2010 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament
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| Classification | Division I | ||
| Season | 2010 | ||
| Teams | 6 | ||
| Format | Six-team double elimination First-round byes for top two seeds |
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| Site | Campbell's Field Camden, NJ |
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| Champions | Saint Louis (2nd title) | ||
| Winning coach | Darin Hendrickson (1st title) | ||
| MVP | Bryant Cotton (Saint Louis) | ||
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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]
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]
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
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| Charlotte | 20 | 7 | .741 |
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| Xavier | 18 | 9 | .667 |
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| Rhode Island | 17 | 10 | .630 |
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| Fordham[lower-alpha 1] | 15 | 12 | .556 |
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| Saint Louis | 15 | 12 | .556 |
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| La Salle[lower-alpha 2] | 14 | 13 | .519 |
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| George Washington | 14 | 13 | .519 |
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| Massachusetts | 13 | 14 | .481 |
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| Saint Joseph's | 13 | 14 | .481 |
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| Dayton | 12 | 15 | .444 |
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| Richmond | 10 | 17 | .370 |
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| Duquesne | 10 | 17 | .370 |
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| Temple | 10 | 17 | .370 |
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| St. Bonaventure | 8 | 19 | .296 |
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- ↑ Fordham was given the fourth seed over Saint Louis because of its regular season series win against the Billikens.[3]
- ↑ 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.
| Name | Team |
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| Shane Brown | Charlotte |
| Ryan Rivers | Charlotte |
| Tim Boyce | Rhode Island |
| Tom Coulombe | Rhode Island |
| Mike LeBel | Rhode Island |
| Jason Bell | Saint Louis |
| Ben Braaten | Saint Louis |
| Bryant Cotton | Saint Louis |
| Mike Levine | Saint Louis |
| Bobby Freking | Xavier |
| Tommy Shirley | Xavier |
References
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