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Collegiate baseball tournament
2007 Atlantic 10 Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatSix-team double elimination
First-round byes for top two seeds
Finals site
ChampionsCharlotte (1st title)
Winning coachLoren Hibbs (1st title)
MVPShayne 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.

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.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Charlotte 23 4 .852 – 1
Fordham 19 8 .704 4 2
Richmond 18 9 .667 5 3
Xavier 17 10 .630 6 4
Rhode Island 16 11 .593 7 5
St. Bonaventure 14 12 .538 8.5 6
George Washington 14 13 .519 9 –
Massachusetts 13 14 .481 10 –
Saint Louis 12 14 .462 10.5 –
Duquesne 10 17 .370 13 –
Dayton 9 18 .333 14 –
Temple 9 18 .333 14 –
La Salle 8 19 .296 15 –
Saint Joseph's 6 21 .222 17 –

Bracket

Round 1QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1Charlotte11
5Rhode Island45Rhode Island1
4Xavier31Charlotte15
2Fordham2
2Fordham3
6St. Bonaventure23Richmond1
3Richmond8
1Charlotte18
2Fordham6
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower final
4Xavier15
2Fordham11
6St. Bonaventure11
3Richmond53Richmond9
4Xavier4
5Rhode Island0
4Xavier3

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.

Pos. Name Team
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

  1. ^ "2014 Atlantic 10 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Atlantic10.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 19, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. 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.
  3. Utter, Jim (February 14, 2008). "Home-State Advantage". BaseballAmerica.com. Archived from the original on July 25, 2014. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
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