2019 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2019 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 22 to 25. The top seven regular season finishers of the league's twelve teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Jim Houlihan Park at Jack Coffey Field, the home field of Fordham in The Bronx. The winner, Fordham, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

2019 Atlantic 10 Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	7
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Houlihan Park The Bronx
Champions	Fordham (2nd title)
Winning coach	Kevin Leighton (1st title)
MVP	,
Television	ESPN+

2019 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
VCU  ‍†‍‍	19	–	5	–	0		.792			39	–	19	–	0		.672
Davidson  ‍‍‍	14	–	6	–	0		.700			29	–	22	–	0		.569
Dayton  ‍‍‍	16	–	8	–	0		.667			32	–	26	–	1		.551
Fordham  ‍‍‡‍^y	15	–	9	–	0		.625			38	–	24	–	0		.613
Richmond  ‍‍‍	13	–	8	–	0		.619			28	–	25	–	1		.528
Rhode Island  ‍‍‍	14	–	9	–	0		.609			24	–	29	–	0		.453
Saint Louis  ‍‍‍	13	–	11	–	0		.542			25	–	30	–	0		.455
Saint Joseph's  ‍‍‍	13	–	11	–	0		.542			21	–	28	–	0		.429
George Washington  ‍‍‍	11	–	13	–	0		.458			30	–	24	–	0		.556
UMass  ‍‍‍	8	–	14	–	0		.364			18	–	27	–	0		.400
St. Bonaventure  ‍‍‍	6	–	18	–	0		.250			13	–	32	–	0		.289
George Mason  ‍‍‍	5	–	19	–	0		.208			19	–	35	–	0		.352
La Salle  ‍‍‍	4	–	20	–	0		.167			25	–	31	–	0		.446
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 4, 2019[1]; Rankings from D1Baseball

Seeding and format

The tournament used the same format adopted in 2014, with the top seven finishers from the regular season seeded one through seven. The top seed received a single bye while remaining seeds played on the first day.

Results

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Semifinals					Finals
	Winner's Bracket
						1	VCU	1
						4	Fordham	2
	4	Fordham	7
	5	Richmond	6^10
											4	Fordham	4
											3	Dayton	2
	3	Dayton	5
	6	Rhode Island	2
						3	Dayton	7
						2	Davidson	3
	2	Davidson	2
	7	Saint Louis	0																		4	Fordham	4	–
																					3	Dayton	3^12	–
	Loser's Bracket
	6	Rhode Island	2
	7	Saint Louis	1^10			6	Rhode Island	2
						2	Davidson	4
											2	Davidson	6
											5	Richmond	3			2	Davidson	2
						5	Richmond	6								3	Dayton	5
						1	VCU	2

Conference championship

Atlantic 10 Championship
(3) Dayton Flyers	vs.	(4) Fordham Rams

May 25, 2019, 12:00 pm (EDT) at Houlihan Park in The Bronx, New York, 66 °F (19 °C), mostly sunny

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
(3) Dayton	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	9	2
(4) Fordham	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	8	1
WP: Cory Wall (2–1)   LP: Cole Pletka (4–3)   Sv: None Home runs: DAY: Alex Brickman (7) FORD: None

References

1. "Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
2. "2019 A-10 Baseball Championship". Atlantic 10 Conference. Retrieved December 8, 2018.