2007 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament

2007 Atlantic 10 Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams 6
Format Six-team double elimination
First-round byes for top two seeds
Finals Site
Champions Charlotte (1st title)
Winning coach Loren Hibbs (1st title)
MVP Shayne Moody Charlotte

The 2007 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held from May 23–26 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.[1]

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.[1]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Charlotte234.852
–
1
Fordham198.704
4
2
Richmond189.667
5
3
Xavier1710.630
6
4
Rhode Island1611.593
7
5
St. Bonaventure1412.538
8.5
6
George Washington1413.519
9
–
Massachusetts1314.481
10
–
Saint Louis1214.462
10.5
–
Duquesne1017.370
13
–
Dayton918.333
14
–
Temple918.333
14
–
La Salle819.296
15
–
Saint Joseph's621.222
17
–

Bracket

             
                                       
      1 Charlotte 11  
  5 Rhode Island 4     5 Rhode Island 1    
  4 Xavier 3         1 Charlotte 15  
      2 Fordham 2    
    2 Fordham 3          
  6 St. Bonaventure 2     3 Richmond 1        
  3 Richmond 8         1 Charlotte 18 –
      2 Fordham 6 –
         
  4 Xavier 15        
  6 St. Bonaventure 11         2 Fordham 11    
      3 Richmond 5     3 Richmond 9  
      4 Xavier 4  
  5 Rhode Island 0    
  4 Xavier 3  

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.[1][2][3]

Pos.NameTeam
PAlex HaleRichmond
2BAdam LipskiXavier
PMichael LucesXavier
OFBrad McElroyCharlotte
PAdam MillsCharlotte
SSShayne MoodyCharlotte
CFAdam PasonoXavier
2BEric ReeseFordham
PCory RiordanFordham
CKris RochelleCharlotte
DHChris TaylorCharlotte
DHAlex WotringRichmond

References

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