6Saint Joseph's01Saint Louis2
1Saint Louis6
3Rhode Island2
6Saint Joseph's3

All-Tournament Team

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

Richmond's Jacob Mayers, also selected in 2011, was a second-time selection.

POSNameSchoolClass
PBurny MitchemDaytonSR
PAlex PracherSaint Joseph'sGR
PClay SmithSaint LouisSO
PZach SterlingRichmondFR
CJosh JefferyDaytonSR
1BDylan BeginUMassSO
3BRobby SundermanDaytonSO
OFChris FamigliettiRhode IslandJR
OFIan HundleyDaytonJR
OFPhil RuzbarskyRichmondSR
OFBrett TiagwadSaint Joseph'sSR
DHJacob MayersRichmondJR

Most Valuable Player

Burny Mitchem was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Mitchem was a senior pitcher for Dayton, who earned a pair of saves including in the 3–0 final over Richmond.[3]

References
  1. "Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Standings & Leaders". Atlantic 10 Conference. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  2. "Conference Championship Central". ncaa.org. Archived from the original on May 18, 2012. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
  3. "Dayton Wins Atlantic 10 Baseball Championship". atlantic10.com. May 26, 2012. Archived from the original on April 23, 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
  4. "Atlantic 10 Conference Championships". atlantic10.com. Archived from the original on May 20, 2012. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
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