2019 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2019 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 22 to 25. The top seven regular season finishers of the league's twelve teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Jim Houlihan Park at Jack Coffey Field, the home field of Fordham in The Bronx. The winner, Fordham, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

2019 Atlantic 10 Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams7
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsFordham (2nd title)
Winning coachKevin Leighton (1st title)
MVPNick Labella,
TelevisionESPN+
2019 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
VCU  ‍†‍‍ 19–5–0 .792  39–19–0 .672
Davidson  ‍‍‍ 14–6–0 .700  29–22–0 .569
Dayton  ‍‍‍ 16–8–0 .667  32–26–1 .551
Fordham  ‍‍‡‍y 15–9–0 .625  38–24–0 .613
Richmond  ‍‍‍ 13–8–0 .619  28–25–1 .528
Rhode Island  ‍‍‍ 14–9–0 .609  24–29–0 .453
Saint Louis  ‍‍‍ 13–11–0 .542  25–30–0 .455
Saint Joseph's  ‍‍‍ 13–11–0 .542  21–28–0 .429
George Washington  ‍‍‍ 11–13–0 .458  30–24–0 .556
UMass  ‍‍‍ 8–14–0 .364  18–27–0 .400
St. Bonaventure  ‍‍‍ 6–18–0 .250  13–32–0 .289
George Mason  ‍‍‍ 5–19–0 .208  19–35–0 .352
La Salle  ‍‍‍ 4–20–0 .167  25–31–0 .446
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 4, 2019[1]; Rankings from D1Baseball

Seeding and format

The tournament used the same format adopted in 2014, with the top seven finishers from the regular season seeded one through seven. The top seed received a single bye while remaining seeds played on the first day.

Results

  First Round     Second Round     Third Round     Semifinals     Finals
                                                 
  Winner's Bracket
    1 VCU 1  
      4 Fordham 2    
  4 Fordham 7          
  5 Richmond 610        
      4 Fordham 4            
      3 Dayton 2              
  3 Dayton 5              
  6 Rhode Island 2                
      3 Dayton 7          
      2 Davidson 3        
  2 Davidson 2          
  7 Saint Louis 0         4 Fordham 4 –
      3 Dayton 312 –
  Loser's Bracket      
  6 Rhode Island 2        
  7 Saint Louis 110     6 Rhode Island 2        
    2 Davidson 4          
      2 Davidson 6        
      5 Richmond 3     2 Davidson 2    
  5 Richmond 6         3 Dayton 5  
  1 VCU 2  

Conference championship

Atlantic 10 Championship
(3) Dayton Flyers vs. (4) Fordham Rams
May 25, 2019, 12:00 pm (EDT) at Houlihan Park in The Bronx, New York, 66 °F (19 °C), mostly sunny
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WP: Cory Wall (2–1)   LP: Cole Pletka (4–3)   Sv: None
Home runs:
DAY: Alex Brickman (7)
FORD: None

References

  1. "Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  2. "2019 A-10 Baseball Championship". Atlantic 10 Conference. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
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