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

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Melching Field at Conrad Park DeLand, FL
Champions	Florida Atlantic (1st title)
Winning coach	Kevin Cooney (1st title)
MVP	Rusty Brown, Florida Atlantic

2004 Atlantic Sun Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 25 UCF  ‍†‍‍^y	24	–	6		.800			47	–	18		.723
No. 30 Florida Atlantic  ‍‍‡‍^y	20	–	10		.667			47	–	17		.734
Stetson  ‍‍‍	20	–	10		.667			36	–	23		.610
Gardner–Webb  ‍‍‍	19	–	11		.633			32	–	25		.561
Troy  ‍‍‍	15	–	15		.500			36	–	22		.621
Campbell  ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			23	–	34		.404
Belmont  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			31	–	23		.574
Jacksonville  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			25	–	31		.446
Georgia State  ‍‍‍	11	–	19		.367			18	–	36		.333
Lipscomb  ‍‍‍	9	–	21		.300			15	–	39		.278
Mercer  ‍‍‍	8	–	22		.267			20	–	35		.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.

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
UCF	24	6	.800	—	1
Stetson	20	10	.667	4	2
Florida Atlantic	20	10	.667	4	3
Gardner–Webb	19	11	.633	5	4
Troy	15	15	.500	9	5
Campbell	14	16	.467	10	6
Belmont	13	17	.433	11	—
Jacksonville	12	18	.400	12	—
Georgia State	11	19	.367	13	—
Lipscomb	9	21	.300	15	—
Mercer	8	22	.267	16	—

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]

Pos	Name	Team
P	Chris Saxton	Florida Atlantic
	Nate Moore	Troy
C	Drew Butera	UCF
	Henry Gutierrez	Troy
IF	Rusty Brown	Florida Atlantic
	Matt Ray	UCF
	Derek Hutton	Florida Atlantic
	Evan Brannon	Florida Atlantic
OF	Dee Brown	UCF
	Tim Mascia	Florida Atlantic
	Adam Godwin	Troy

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.