2015 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament

The 2015 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament took place from May 20 through 23. The top seven regular season finishers of the league's twelve teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Barcroft Park, the home field of George Washington in Arlington, Virginia. VCU won their first title as a member of the conference to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]

2015 Atlantic 10 Conference
baseball tournament
Teams7
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsVCU (1st title)
Winning coachShawn Stiffler (1st title)
MVPDarian Carpenter (VCU)
2015 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Saint Louis  ‍†‍‍ 16–8–0 .66735–21–0 .625
Richmond  ‍‍‍ 15–9–0 .62528–25–0 .528
Rhode Island  ‍‍‍ 15–9–0 .62526–25–1 .510
No. 15 VCU  ‍‍‡‍y 14–10–0 .58340–25–0 .615
Davidson  ‍‍‍ 14–10–0 .58328–22–0 .560
George Washington  ‍‍‍ 13–10–0 .56532–22–0 .593
Fordham  ‍‍‍ 13–11–0 .54222–32–0 .407
La Salle  ‍‍‍ 12–12–0 .50024–27–1 .471
George Mason  ‍‍‍ 12–12–0 .50023–27–1 .461
UMass  ‍‍‍ 12–12–0 .50016–27–0 .372
Saint Joseph's  ‍‍‍ 11–12–0 .47821–28–0 .429
Dayton  ‍‍‍ 5–19–0 .20816–38–0 .296
St. Bonaventure  ‍‍‍ 3–21–0 .12516–28–2 .370
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2015[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

The tournament used the same format adopted in 2014, with the top seven finishers from the regular season seeded one through seven. The top seed, Saint Louis, received a single bye while remaining seeds played on the first day.

TeamWLPct.GBSeedTiebreaker
Saint Louis168.667
–
1
Rhode Island159.625
1
2
2–1 vs. Richmond
Richmond159.625
1
3
1–2 vs. Rhode Island
Davidson1410.583
2
4
1–2 vs. Saint Louis
VCU1410.583
2
5
0–3 vs. Saint Louis
George Washington1310.565
2.5
6
Fordham1311.542
3
7
La Salle1212.500
4
–
George Mason1212.500
4
–
UMass1212.500
4
–
Saint Joseph's1112.478
4.5
–
Dayton519.208
11
–
St. Bonaventure321.125
13
–

Results
Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1Saint Louis3
5VCU14
4Davidson0
5VCU11
5VCU8
2Rhode Island2
2Rhode Island7
7Fordham3
2Rhode Island2
3Richmond1
3Richmond4
6George Washington1
5VCU5–
2Rhode Island3–
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
6George Washington7
7Fordham53Richmond24Davidson3
6George Washington116George Washington12Rhode Island4
4Davidson2
4Davidson10
1Saint Louis2

All-Tournament Team

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

NameSchool
Michael MormanRichmond
Robbie MetzGeorge Washington
Brandon ChapmanGeorge Washington
Ryan LoweDavidson
Lee MillerDavidson
Ryan OlmoRhode Island
Jordan PowellRhode Island
Steve MoyersRhode Island
Jojo HowieVCU
Matt DavisVCU
Walker HaymakerVCU
Darian CarpenterVCU

Most Outstanding Player

Darian Carpenter was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Carpenter was a first baseman for VCU.[3]

References
  1. "Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Standings and Leaders". Atlantic 10 Conference. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  2. "2015 Baseball Championship". Atlantic 10 Conference. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
  3. "VCU Claims A-10 Baseball Championship with 5–3 Win Over Rhode Island". Atlantic 10 Conference. May 23, 2015.
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