2011 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2011 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held from May 25–28 at Campbell's Field in Camden, NJ. It featured the top six regular-season finishers of the conference's 13 teams. Top-seeded Charlotte defeated Richmond in the title game to win the tournament for the third time, earning the A-10's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Tournament.[2][3]

2011 Atlantic 10 Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatSix-team double elimination
First-round byes for top two seeds
Finals site
ChampionsCharlotte (3rd title)
Winning coachLoren Hibbs (3rd title)
MVPCorey Shaylor, Charlotte
2011 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Charlotte  y 177 .708  4316 .729
Rhode Island   169 .640  3133 .484
Dayton   159 .625  3227 .542
Xavier   1410 .583  3027 .526
La Salle   1311 .542  2826 .519
Richmond   1311 .542  2927 .518
St. Bonaventure   1311 .542  2323 .500
Fordham   1211 .522  3123 .574
Saint Joseph's   1113 .458  2131 .404
Saint Louis   1014 .417  2926 .527
George Washington   915 .375  1936 .345
UMass   815 .348  1729 .370
Temple   420 .167  2429 .453
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2011[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding

The league's top six teams, based on winning percentage in the 24-game regular-season schedule, were seeded one through six. The top two seeds, Charlotte and Rhode Island, received byes into the second round of play in the double elimination tournament.[2]

TeamWLTPct.GBSeed
Charlotte1770.708
1
Rhode Island1680.667
1
2
Dayton1590.625
2
3
Xavier14100.583
3
4
Richmond[lower-alpha 1]13110.542
4
5
La Salle[lower-alpha 2]13110.542
4
6
St. Bonaventure[lower-alpha 3]13110.542
4
Fordham12111.521
4.5
Saint Joseph's11130.458
6
Saint Louis10140.417
7
George Washington9150.375
8
UMass8151.354
8.5
Temple4200.167
13
  1. In the three-way tie for fifth place, Richmond received the fifth seed due to its 5-1 cumulative record against La Salle and St. Bonaventure.[4]
  2. In the three-way tie for fifth place, La Salle received the sixth seed due to its 3-3 cumulative record against Richmond and St. Bonaventure.[5]
  3. In the three-way tie for fifth place, St. Bonaventure was left out of the tournament due to its 1-5 cumulative record against Richmond and La Salle.[6]

Results

             
                                       
      1 Charlotte 6  
  5 Richmond 5     5 Richmond 0    
  4 Xavier 4         1 Charlotte 5  
      2 Rhode Island 2    
    2 Rhode Island 7          
  6 La Salle 6     6 La Salle 4        
  3 Dayton 5         1 Charlotte 9
      5 Richmond 4
         
  4 Xavier 0        
  3 Dayton 1         2 Rhode Island 2    
      5 Richmond 10     5 Richmond 7  
      3 Dayton 3  
  6 La Salle 5    
  3 Dayton 10  

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Charlotte's Corey Shaylor, one of four 49ers selected, was named the Most Outstanding Player.[2][7]

NameTeam
Jeff FlaxLa Salle
Cameron HobsonDayton
C.J. GillmanDayton
Jeff CammansRhode Island
Jacob MayersRichmond
Matt ZinkRichmond
Mike MergenthalerRichmond
Chris CowellRichmond
Justin RolandCharlotte
Ross SteedleyCharlotte
Andrew SmithCharlotte
Corey ShaylorCharlotte

References

  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1982". Boyd's World. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  2. "2014 Atlantic 10 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Atlantic10.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  3. Stark, Andrew (July 15, 2014). "Hibbs Leads 49ers into NCAA Baseball Tournament". CharlotteObserver.com. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  4. "Baseball - 2011 Schedule/Results". RichmondSpiders.com. Richmond Athletic Communications. Archived from the original on June 26, 2013. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  5. "2011 Baseball Schedule". GoExplorers.com. La Salle Athletic Communications. Archived from the original on July 21, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  6. "2011 Schedule". GoBonnies.com. St. Bonaventure Athletic Communications. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  7. "Alumni Update: Wilson, 49ers Win A-10 Title". Citizen-Times.com. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
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