2005 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2005 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held from May 25–28 at Fifth Third Field in Dayton, OH. It featured the top two regular-season finishers of each six-team division, plus the next two best finishers. Top-seeded Rhode Island defeated George Washington in the title game to win the tournament for the first time, earning the Atlantic 10's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Tournament.[1]

2005 Atlantic 10 Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatSix-team double elimination
First-round byes for division winners
Finals site
ChampionsRhode Island (1st title)
Winning coachFrank Leoni (1st title)
MVPWayne Russo, Rhode Island

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.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
East Division
Rhode Island186.750
–
1
Fordham177.708
1
3
Massachusetts915.375
9
–
St. Bonaventure816.333
10
–
Saint Joseph's816.333
10
–
Temple816.333
10
–
West Division
George Washington177.708
–
2
Dayton168.667
1
4
Duquesne1311.542
4
5
Richmond1212.500
5
6
La Salle915.375
8
–
Xavier915.375
8
–

Bracket
             
                                       
      1 Rhode Island 7  
  5 Duquesne 5     4 Dayton 4    
  4 Dayton 8         1 Rhode Island 8  
      6 Richmond 3    
    2 George Washington 3          
  6 Richmond 4[lower-alpha 1]     6 Richmond 10        
  3 Fordham 1         1 Rhode Island 9 –
      2 George Washington 7 –
         
  5 Duquesne 9        
  3 Fordham 4         6 Richmond 4    
      2 George Washington 4     2 George Washington 10  
      4 Dayton 2  
  4 Dayton 13    
  5 Duquesne 9  
  1. 13 innings.

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Rhode Island second baseman Wayne Russo, one of four Rams selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.[1][2]

Rhode Island's Josh Nestor (2004) and George Washington's Ryan Roberson (2003) were second-time selections.

Pos.NameTeam
PRob BerzinskasRichmond
OFBryan ChandlerDayton
PTom DavisFordham
OFBrandon GodzikDayton
OFDaryl HolcombRhode Island
OFAndrew JusticeRichmond
CJosh NestorRhode Island
1BRyan RobersonGeorge Washington
2BWayne RussoRhode Island
OFDavid SavardRhode Island
OFBill TorreDuquesne
PJosh WilkieGeorge Washington

References
  1. "2014 Atlantic 10 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Atlantic10.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. Owens, Ed (May 31, 2005). "Russo Named MOP as Rams Capture First NCAA Berth". CranstonOnline.com. Archived from the original on July 20, 2014. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
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