2012 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament

The 2012 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament was held at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park in Harrisonburg, VA from May 23 through May 26. The top six finishers from the regular season competed in the double-elimination tournament. Top seeded UNC Wilmington won their third title and earned the Colonial Athletic Association's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

2012 Colonial Athletic Association
Baseball Tournament

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park Harrisonburg, VA
Champions	UNC Wilmington (3rd title)
Winning coach	Mark Scalf (3rd title)
MVP	Jimmy Yezzo, Delaware

2012 Colonial Athletic Association baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
UNC Wilmington  ‍†‍‡‍^y	24	–	6	–	0		.800			39	–	23	–	0		.629
Hofstra  ‍‍‍	20	–	10	–	0		.667			34	–	22	–	0		.607
Delaware  ‍‍‍	17	–	13	–	0		.567			31	–	27	–	0		.534
George Mason  ‍‍‍	16	–	14	–	0		.533			33	–	24	–	0		.579
VCU  ‍‍‍	15	–	15	–	0		.500			34	–	25	–	0		.576
Towson  ‍‍‍	15	–	15	–	0		.500			27	–	31	–	0		.466
Georgia State  ‍‍‍	14	–	16	–	0		.467			24	–	31	–	0		.436
Northeastern  ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0		.433			23	–	28	–	0		.451
William & Mary  ‍‍‍	12	–	18	–	0		.400			31	–	25	–	0		.554
James Madison  ‍‍‍	10	–	20	–	0		.333			16	–	35	–	2		.321
Old Dominion  ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0		.300			19	–	34	–	0		.358
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2012[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

Seeding and format

This was the first year of the six team format, as previous seasons consisted of a four team tournament. The top six teams from the regular season, based on conference winning percentage, made the field.

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
UNC Wilmington	24	6	.800	–	1
Hofstra	20	10	.667	4	2
Delaware	17	13	.567	7	3
George Mason	16	14	.533	8	4
VCU	15	15	.500	9	5
Towson	15	15	.500	9	6
Georgia State	14	16	.467	10	–
Northeastern	13	17	.433	11	–
William & Mary	12	18	.400	12	–
James Madison	10	20	.333	14	–
Old Dominion	9	21	.300	15	–

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
Winner's Bracket
	6	Towson	7			3	Delaware	11
	3	Delaware	8			2	Hofstra	3
											3	Delaware	2
											1	UNC Wilmington	3
	5	VCU	11			5	VCU	5
	4	George Mason	7			1	UNC Wilmington	8
																					3	Delaware	11	8
Loser's Bracket																					1	UNC Wilmington	9	10
	4	George Mason	8
	6	Towson	16
						6	Towson	9
						5	VCU	14
											2	Hofstra	4
											5	VCU	2
																3	Delaware	12
																2	Hofstra	9

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3][4]

Name	School
Jimmy Yezzo	Delaware
D. J. Long	Delaware
Alex Maruri	Delaware
Eric Young	Delaware
Matt Campbell	UNC Wilmington
Thomas Pope	UNC Wilmington
Tyler Molinaro	UNC Wilmington
Mat Batts	UNC Wilmington
Tyler McSwain	UNC Wilmington
Brent Mikionis	VCU
Zach Fisher	Towson
Zack Helgeson	George Mason

Most Outstanding Player

Jimmy Yezzo was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Yezzo was a first baseman for Delaware, and set a tournament record with 15 hits while batting .571, scoring ten runs, and driving in 11.[3]

References

1. "Baseball standings". CAASports.com. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
2. "2012 CAA Baseball Championship". caasports.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2012-04-03.
3. "UNCW Wins CAA Baseball Title". caasports.com. May 26, 2012. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
4. Baseball Record Book (PDF). Colonial Athletic Association. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 7, 2012. Retrieved November 19, 2013.