2011 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament

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]

2011 Atlantic 10 Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	6
Format	Six-team double elimination First-round byes for top two seeds
Finals site	Campbell's Field Camden, NJ
Champions	Charlotte (3rd title)
Winning coach	Loren Hibbs (3rd title)
MVP	Corey Shaylor (Charlotte)
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2011 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Charlotte  ‍†‍‡‍y	17	–	7		.708			43	–	16		.729
Rhode Island  ‍‍‍	16	–	9		.640			31	–	33		.484
Dayton  ‍‍‍	15	–	9		.625			32	–	27		.542
Xavier  ‍‍‍	14	–	10		.583			30	–	27		.526
La Salle  ‍‍‍	13	–	11		.542			28	–	26		.519
Richmond  ‍‍‍	13	–	11		.542			29	–	27		.518
St. Bonaventure  ‍‍‍	13	–	11		.542			23	–	23		.500
Fordham  ‍‍‍	12	–	11		.522			31	–	23		.574
Saint Joseph's  ‍‍‍	11	–	13		.458			21	–	31		.404
Saint Louis  ‍‍‍	10	–	14		.417			29	–	26		.527
George Washington  ‍‍‍	9	–	15		.375			19	–	36		.345
UMass  ‍‍‍	8	–	15		.348			17	–	29		.370
Temple  ‍‍‍	4	–	20		.167			24	–	29		.453
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2011[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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]

Team	W	L	T	Pct.	GB	Seed
Charlotte	17	7	0	.708	–	1
Rhode Island	16	8	0	.667	1	2
Dayton	15	9	0	.625	2	3
Xavier	14	10	0	.583	3	4
Richmond[a]	13	11	0	.542	4	5
La Salle[b]	13	11	0	.542	4	6
St. Bonaventure[c]	13	11	0	.542	4	–
Fordham	12	11	1	.521	4.5	–
Saint Joseph's	11	13	0	.458	6	–
Saint Louis	10	14	0	.417	7	–
George Washington	9	15	0	.375	8	–
UMass	8	15	1	.354	8.5	–
Temple	4	20	0	.167	13	–

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

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final					Final
						1	Charlotte	6
	5	Richmond	5			5	Richmond	0
	4	Xavier	4								1	Charlotte	5
											2	Rhode Island	2
						2	Rhode Island	7
	6	La Salle	6			6	La Salle	4
	3	Dayton	5
																1	Charlotte	9
																5	Richmond	4
	Lower round 1					Lower round 2					Lower final
	4	Xavier	0
											2	Rhode Island	2
	3	Dayton	1
						5	Richmond	10			5	Richmond	7
						3	Dayton	3
	6	La Salle	5
	3	Dayton	10

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]

Name	Team
Jeff Flax	La Salle
Cameron Hobson	Dayton
C.J. Gillman	Dayton
Jeff Cammans	Rhode Island
Jacob Mayers	Richmond
Matt Zink	Richmond
Mike Mergenthaler	Richmond
Chris Cowell	Richmond
Justin Roland	Charlotte
Ross Steedley	Charlotte
Andrew Smith	Charlotte
Corey Shaylor	Charlotte