Collegiate baseball tournament
| Teams | 6 |
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| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Dayton (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Tony Vittorio (1st title) |
| MVP | Burny Mitchem (Dayton) |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis † | 17 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .708 | 41 | – | 18 | – | 0 | .695 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dayton †‡ | 17 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .708 | 31 | – | 30 | – | 0 | .508 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 16 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .667 | 33 | – | 25 | – | 1 | .568 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richmond | 14 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .583 | 30 | – | 26 | – | 0 | .536 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass | 14 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .583 | 22 | – | 22 | – | 0 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Joseph's | 13 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .565 | 25 | – | 32 | – | 0 | .439 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Xavier | 13 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .542 | 28 | – | 28 | – | 0 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fordham | 12 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .500 | 22 | – | 34 | – | 0 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Bonaventure | 10 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .417 | 23 | – | 25 | – | 0 | .479 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charlotte | 9 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .391 | 21 | – | 32 | – | 0 | .396 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| La Salle | 7 | – | 17 | – | 0 | .292 | 20 | – | 33 | – | 0 | .377 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 7 | – | 17 | – | 0 | .292 | 19 | – | 34 | – | 0 | .358 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| George Washington | 6 | – | 18 | – | 0 | .250 | 20 | – | 35 | – | 0 | .364 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2012 Rankings from Coaches' Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2012 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament was held from May 23 through 26. The top six regular season finishers of the league's thirteen teams met in the double-elimination tournament at Jim Houlihan Park at Jack Coffey Field on the campus of Fordham University in the Bronx, New York. Second seed Dayton won their first tournament championship and claimed the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Seeding and format
The top six finishers from the regular season were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage. The bottom four seeds played on the first day, with the losers of each game playing an elimination game in game 3. On day 2, the winners of games 1 and 2 played the top two seeds. Higher seeds were protected by playing lower seeds or playing later elimination games. Saint Louis claimed the top seed over Dayton and UMass claimed the fourth seed over Richmond by tiebreaker.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Louis | 17 | 7 | .708 | – | 1 |
| Dayton | 17 | 7 | .708 | – | 2 |
| Rhode Island | 16 | 8 | .667 | 1 | 3 |
| UMass | 14 | 10 | .583 | 3 | 4 |
| Richmond | 14 | 10 | .583 | 3 | 5 |
| Saint Joseph's | 13 | 10 | .565 | 3.5 | 6 |
| Xavier | 13 | 11 | .542 | 4 | – |
| Fordham | 12 | 12 | .500 | 5 | – |
| St. Bonaventure | 10 | 14 | .417 | 7 | – |
| Charlotte | 9 | 14 | .391 | 7.5 | – |
| La Salle | 7 | 17 | .292 | 10 | – |
| Temple | 7 | 17 | .292 | 10 | – |
| George Washington | 6 | 18 | .250 | 11 | – |
Results
| Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | Richmond | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Richmond | 9 | 1 | Saint Louis | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | UMass | 4 | 2 | Dayton | 9 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Richmond | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Saint Joseph's | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Saint Joseph's | 3 | 2 | Dayton | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Rhode Island | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Dayton | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Richmond | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower final | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Rhode Island | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Richmond | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | UMass | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Saint Joseph's | 0 | 1 | Saint Louis | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Saint Louis | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Rhode Island | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Saint Joseph's | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.
Richmond's Jacob Mayers, also selected in 2011, was a second-time selection.
| POS | Name | School | Class |
|---|---|---|---|
| P | Burny Mitchem | Dayton | SR |
| P | Alex Pracher | Saint Joseph's | GR |
| P | Clay Smith | Saint Louis | SO |
| P | Zach Sterling | Richmond | FR |
| C | Josh Jeffery | Dayton | SR |
| 1B | Dylan Begin | UMass | SO |
| 3B | Robby Sunderman | Dayton | SO |
| OF | Chris Famiglietti | Rhode Island | JR |
| OF | Ian Hundley | Dayton | JR |
| OF | Phil Ruzbarsky | Richmond | SR |
| OF | Brett Tiagwad | Saint Joseph's | SR |
| DH | Jacob Mayers | Richmond | JR |
Most Valuable Player
Burny Mitchem was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Mitchem was a senior pitcher for Dayton, who earned a pair of saves including in the 3–0 final over Richmond.
References
- "Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Standings & Leaders". Atlantic 10 Conference. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- "Conference Championship Central". ncaa.org. Archived from the original on May 18, 2012. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
- ^ "Dayton Wins Atlantic 10 Baseball Championship". atlantic10.com. May 26, 2012. Archived from the original on April 23, 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
- "Atlantic 10 Conference Championships". atlantic10.com. Archived from the original on May 20, 2012. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
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