2007 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament
2007 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament |
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Classification | Division I | ||
Season | 2007 | ||
Teams | 6 | ||
Format | Six-team double elimination First-round byes for top two seeds |
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Site | Fifth Third Field (Dayton) Dayton, OH |
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Champions | Charlotte (1st title) | ||
Winning coach | Loren Hibbs (1st title) | ||
MVP | Shayne Moody (Charlotte) | ||
Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament
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The 2007 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held from May 23–26 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]
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]
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
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Charlotte | 23 | 4 | .852 |
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Fordham | 19 | 8 | .704 |
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Richmond | 18 | 9 | .667 |
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Xavier | 17 | 10 | .630 |
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Rhode Island | 16 | 11 | .593 |
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St. Bonaventure | 14 | 12 | .538 |
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George Washington | 14 | 13 | .519 |
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Massachusetts | 13 | 14 | .481 |
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Saint Louis | 12 | 14 | .462 |
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Duquesne | 10 | 17 | .370 |
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Dayton | 9 | 18 | .333 |
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Temple | 9 | 18 | .333 |
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La Salle | 8 | 19 | .296 |
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Saint Joseph's | 6 | 21 | .222 |
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Bracket
1 | Charlotte | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Rhode Island | 4 | 5 | Rhode Island | 1 | ||||||||||||||
4 | Xavier | 3 | 1 | Charlotte | 15 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Fordham | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Fordham | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | St. Bonaventure | 2 | 3 | Richmond | 1 | ||||||||||||||
3 | Richmond | 8 | 1 | Charlotte | 18 | – | |||||||||||||
2 | Fordham | 6 | – | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Xavier | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | St. Bonaventure | 11 | 2 | Fordham | 11 | ||||||||||||||
3 | Richmond | 5 | 3 | Richmond | 9 | ||||||||||||||
4 | Xavier | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Rhode Island | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Xavier | 3 |
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. | Name | Team |
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P | Alex Hale | Richmond |
2B | Adam Lipski | Xavier |
P | Michael Luces | Xavier |
OF | Brad McElroy | Charlotte |
P | Adam Mills | Charlotte |
SS | Shayne Moody | Charlotte |
CF | Adam Pasono | Xavier |
2B | Eric Reese | Fordham |
P | Cory Riordan | Fordham |
C | Kris Rochelle | Charlotte |
DH | Chris Taylor | Charlotte |
DH | Alex Wotring | Richmond |