2016 Atlantic Sun Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsStetson (7th title)
Winning coachPete Dunn (7th title)
MVPCory Reid (Stetson)
2016 Atlantic Sun Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Kennesaw State   174 .8102927 .518
North Florida   156 .7143919 .672
Jacksonville   147 .6673322 .600
Lipscomb   129 .5713127 .534
Stetson  y 912 .4292931 .483
Florida Gulf Coast   912 .4292732 .458
USC Upstate   515 .2502230 .423
NJIT   218 .1001736 .321
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2016[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2016 Atlantic Sun Conference baseball tournament was held at Ken Dugan Field at Stephen Lee Marsh Stadium on the campus of Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, from May 25 through 28. Sixth-seeded Stetson won their seventh tournament championship and claimed the Atlantic Sun Conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3][4]

Format and seeding

The 2016 tournament was a double-elimination tournament in which the top six of the conference's eight members participated. Seeds were determined based on conference winning percentage from the round-robin regular season.[5]

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Kennesaw State174.8101
North Florida156.71422
Jacksonville147.66733
Lipscomb129.57154
Florida Gulf Coast912.42985
Stetson912.42986
USC Upstate515.25011.5
NJIT218.10014.5

Bracket and results

First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsFinal
1Kennesaw State7
6Stetson136Stetson9
3Jacksonville7
2North Florida126Stetson7
5Florida Gulf Coast62North Florida6
2North Florida16Stetson5
4Lipscomb05Florida Gulf Coast4
3Jacksonville82North Florida2
4Lipscomb105Florida Gulf Coast85Florida Gulf Coast3
1Kennesaw State04Lipscomb6
5Florida Gulf Coast6

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]

NameTeam
Garrett AndersonFGCU
Kyle BrooksNorth Florida
John FussellStetson
Austin HaleStetson
Matt ReardonFGCU
Cory ReidStetson
Kirk SidwellStetson
Lee SolomonLipscomb
Tevin SymonetteLipscomb
Vance VizcainoStetson

Most Valuable Player

Cory Reid was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Reid was a third baseman for Stetson who drove in 8 runs and recorded six extra base hits for the tournament.[4]

References

  1. "Atlantic Sun Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  2. "2015-16 Atlantic Sun Championship Calendar". Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
  3. "2016 Baseball Championship Central". Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 "Hatters' Historic Championship Run Ends With Seventh ASUNBB Title". Atlantic Sun Conference. May 28, 2016. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  5. "College baseball: 2016 Atlantic Sun tournament pairings". Naples Daily News. Naples, Florida. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
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