2006 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2006 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held from May 24–28 at Jim Houlihan Park at Jack Coffey Field in The Bronx, NY. It featured the top six regular-season finishers of the conference's 14 teams. Fifth-seeded Saint Louis defeated St. Bonaventure in the title game to win the tournament for the first time, earning the Atlantic 10's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Tournament.[1]

2006 Atlantic 10 Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	6
Format	Six-team double elimination First-round byes for top two seeds
Finals site	Jim Houlihan Park at Jack Coffey Field Bronx, NY
Champions	Saint Louis (1st title)
Winning coach	Bob Hughes (1st title)
MVP	Ryan Bird, Saint Louis

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, Rhode Island and St. Bonaventure, received byes into the second round of play in the double elimination tournament.[1]

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
Rhode Island	19	6	.760	–	1
St. Bonaventure	18	8	.692	1.5	2
Dayton[lower-alpha 1]	18	9	.667	2	3
Charlotte	18	9	.667	2	4
Saint Louis	15	12	.556	5	5
George Washington	13	12	.520	6	6
Fordham	13	14	.481	7	–
La Salle	12	14	.462	7.5	–
Duquesne	12	15	.444	8	–
Richmond	12	15	.444	8	–
Massachusetts	11	16	.407	9	–
Saint Joseph's	9	18	.333	11	–
Xavier	9	18	.333	11	–
Temple	6	19	.240	13	–

1. In the tie for third place, Dayton's regular-season series sweep of Charlotte gave them the third seed.[2]

Bracket

						1	Rhode Island	2
	5	Saint Louis	3			5	Saint Louis	3
	4	Charlotte	1								5	Saint Louis	10
											2	St. Bonaventure	5
						2	St. Bonaventure	4
	6	George Washington	0			3	Dayton	3
	3	Dayton	2													5	Saint Louis	2	7
																2	St. Bonaventure	3	0
	4	Charlotte	1
	6	George Washington	3								2	St. Bonaventure	9
						1	Rhode Island	5			6	George Washington	2
						6	George Washington	6[lower-alpha 1]
	3	Dayton	1
	6	George Washington	6

1. 17 innings.

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Saint Louis pitcher Ryan Bird, one of two Billikens selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.[1][3]

George Washington's Josh Wilkie (2005) and St. Bonaventure's Joe Rizzo (2004) were second-time selections.

Pos.	Name	Team
C	Andrew Abokhair	George Washington
RP	Matt Agostinelli	St. Bonaventure
P	Ryan Bird	Saint Louis
P	Derek Haese	George Washington
OF	Charlie Kruer	George Washington
OF	Randy Moley	St. Bonaventure
C	Bill Musselman	Saint Louis
P	Dan Pfau	George Washington
OF	Joe Rizzo	St. Bonaventure
P	Luke Trubee	Dayton
P	Josh Wilkie	George Washington
P	John Zinnicker	St. Bonaventure

Notes

• The George Washington-Rhode Island 17 inning game was the longest in tournament history

References

1. "2014 Atlantic 10 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Atlantic10.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
2. "2006 Baseball Schedule". DaytonFlyers.com. Dayton Athletic Communications. Archived from the original on July 28, 2014. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
3. "Former SLU Pitcher Joins Miners". OurSportsCentral.com. March 31, 2008. Archived from the original on July 19, 2014. Retrieved July 19, 2014.