2016 Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2016 Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Ken Dugan Field at Stephen Lee Marsh Stadium on the campus of Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee from May 25 through 28. Sixth-seeded Stetson won their seventh tournament championship and claimed the Atlantic Sun Conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3][4]

2016 Atlantic Sun Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsStetson (7th title)
Winning coachPete Dunn (7th title)
MVPCory Reid, Stetson
2016 Atlantic Sun Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Kennesaw State  ‍†‍‍ 17–4 .810  29–27 .518
North Florida  ‍‍‍ 15–6 .714  39–19 .672
Jacksonville  ‍‍‍ 14–7 .667  33–22 .600
Lipscomb  ‍‍‍ 12–9 .571  31–27 .534
Stetson  ‍‍‡‍y 9–12 .429  29–31 .483
Florida Gulf Coast  ‍‍‍ 9–12 .429  27–32 .458
USC Upstate  ‍‍‍ 5–15 .250  22–30 .423
NJIT  ‍‍‍ 2–18 .100  17–36 .321
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2016[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The 2016 tournament was a double-elimination tournament in which the top six of the conference's eight members participated. Seeds were determined based on conference winning percentage from the round-robin regular season.[5]

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Kennesaw State174.810
—
1
North Florida156.714
2
2
Jacksonville147.667
3
3
Lipscomb129.571
5
4
Florida Gulf Coast912.429
8
5
Stetson912.429
8
6
USC Upstate515.250
11.5
—
NJIT218.100
14.5
—

Bracket and results
  First round Second round Third round Semi-finals Finals
                                                 
  1 Kennesaw State 7  
  6 Stetson 13     6 Stetson 9  
    3 Jacksonville 7    
  2 North Florida 12         6 Stetson 7            
  5 Florida Gulf Coast 6           2 North Florida 6              
      2 North Florida 1           6 Stetson 5 —
      4 Lipscomb 0         5 Florida Gulf Coast 4 —
  3 Jacksonville 8         2 North Florida 2    
  4 Lipscomb 10       5 Florida Gulf Coast 8     5 Florida Gulf Coast 3  
  1 Kennesaw State 0     4 Lipscomb 6  
  5 Florida Gulf Coast 6  

All-Tournament Team

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

NameTeam
Garrett AndersonFGCU
Kyle BrooksNorth Florida
John FussellStetson
Austin HaleStetson
Matt ReardonFGCU
Cory ReidStetson
Kirk SidwellStetson
Lee SolomonLipscomb
Tevin SymonetteLipscomb
Vance VizcainoStetson

Most Valuable Player

Cory Reid was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Reid was a third baseman for Stetson who drove in 8 runs and recorded six extra base hits for the tournament.[4]

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References
  1. "Atlantic Sun Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  2. "2015-16 Atlantic Sun Championship Calendar". Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
  3. "2016 Baseball Championship Central". Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  4. "Hatters' Historic Championship Run Ends With Seventh ASUNBB Title". Atlantic Sun Conference. May 28, 2016. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  5. "College baseball: 2016 Atlantic Sun tournament pairings". Naples Daily News. Naples, Florida. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
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