2011 Atlantic 10 Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatSix-team double elimination
First-round byes for top two seeds
Finals site
ChampionsCharlotte (3rd title)
Winning coachLoren Hibbs (3rd title)
MVPCorey Shaylor (Charlotte)
2011 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Charlotte  ‍†‍‡‍y 17–7 .70843–16 .729
Rhode Island  ‍‍‍ 16–9 .64031–33 .484
Dayton  ‍‍‍ 15–9 .62532–27 .542
Xavier  ‍‍‍ 14–10 .58330–27 .526
La Salle  ‍‍‍ 13–11 .54228–26 .519
Richmond  ‍‍‍ 13–11 .54229–27 .518
St. Bonaventure  ‍‍‍ 13–11 .54223–23 .500
Fordham  ‍‍‍ 12–11 .52231–23 .574
Saint Joseph's  ‍‍‍ 11–13 .45821–31 .404
Saint Louis  ‍‍‍ 10–14 .41729–26 .527
George Washington  ‍‍‍ 9–15 .37519–36 .345
UMass  ‍‍‍ 8–15 .34817–29 .370
Temple  ‍‍‍ 4–20 .16724–29 .453
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2011[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2011 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held from May 25 through 28 at Campbell's Field in Camden, New Jersey. It featured the top six regular-season finishers of the conference's 13 teams. Top-seeded Charlotte defeated Richmond in the title game to win the tournament for the third time, earning the A-10's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA tournament.[2][3]

Seeding

The league's top six teams, based on winning percentage in the 24-game regular-season schedule, were seeded one through six. The top two seeds, Charlotte and Rhode Island, received byes into the second round of play in the double elimination tournament.[2]

TeamWLTPct.GBSeed
Charlotte1770.708–1
Rhode Island1680.66712
Dayton1590.62523
Xavier14100.58334
Richmond[lower-alpha 1]13110.54245
La Salle[lower-alpha 2]13110.54246
St. Bonaventure[lower-alpha 3]13110.5424–
Fordham12111.5214.5–
Saint Joseph's11130.4586–
Saint Louis10140.4177–
George Washington9150.3758–
UMass8151.3548.5–
Temple4200.16713–
  1. ↑ In the three-way tie for fifth place, Richmond received the fifth seed due to its 5–1 cumulative record against La Salle and St. Bonaventure.[4]
  2. ↑ In the three-way tie for fifth place, La Salle received the sixth seed due to its 3–3 cumulative record against Richmond and St. Bonaventure.[5]
  3. ↑ In the three-way tie for fifth place, St. Bonaventure was left out of the tournament due to its 1–5 cumulative record against Richmond and La Salle.[6]

Results

Round 1QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1Charlotte6
5Richmond55Richmond0
4Xavier41Charlotte5
2Rhode Island2
2Rhode Island7
6La Salle66La Salle4
3Dayton5
1Charlotte9
5Richmond4
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower final
4Xavier0
2Rhode Island2
3Dayton1
5Richmond105Richmond7
3Dayton3
6La Salle5
3Dayton10

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Charlotte's Corey Shaylor, one of four 49ers selected, was named the Most Outstanding Player.[2][7]

NameTeam
Jeff FlaxLa Salle
Cameron HobsonDayton
C.J. GillmanDayton
Jeff CammansRhode Island
Jacob MayersRichmond
Matt ZinkRichmond
Mike MergenthalerRichmond
Chris CowellRichmond
Justin RolandCharlotte
Ross SteedleyCharlotte
Andrew SmithCharlotte
Corey ShaylorCharlotte

References

  1. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1982". Boyd's World. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "2014 Atlantic 10 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Atlantic10.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 19, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  3. ↑ Stark, Andrew (July 15, 2014). "Hibbs Leads 49ers into NCAA Baseball Tournament". CharlotteObserver.com. Archived from the original on July 18, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Baseball - 2011 Schedule/Results". RichmondSpiders.com. Richmond Athletic Communications. Archived from the original on June 26, 2013. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  5. ↑ "2011 Baseball Schedule". GoExplorers.com. La Salle Athletic Communications. Archived from the original on July 21, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  6. ↑ "2011 Schedule". GoBonnies.com. St. Bonaventure Athletic Communications. Archived from the original on July 20, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Alumni Update: Wilson, 49ers Win A-10 Title". Citizen-Times.com. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
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