2012 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2012 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 23–26. The top six regular season finishers of the league's thirteen teams met in the double-elimination tournament at Jim Houlihan Park at Jack Coffey Field on the campus of Fordham University in Bronx, NY. Second seed Dayton won their first tournament championship and claimed the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

2012 Atlantic 10 Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Houlihan Park Bronx, NY
Champions	Dayton (1st title)
Winning coach	Tony Vittorio (1st title)
MVP	Burny Mitchem, Dayton

2012 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Saint Louis  ‍†‍‍	17	–	7	–	0		.708			41	–	18	–	0		.695
Dayton  ‍†‍‡‍^y	17	–	7	–	0		.708			31	–	30	–	0		.508
Rhode Island  ‍‍‍	16	–	8	–	0		.667			33	–	25	–	1		.568
Richmond  ‍‍‍	14	–	10	–	0		.583			30	–	26	–	0		.536
UMass  ‍‍‍	14	–	10	–	0		.583			22	–	22	–	0		.500
Saint Joseph's  ‍‍‍	13	–	10	–	0		.565			25	–	32	–	0		.439
Xavier  ‍‍‍	13	–	11	–	0		.542			28	–	28	–	0		.500
Fordham  ‍‍‍	12	–	12	–	0		.500			22	–	34	–	0		.393
St. Bonaventure  ‍‍‍	10	–	14	–	0		.417			23	–	25	–	0		.479
Charlotte  ‍‍‍	9	–	14	–	0		.391			21	–	32	–	0		.396
La Salle  ‍‍‍	7	–	17	–	0		.292			20	–	33	–	0		.377
Temple  ‍‍‍	7	–	17	–	0		.292			19	–	34	–	0		.358
George Washington  ‍‍‍	6	–	18	–	0		.250			20	–	35	–	0		.364
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2012[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

Seeding and format

The top six finishers from the regular season were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage. The bottom four seeds played on the first day, with the losers of each game playing an elimination game in Game 3. On day 2, the winners of games 1 and 2 played the top two seeds. Higher seeds were protected by playing lower seeds or playing later elimination games. Saint Louis claimed the top seed over Dayton and UMass claimed the fourth seed over Richmond by tiebreaker.[4]

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
Saint Louis	17	7	.708	–	1
Dayton	17	7	.708	–	2
Rhode Island	16	8	.667	1	3
UMass	14	10	.583	3	4
Richmond	14	10	.583	3	5
Saint Joseph's	13	10	.565	3.5	6
Xavier	13	11	.542	4	–
Fordham	12	12	.500	5	–
St. Bonaventure	10	14	.417	7	–
Charlotte	9	14	.391	7.5	–
La Salle	7	17	.292	10	–
Temple	7	17	.292	10	–
George Washington	6	18	.250	11	–

Results

	First Round					Second Round					Semifinals					Finals
						5	Richmond	6
	5	Richmond	9			1	Saint Louis	0
	4	UMass	4								2	Dayton	9
											5	Richmond	5
						6	Saint Joseph's	3
	6	Saint Joseph's	3			2	Dayton	4
	3	Rhode Island	0													2	Dayton	3	—
																5	Richmond	0	—
	3	Rhode Island	6
	4	UMass	5								5	Richmond	3
						6	Saint Joseph's	0			1	Saint Louis	2
						1	Saint Louis	6
	3	Rhode Island	2
	6	Saint Joseph's	3

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]

Richmond's Jacob Mayers, also selected in 2011, was a second-time selection.

POS	Name	School	Class
P	Burny Mitchem	Dayton	SR
P	Alex Pracher	Saint Joseph's	GR
P	Clay Smith	Saint Louis	SO
P	Zach Sterling	Richmond	FR
C	Josh Jeffery	Dayton	SR
1B	Dylan Begin	UMass	SO
3B	Robby Sunderman	Dayton	SO
OF	Chris Famiglietti	Rhode Island	JR
OF	Ian Hundley	Dayton	JR
OF	Phil Ruzbarsky	Richmond	SR
OF	Brett Tiagwad	Saint Joseph's	SR
DH	Jacob Mayers	Richmond	JR

Most Valuable Player

Burny Mitchem was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Mitchem was a senior pitcher for Dayton, who earned a pair of saves including in the 3–0 final over Richmond.[3]

References

1. "Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Standings & Leaders". Atlantic 10 Conference. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
2. "Conference Championship Central". ncaa.org. Archived from the original on May 18, 2012. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
3. "Dayton Wins Atlantic 10 Baseball Championship". atlantic10.com. May 26, 2012. Archived from the original on April 23, 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
4. "Atlantic 10 Conference Championships". atlantic10.com. Retrieved May 13, 2012.