2010 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2010 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held from May 26–29 at Campbell's Field in Camden, NJ. It featured the top six regular-season finishers of the conference's 14 teams. Fifth-seeded Saint Louis defeated Charlotte in the title game to win the tournament for the second time, earning the A-10's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Tournament.[1][2]

2010 Atlantic 10 Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatSix-team double elimination
First-round byes for top two seeds
Finals site
ChampionsSaint Louis (2nd title)
Winning coachDarin Hendrickson (1st title)
MVPBryant Cotton, Saint Louis

Seeding

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

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Charlotte207.741
–
1
Xavier189.667
2
2
Rhode Island1710.630
3
3
Fordham[lower-alpha 1]1512.556
5
4
Saint Louis1512.556
5
5
La Salle[lower-alpha 2]1413.519
6
6
George Washington1413.519
6
–
Massachusetts1314.481
7
–
Saint Joseph's1314.481
7
–
Dayton1215.444
8
–
Richmond1017.370
10
–
Duquesne1017.370
10
–
Temple1017.370
10
–
St. Bonaventure819.296
12
–
  1. Fordham was given the fourth seed over Saint Louis because of its regular season series win against the Billikens.[3]
  2. La Salle was given the sixth seed over George Washington because of its better record against common conference opponents Dayton, Duquesne, Fordham, Massachusetts, St. Bonaventure, and Temple. La Salle went 11-7 against these six teams, while George Washington went 10-8.[4][5]

Bracket
             
                                       
      1 Charlotte 2  
  5 Saint Louis 16     5 Saint Louis 3    
  4 Fordham 11         5 Saint Louis 12  
      2 Xavier 9    
    2 Xavier 4          
  6 La Salle 2     3 Rhode Island 2        
  3 Rhode Island 7         5 Saint Louis 5 –
      1 Charlotte 4 –
         
  4 Fordham 8        
  6 La Salle 10         2 Xavier 7    
      1 Charlotte 7     1 Charlotte 18  
      3 Rhode Island 3  
  3 Rhode Island 7    
  6 La Salle 2  

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Saint Louis's Bryant Cotton, one of four Billikens selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.[1][6]

Rhode Island's Tom Coulombe and Xavier's Bobby Freking, both chosen in 2009, were second-time selections.

NameTeam
Shane BrownCharlotte
Ryan RiversCharlotte
Tim BoyceRhode Island
Tom CoulombeRhode Island
Mike LeBelRhode Island
Jason BellSaint Louis
Ben BraatenSaint Louis
Bryant CottonSaint Louis
Mike LevineSaint Louis
Bobby FrekingXavier
Tommy ShirleyXavier

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. Slater, Darryl (May 31, 2013). "Saint Louis Finds Uncommon Success Under Coach Who Recognized His Calling". PostAndCourier.com. Archived from the original on July 4, 2014. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
  3. "2010 Baseball Schedule". FordhamSports.com. Fordham Athletic Communications. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  4. "2010 Baseball Schedule". GoExplorers.com. La Salle Athletic Communications. Archived from the original on July 21, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  5. "Schedule". GWSports.com. George Washington Athletic Communications. Archived from the original on July 16, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  6. Ackels, Chris (August 16, 2010). "Marquee Year Ends Quietly for Baseball". UNewsOnline.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
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