2004 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament

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2004 Atlantic 10 Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatSix-team double elimination
First-round byes for division winners
Finals site
Champions St. Bonaventure  (1st title)
Winning coach Larry Sudbrook  (1st title)
MVP Brian Pellegrini (St. Bonaventure)

The 2004 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held from May 26 through 30 at Dodd Stadium in Norwich, Connecticut. It featured the top two regular-season finishers of each six-team division, plus the next two best finishers. Fourth-seeded St. Bonaventure defeated Rhode Island in the title game to win the tournament for the first time, earning the Atlantic 10's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA tournament. [1] [2] [3]

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Seeding and format

The league's top six teams, based on winning percentage in the 24-game regular season schedule, qualified for the field. The top two teams in each division qualified for the tournament automatically; the two division winners, Rhode Island in the East and George Washington in the West, received the top two seeds and byes through to the second round of the double elimination tournament.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
East Division
Rhode Island 204.833
1
St. Bonaventure 147.667
4.5
4
Fordham 1311.542
7
5
Massachusetts 1014.417
10
Temple 1014.417
10
Saint Joseph's 420.167
16
West Division
George Washington 195.792
2
Richmond 177.708
2
3
Duquesne 1110.524
6.5
6
Dayton 1113.458
8
Xavier 717.292
12
La Salle 519.208
14

Bracket

Round 1QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1 Rhode Island 6
5 Fordham 44St. Bonaventure7 11
4 St. Bonaventure 54St. Bonaventure10
3Richmond9
2 George Washington 0
6 Duquesne 23Richmond3
3 Richmond 4
4St. Bonaventure3
1Rhode Island2
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower final
5Fordham4
3Richmond3
6Duquesne3
1Rhode Island81Rhode Island10
2George Washington4
2George Washington6
5Fordham4

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. St. Bonaventure's Brian Pellegrini, one of three Bonnies selected, was named Most Outstanding Player. [1]

Richmond's Thomas Martin (2002) and Bobby LeNoir (2003) were second-time selections.

Pos.NameTeam
1BDan BatzRhode Island
1BJim FasanoRichmond
DHJoe GwozdzFordham
SSBobby LeNoirRichmond
PThomas MartinRichmond
CJosh NestorRhode Island
P/OFBrian PellegriniSt. Bonaventure
PMichael ProctorSt. Bonaventure
3BMike RainvilleRhode Island
PStephen HolmesRhode Island
OFJoe RizzoSt. Bonaventure

References

  1. 1 2 "2014 Atlantic 10 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Atlantic10.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 19, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. Moritz, Amy (April 11, 2013). "Sudbrook's 600 Wins Are No Small Feat at Bona". BuffaloNews.com. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  3. Bontemps, Tim (May 18, 2008). "Shout-Outs to Pellegrini, St. Bonaventure Baseball". NYPost.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 20, 2014.