2008 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament

2008 Atlantic 10 Conference
Baseball TournamentTeams| 6

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Format| Six-team double elimination
First-round byes for top two seeds
Finals site|

* Campbell's Field
* Camden, NJ

Champions| Charlotte (2nd title)
Winning coach| Loren Hibbs (2nd title)
MVP| Rob Lyerly (Charlotte)

* ← 2007
* Baseball Tournament
* 2009 →

The 2008 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held from May 21–24 at Campbell's Field in Camden, NJ. It featured the top six regular-season finishers of the conference's 14 teams. Second-seeded Charlotte defeated Xavier in the title game to win the tournament for the second straight year, earning the A-10's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Tournament.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Seeding and format
* 2 Bracket
* 3 All-Tournament Team
* 4 Notes
* 5 References

## Seeding and format[edit]

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, Xavier and Charlotte, received byes into the second round of play in the double elimination tournament.[1]

In the tie for first place, the conference's tiebreaking procedures gave Xavier the top seed.

Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed

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Xavier | 19 | 8 | .704 |

Charlotte | 19 | 8 | .704 |

Duquesne | 16 | 10 | .615 |

2.5

Temple | 16 | 11 | .593 |

Rhode Island | 15 | 11 | .574 |

3.5

St. Bonaventure | 15 | 12 | .556 |

Dayton | 13 | 14 | .481 |

Fordham | 13 | 14 | .481 |

George Washington | 11 | 16 | .407 |

La Salle | 11 | 16 | .407 |

Massachusetts | 11 | 16 | .407 |

Richmond | 10 | 16 | .389 |

8.5

Saint Louis | 9 | 17 | .346 |

9.5

Saint Joseph's | 9 | 18 | .333 |

## Bracket[edit]

| Round of 16 | | | Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | | | Finals |

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| | | | 1 | Xavier | 4 | | |
| 5 | Rhode Island | 7 | | | 5 | Rhode Island | 11 |
| 4 | Temple | 1 | | | Winner's bracket| | | 5 | Rhode Island | 1 |
| | | | | | 2 | Charlotte | 11 |
| | | | 2 | Charlotte | 13 | | | |
| 6 | St. Bonaventure | 6 | | | 3 | Duquesne | 7 |
| 3 | Duquesne | 16 | | | | 2 | Charlotte | 411 | – |
| | | | | | | 1 | Xavier | 3 | – |
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| | | | Loser's bracket| | | 5 | Rhode Island | 0 |
| 4 | Temple | 5 | | | | | 1 | Xavier | 3 |
| 6 | St. Bonaventure | 2 | | | 1 | Xavier | 9 | |
| 3 | Duquesne | 10 | | | 3 | Duquesne | 5 |
| 4 | Temple | 7 | |

## All-Tournament Team[edit]

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Charlotte's Rob Lyerly, one of four 49ers selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.[1][2]

Duquesne's Bill Torre (2005) was a second-time selection.

Pos. | Name | Team

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1B | Alex Burt | Charlotte
IF | Jordan Conley | Xavier
P | Mike Creevy | Xavier
IF | Rob Lyerly | Charlotte
C | Derek Mechling | Duquesne
P | Mike Mongiardini | Temple
OF | Stan Orzechowski | Temple
P | Brett Palanski | Rhode Island
P | Danny Rosenbaum | Xavier
P | Luke Stahl | Charlotte
OF | O'Brien Taylor | Charlotte
IF | Bill Torre | Duquesne

## Notes[edit]

* This was Duquesne's final appearance in the tournament as the baseball program folded in 2010 due to budget cuts.

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c "2014 Atlantic 10 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Atlantic10.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 19, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
2. ^ Phillips, Duncan (February 4, 2009). "49ers Look to Lyerly". CollegeBaseballInsider.com. CollegeBaseballInsider.com. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved July 18, 2014.

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