2008 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament


The 2008 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held from May 21 through 24 at Campbell's Field in Camden, New Jersey. It featured the top six regular-season finishers of the conference's 14 teams. Second-seeded Charlotte defeated Xavier in the title game to win the tournament for the second straight year, earning the A-10's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA tournament.

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, Xavier and Charlotte, received byes into the second round of play in the double elimination tournament.
In the tie for first place, the conference's tiebreaking procedures gave Xavier the top seed.
TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Xavier198.704–1
Charlotte198.704–2
Duquesne1610.6152.53
Temple1611.59334
Rhode Island1511.5743.55
St. Bonaventure1512.55646
Dayton1314.4816–
Fordham1314.4816–
George Washington1116.4078–
La Salle1116.4078–
Massachusetts1116.4078–
Richmond1016.3898.5–
Saint Louis917.3469.5–
Saint Joseph's918.33310–

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Charlotte's Rob Lyerly, one of four 49ers selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.
Duquesne's Bill Torre was a second-time selection.
Pos.NameTeam
1BAlex BurtCharlotte
IFJordan ConleyXavier
PMike CreevyXavier
IFRob LyerlyCharlotte
CDerek MechlingDuquesne
PMike MongiardiniTemple
OFStan OrzechowskiTemple
PBrett PalanskiRhode Island
PDanny RosenbaumXavier
PLuke StahlCharlotte
OFO'Brien TaylorCharlotte
IFBill TorreDuquesne