2004 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2004 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held from May 26–30 at Dodd Stadium in Norwich, CT. It featured the top two regular-season finishers of each six-team division, plus the next two best finishers. Fourth-seeded St. Bonaventure defeated Rhode Island in the title game to win the tournament for the first time, earning the Atlantic 10's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Tournament.[1][2][3]
| Teams | 6 |
|---|---|
| Format | Six-team double elimination First-round byes for division winners |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | St. Bonaventure (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Larry Sudbrook (1st title) |
| MVP | Brian Pellegrini, St. Bonaventure |
Seeding and format
The league's top six teams, based on winning percentage in the 24-game regular season schedule, qualified for the field. The top two teams in each division qualified for the tournament automatically; the two division winners, Rhode Island in the East and George Washington in the West, received the top two seeds and byes through to the second round of the double elimination tournament.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | 20 | 4 | .833 | ||
| St. Bonaventure | 14 | 7 | .667 | ||
| Fordham | 13 | 11 | .542 | ||
| Massachusetts | 10 | 14 | .417 | ||
| Temple | 10 | 14 | .417 | ||
| Saint Joseph's | 4 | 20 | .167 | ||
| George Washington | 19 | 5 | .792 | ||
| Richmond | 17 | 7 | .708 | ||
| Duquesne | 11 | 10 | .524 | ||
| Dayton | 11 | 13 | .458 | ||
| Xavier | 7 | 17 | .292 | ||
| La Salle | 5 | 19 | .208 | ||
Bracket
| 1 | Rhode Island | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Fordham | 4 | 4 | St. Bonaventure | 7[lower-alpha 1] | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | St. Bonaventure | 5 | 4 | St. Bonaventure | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Richmond | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | George Washington | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Duquesne | 2 | 3 | Richmond | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Richmond | 4 | 4 | St. Bonaventure | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Rhode Island | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Fordham | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Duquesne | 3 | 3 | Richmond | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Rhode Island | 8 | 1 | Rhode Island | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | George Washington | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | George Washington | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Fordham | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
- 11 innings.
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. St. Bonaventure's Brian Pellegrini, one of three Bonnies selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.[1]
Richmond's Thomas Martin (2002) and Bobby LeNoir (2003) were second-time selections.
| Pos. | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 1B | Dan Batz | Rhode Island |
| 1B | Jim Fasano | Richmond |
| DH | Joe Gwozdz | Fordham |
| SS | Bobby LeNoir | Richmond |
| P | Thomas Martin | Richmond |
| C | Josh Nestor | Rhode Island |
| P/OF | Brian Pellegrini | St. Bonaventure |
| P | Michael Proctor | St. Bonaventure |
| 3B | Mike Rainville | Rhode Island |
| P | Stephen Holmes | Rhode Island |
| OF | Joe Rizzo | St. Bonaventure |
References
- "2014 Atlantic 10 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Atlantic10.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- Moritz, Amy (April 11, 2013). "Sudbrook's 600 Wins Are No Small Feat at Bona". BuffaloNews.com. Archived from the original on July 20, 2014. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
- Bontemps, Tim (May 18, 2008). "Shout-Outs to Pellegrini, St. Bonaventure Baseball". NYPost.com. Archived from the original on July 20, 2014. Retrieved July 20, 2014.