2009 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2009 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held from May 20–23 at Fifth Third Field in Dayton, OH. It featured the top six regular-season finishers of the conference's 14 teams. Third-seeded Xavier defeated Rhode Island in the title game to win the tournament for the first time, earning the A-10's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Tournament.[1][2][3]

2009 Atlantic 10 Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatSix-team double elimination
First-round byes for top two seeds
Finals site
  • Fifth Third Field (Dayton)
  • Dayton, OH
ChampionsXavier (1st title)
Winning coachScott Googins (1st title)
MVPBilly O'Conner, Xavier

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

In the three-way tie for fourth-place, the conference's tiebreaking procedures gave Massachusetts the fourth seed, Fordham the fifth, and Charlotte the sixth.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Dayton216.778
–
1
Rhode Island196.760
1
2
Xavier189.667
3
3
Massachusetts1611.593
5
4
Fordham1611.593
5
5
Charlotte1611.593
5
6
Saint Louis1213.480
8
–
George Washington1115.423
9.5
–
Temple1115.423
9.5
–
Richmond1116.407
10
–
Saint Joseph's917.346
11.5
–
St. Bonaventure917.346
11.5
–
La Salle818.308
12.5
–
Duquesne719.269
13.5
–

Bracket
             
                                       
      1 Dayton 9  
  5 Fordham 4     4 Massachusetts 5    
  4 Massachusetts 5         1 Dayton 2  
      2 Rhode Island 9    
    2 Rhode Island 7          
  6 Charlotte 6     3 Xavier 6        
  3 Xavier 8         2 Rhode Island 7 1
      3 Xavier 9 10
         
  5 Fordham 10        
  6 Charlotte 13         1 Dayton 3    
      3 Xavier 6     3 Xavier 11  
      4 Massachusetts 4  
  4 Massachusetts 6[lower-alpha 1]    
  6 Charlotte 5  
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All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Xavier's Billy O'Conner, one of six Musketeers selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.[1]

Xavier's Jordan Conley and Charlotte's Rob Lyerly, both selected in 2008, were second-time selections.

Pos.NameTeam
SSJordan ConleyXavier
OFTom CoulombeRhode Island
1BBobby FrekingXavier
1BMike GedmanMassachusetts
PNick GreenwoodRhode Island
2BZack JacobsXavier
1BRob LyerlyCharlotte
3BJohn McCambridgeXavier
CBilly O'ConnerXavier
2BOliver PalmerRhode Island
PZac RichardXavier
DHBen ThomasXavier
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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. "Baseball Downed by Xavier, 10-1, in A-10 Championship Game". GoRhody.com. Rhode Island Athletic Communications. May 23, 2009. Archived from the original on July 16, 2014. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
  3. "Xavier Baseball Wins Big East Championship". Cincinnati.com. Xavier Athletic Communications. May 26, 2014. Archived from the original on July 16, 2014. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
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