2006 Atlantic 10 Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatSix-team double elimination
First-round byes for top two seeds
Finals site
ChampionsSaint Louis (1st title)
Winning coachBob Hughes (1st title)
MVPRyan Bird (Saint Louis)

The 2006 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held from May 24 through 28 at Jim Houlihan Park at Jack Coffey Field in The Bronx, NY. It featured the top six regular-season finishers of the conference's 14 teams. Fifth-seeded Saint Louis defeated St. Bonaventure in the title game to win the tournament for the first time, earning the Atlantic 10's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA tournament.[1]

Seeding and format

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, Rhode Island and St. Bonaventure, received byes into the second round of play in the double elimination tournament.[1]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Rhode Island196.760
–
1
St. Bonaventure188.692
1.5
2
Dayton[lower-alpha 1]189.667
2
3
Charlotte189.667
2
4
Saint Louis1512.556
5
5
George Washington1312.520
6
6
Fordham1314.481
7
–
La Salle1214.462
7.5
–
Duquesne1215.444
8
–
Richmond1215.444
8
–
Massachusetts1116.407
9
–
Saint Joseph's918.333
11
–
Xavier918.333
11
–
Temple619.240
13
–
  1. ↑ In the tie for third place, Dayton's regular-season series sweep of Charlotte gave them the third seed.[2]

Bracket

Round 1QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1Rhode Island2
5Saint Louis35Saint Louis3
4Charlotte15Saint Louis10
2St. Bonaventure5
2St. Bonaventure4
6George Washington03Dayton3
3Dayton2
5Saint Louis2
2St. Bonaventure3
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower final
4Charlotte1
2St. Bonaventure9
6George Washington3
1Rhode Island56George Washington2
6George Washington617
3Dayton1
6George Washington6

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Saint Louis pitcher Ryan Bird, one of two Billikens selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.[1][3]

George Washington's Josh Wilkie (2005) and St. Bonaventure's Joe Rizzo (2004) were second-time selections.

Pos.NameTeam
CAndrew AbokhairGeorge Washington
RPMatt AgostinelliSt. Bonaventure
PRyan BirdSaint Louis
PDerek HaeseGeorge Washington
OFCharlie KruerGeorge Washington
OFRandy MoleySt. Bonaventure
CBill MusselmanSaint Louis
PDan PfauGeorge Washington
OFJoe RizzoSt. Bonaventure
PLuke TrubeeDayton
PJosh WilkieGeorge Washington
PJohn ZinnickerSt. Bonaventure

Notes

  • The George Washington-Rhode Island 17 inning game was the longest in tournament history

References

  1. 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.
  2. ↑ "2006 Baseball Schedule". DaytonFlyers.com. Dayton Athletic Communications. Archived from the original on July 28, 2014. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Former SLU Pitcher Joins Miners". OurSportsCentral.com. March 31, 2008. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
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