2004 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament

2004 Atlantic 10 Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams 6
Format Six-team double elimination
First-round byes for division winners
Finals Site
Champions St. Bonaventure (1st title)
Winning coach Larry Sudbrook (1st title)
MVP Brian Pellegrini St. Bonaventure

The 2004 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held from May 26–30 at Dodd Stadium in Norwich, CT. It featured the top two regular-season finishers of each six-team division, plus the next two best finishers. Fourth-seeded St. Bonaventure defeated Rhode Island in the title game to win the tournament for the first time, earning the Atlantic 10's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Tournament.[1][2][3]

Seeding and format

The league's top six teams, based on winning percentage in the 24-game regular season schedule, qualified for the field. The top two teams in each division qualified for the tournament automatically; the two division winners, Rhode Island in the East and George Washington in the West, received the top two seeds and byes through to the second round of the double elimination tournament.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
East Division
Rhode Island204.833
–
1
St. Bonaventure147.667
4.5
4
Fordham1311.542
7
5
Massachusetts1014.417
10
–
Temple1014.417
10
–
Saint Joseph's420.167
16
–
West Division
George Washington195.792
–
2
Richmond177.708
2
3
Duquesne1110.524
6.5
6
Dayton1113.458
8
–
Xavier717.292
12
–
La Salle519.208
14
–

Bracket

             
                                       
      1 Rhode Island 6  
  5 Fordham 4     4 St. Bonaventure 7[lower-alpha 1]    
  4 St. Bonaventure 5         4 St. Bonaventure 10  
      3 Richmond 9    
    2 George Washington 0          
  6 Duquesne 2     3 Richmond 3        
  3 Richmond 4         4 St. Bonaventure 3
      1 Rhode Island 2
         
  5 Fordham 4        
  6 Duquesne 3         3 Richmond 3    
      1 Rhode Island 8     1 Rhode Island 10  
      2 George Washington 4  
  2 George Washington 6    
  5 Fordham 4  
  1. ↑ 11 innings.

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. St. Bonaventure's Brian Pellegrini, one of three Bonnies selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.[1]

Richmond's Thomas Martin (2002) and Bobby LeNoir (2003) were second-time selections.

Pos.NameTeam
1BDan BatzRhode Island
1BJim FasanoRichmond
DHJoe GwozdzFordham
SSBobby LeNoirRichmond
PThomas MartinRichmond
CJosh NestorRhode Island
P/OFBrian PellegriniSt. Bonaventure
PMichael ProctorSt. Bonaventure
3BMike RainvilleRhode Island
PStephen HolmesRhode Island
OFJoe RizzoSt. Bonaventure

References

  1. 1 2 "2014 Atlantic 10 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Atlantic10.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. ↑ Moritz, Amy (April 11, 2013). "Sudbrook's 600 Wins Are No Small Feat at Bona". BuffaloNews.com. Archived from the original on July 20, 2014. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  3. ↑ Bontemps, Tim (May 18, 2008). "Shout-Outs to Pellegrini, St. Bonaventure Baseball". NYPost.com. Archived from the original on July 20, 2014. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
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