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Collegiate baseball tournament
2006 Atlantic 10 Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatSix-team double elimination
First-round byes for top two seeds
Finals site
ChampionsSaint Louis (1st title)
Winning coachBob Hughes (1st title)
MVPRyan Bird (Saint Louis)

The 2006 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held from May 24 through 28 at Jim Houlihan Park at Jack Coffey Field in The Bronx, NY. It featured the top six regular-season finishers of the conference's 14 teams. Fifth-seeded Saint Louis defeated St. Bonaventure in the title game to win the tournament for the first time, earning the Atlantic 10's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA tournament.

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, Rhode Island and St. Bonaventure, received byes into the second round of play in the double elimination tournament.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Rhode Island 19 6 .760 – 1
St. Bonaventure 18 8 .692 1.5 2
Dayton 18 9 .667 2 3
Charlotte 18 9 .667 2 4
Saint Louis 15 12 .556 5 5
George Washington 13 12 .520 6 6
Fordham 13 14 .481 7 –
La Salle 12 14 .462 7.5 –
Duquesne 12 15 .444 8 –
Richmond 12 15 .444 8 –
Massachusetts 11 16 .407 9 –
Saint Joseph's 9 18 .333 11 –
Xavier 9 18 .333 11 –
Temple 6 19 .240 13 –
  1. In the tie for third place, Dayton's regular-season series sweep of Charlotte gave them the third seed.

Bracket

Round 1QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1Rhode Island2
5Saint Louis35Saint Louis3
4Charlotte15Saint Louis10
2St. Bonaventure5
2St. Bonaventure4
6George Washington03Dayton3
3Dayton2
5Saint Louis2
2St. Bonaventure3
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower final
4Charlotte1
2St. Bonaventure9
6George Washington3
1Rhode Island56George Washington2
6George Washington6
3Dayton1
6George Washington6

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Saint Louis pitcher Ryan Bird, one of two Billikens selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.

George Washington's Josh Wilkie (2005) and St. Bonaventure's Joe Rizzo (2004) were second-time selections.

Pos. Name Team
C Andrew Abokhair George Washington
RP Matt Agostinelli St. Bonaventure
P Ryan Bird Saint Louis
P Derek Haese George Washington
OF Charlie Kruer George Washington
OF Randy Moley St. Bonaventure
C Bill Musselman Saint Louis
P Dan Pfau George Washington
OF Joe Rizzo St. Bonaventure
P Luke Trubee Dayton
P Josh Wilkie George Washington
P John Zinnicker St. Bonaventure

Notes

  • The George Washington-Rhode Island 17 inning game was the longest in tournament history

References

  1. ^ "2014 Atlantic 10 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Atlantic10.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 19, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. "2006 Baseball Schedule". DaytonFlyers.com. Dayton Athletic Communications. Archived from the original on July 28, 2014. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  3. "Former SLU Pitcher Joins Miners". OurSportsCentral.com. March 31, 2008. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
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