Teams | 6 |
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Format | Six-team double elimination First-round byes for top two seeds |
Finals site | |
Champions | Charlotte (1st title) |
Winning coach | Loren Hibbs (1st title) |
MVP | Shayne Moody (Charlotte) |
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]
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 | – |
1
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Fordham | 19 | 8 | .704 | 4 |
2
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Richmond | 18 | 9 | .667 | 5 |
3
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Xavier | 17 | 10 | .630 | 6 |
4
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Rhode Island | 16 | 11 | .593 | 7 |
5
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St. Bonaventure | 14 | 12 | .538 | 8.5 |
6
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George Washington | 14 | 13 | .519 | 9 |
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Massachusetts | 13 | 14 | .481 | 10 |
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Saint Louis | 12 | 14 | .462 | 10.5 |
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Duquesne | 10 | 17 | .370 | 13 |
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Dayton | 9 | 18 | .333 | 14 |
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Temple | 9 | 18 | .333 | 14 |
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La Salle | 8 | 19 | .296 | 15 |
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Saint Joseph's | 6 | 21 | .222 | 17 |
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Bracket
Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower final | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Xavier | 15 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Fordham | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | St. Bonaventure | 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 |
References
- ^ a b c "2014 Atlantic 10 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Atlantic10.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 19, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ^ Wolf, Jason (June 29, 2008). "D-Braves' Moody a 'Pleasant Surprise' at Shortstop". GoDanRiver.com. Archived from the original on July 25, 2014. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
- ^ Utter, Jim (February 14, 2008). "Home-State Advantage". BaseballAmerica.com. Archived from the original on July 25, 2014. Retrieved July 19, 2014.