2004 Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2004 Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Melching Field at Conrad Park on the campus of Stetson University in DeLand, Florida from May 26 through 29.[2] Florida Atlantic won its first and only tournament championship to earn the Atlantic Sun Conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[3]

2004 Atlantic Sun Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsFlorida Atlantic (1st title)
Winning coachKevin Cooney (1st title)
MVPRusty Brown, Florida Atlantic
2004 Atlantic Sun Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 25 UCF  y 246 .800  4718 .723
No. 30 Florida Atlantic  y 2010 .667  4717 .734
Stetson   2010 .667  3623 .610
Gardner–Webb   1911 .633  3225 .561
Troy   1515 .500  3622 .621
Campbell   1416 .467  2334 .404
Belmont   1317 .433  3123 .574
Jacksonville   1218 .400  2531 .446
Georgia State   1119 .367  1836 .333
Lipscomb   921 .300  1539 .278
Mercer   822 .267  2035 .364
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2004[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding

The top six teams (based on conference results) from the conference earn invites to the tournament.

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
UCF246.8001
Stetson2010.66742
Florida Atlantic2010.66743
Gardner–Webb1911.63354
Troy1515.50095
Campbell1416.467106
Belmont1317.43311
Jacksonville1218.40012
Georgia State1119.36713
Lipscomb921.30015
Mercer822.26716

Results

  First round Second round Third round Semi-finals Finals
                                                 
  1 UCF 6  
  6 Campbell 5     1 UCF 10  
    4 Gardner–Webb 7    
  2 Stetson 4         1 UCF 4            
  5 Troy 2           3 Florida Atlantic 7              
      2 Stetson 1           3 Florida Atlantic 21
      3 Florida Atlantic 15         5 Troy 2
  3 Florida Atlantic 7         1 UCF 7    
  4 Gardner–Webb 4       2 Stetson 3     5 Troy 9  
  6 Campbell 11     5 Troy 5  
  5 Troy 13  

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]

PosNameTeam
PChris SaxtonFlorida Atlantic
Nate MooreTroy
CDrew ButeraUCF
Henry GutierrezTroy
IFRusty BrownFlorida Atlantic
Matt RayUCF
Derek HuttonFlorida Atlantic
Evan BrannonFlorida Atlantic
OFDee BrownUCF
Tim MasciaFlorida Atlantic
Adam GodwinTroy

Tournament Most Valuable Player

Rusty Brown was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Brown was an infielder for Florida Atlantic.[4]

References

  1. 2019 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 4. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  2. Baseball Record Book (PDF). Florida Atlantic Owls. p. 36. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  3. Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 7. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  4. Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conferece. p. 13. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
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