2010 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament
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The 2010 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held from May 26 through 29 at Campbell's Field in Camden, New Jersey. It featured the top six regular-season finishers of the conference's 14 teams. Fifth-seeded Saint Louis defeated Charlotte in the title game to win the tournament for the second time, earning the A-10's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA tournament.[1][2]
First-round byes for top two seeds
| Teams | 6 |
|---|---|
| Format | Six-team double elimination First-round byes for top two seeds |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Saint Louis (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Darin Hendrickson (1st title) |
| MVP | Bryant Cotton (Saint Louis) |
Seeding
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, Charlotte and Xavier, received byes into the second round of play in the double elimination tournament.[1]
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte | 20 | 7 | .741 | – | 1 |
| Xavier | 18 | 9 | .667 | 2 | 2 |
| Rhode Island | 17 | 10 | .630 | 3 | 3 |
| Fordham[a] | 15 | 12 | .556 | 5 | 4 |
| Saint Louis | 15 | 12 | .556 | 5 | 5 |
| La Salle[b] | 14 | 13 | .519 | 6 | 6 |
| George Washington | 14 | 13 | .519 | 6 | – |
| Massachusetts | 13 | 14 | .481 | 7 | – |
| Saint Joseph's | 13 | 14 | .481 | 7 | – |
| Dayton | 12 | 15 | .444 | 8 | – |
| Richmond | 10 | 17 | .370 | 10 | – |
| Duquesne | 10 | 17 | .370 | 10 | – |
| Temple | 10 | 17 | .370 | 10 | – |
| St. Bonaventure | 8 | 19 | .296 | 12 | – |
Bracket
| Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Charlotte | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Saint Louis | 16 | 5 | Saint Louis | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Fordham | 11 | 5 | Saint Louis | 12 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Xavier | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Xavier | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | La Salle | 2 | 3 | Rhode Island | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Rhode Island | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Saint Louis | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Charlotte | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower final | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Fordham | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Xavier | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | La Salle | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Charlotte | 7 | 1 | Charlotte | 18 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Rhode Island | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Rhode Island | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | La Salle | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Saint Louis's Bryant Cotton, one of four Billikens selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.[1][6]
Rhode Island's Tom Coulombe and Xavier's Bobby Freking, both chosen in 2009, were second-time selections.
| Name | Team |
|---|---|
| Shane Brown | Charlotte |
| Ryan Rivers | Charlotte |
| Tim Boyce | Rhode Island |
| Tom Coulombe | Rhode Island |
| Mike LeBel | Rhode Island |
| Jason Bell | Saint Louis |
| Ben Braaten | Saint Louis |
| Bryant Cotton | Saint Louis |
| Mike Levine | Saint Louis |
| Bobby Freking | Xavier |
| Tommy Shirley | Xavier |