The 2009 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held from May 20 through 23 at Fifth Third Field in Dayton, OH. It featured the top six regular-season finishers of the conference's 14 teams. Third-seeded Xavier defeated Rhode Island in the title game to win the tournament for the first time, earning the A-10's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA tournament.[1][2][3]
| Teams | 6 |
|---|---|
| Format | Six-team double elimination First-round byes for top two seeds |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Xavier (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Scott Googins (1st title) |
| MVP | Billy O'Conner (Xavier) |
Seeding and format
editThe 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, Dayton and Rhode Island, received byes into the second round of play in the double elimination tournament.[1]
In the three-way tie for fourth-place, the conference's tiebreaking procedures gave Massachusetts the fourth seed, Fordham the fifth, and Charlotte the sixth.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
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| Dayton | 21 | 6 | .778 | – |
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| Rhode Island | 19 | 6 | .760 | 1 |
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| Xavier | 18 | 9 | .667 | 3 |
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| Massachusetts | 16 | 11 | .593 | 5 |
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| Fordham | 16 | 11 | .593 | 5 |
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| Charlotte | 16 | 11 | .593 | 5 |
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| Saint Louis | 12 | 13 | .480 | 8 |
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| George Washington | 11 | 15 | .423 | 9.5 |
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| Temple | 11 | 15 | .423 | 9.5 |
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| Richmond | 11 | 16 | .407 | 10 |
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| Saint Joseph's | 9 | 17 | .346 | 11.5 |
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| St. Bonaventure | 9 | 17 | .346 | 11.5 |
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| La Salle | 8 | 18 | .308 | 12.5 |
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| Duquesne | 7 | 19 | .269 | 13.5 |
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Bracket
edit| Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Dayton | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Fordham | 4 | 4 | Massachusetts | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Massachusetts | 5 | 1 | Dayton | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Rhode Island | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Rhode Island | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Charlotte | 6 | 3 | Xavier | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Xavier | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Rhode Island | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Xavier | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower final | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Fordham | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Dayton | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Charlotte | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Xavier | 6 | 3 | Xavier | 11 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Massachusetts | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Massachusetts | 6[a] | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Charlotte | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
- ^ 10 innings.
All-Tournament Team
editThe following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Xavier's Billy O'Conner, one of six Musketeers selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.[1]
Xavier's Jordan Conley and Charlotte's Rob Lyerly, both selected in 2008, were second-time selections.
| Pos. | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|
| SS | Jordan Conley | Xavier |
| OF | Tom Coulombe | Rhode Island |
| 1B | Bobby Freking | Xavier |
| 1B | Mike Gedman | Massachusetts |
| P | Nick Greenwood | Rhode Island |
| 2B | Zack Jacobs | Xavier |
| 1B | Rob Lyerly | Charlotte |
| 3B | John McCambridge | Xavier |
| C | Billy O'Conner | Xavier |
| 2B | Oliver Palmer | Rhode Island |
| P | Zac Richard | Xavier |
| DH | Ben Thomas | Xavier |
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Baseball Downed by Xavier, 10-1, in A-10 Championship Game". GoRhody.com. Rhode Island Athletic Communications. May 23, 2009. Archived from the original on July 25, 2014. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
- ^ "Xavier Baseball Wins Big East Championship". Cincinnati.com. Xavier Athletic Communications. May 26, 2014. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2014.