| Teams | 6 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination tournament |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | VCU (3rd title) |
| Winning coach | Paul Keyes (3rd title) |
| MVP | Tim St. Clair (VCU) |
| 2005 Colonial Athletic Association baseball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNC Wilmington † | 21 | – | 3 | .875 | 40 | – | 19 | .678 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| George Mason | 15 | – | 9 | .625 | 35 | – | 19 | .648 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VCU ‡y | 14 | – | 10 | .583 | 33 | – | 22 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Towson | 13 | – | 11 | .542 | 34 | – | 24 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Delaware | 13 | – | 11 | .542 | 27 | – | 31 | .466 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hofstra | 10 | – | 14 | .417 | 24 | – | 32 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William & Mary | 9 | – | 15 | .375 | 27 | – | 27 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| James Madison | 8 | – | 16 | .333 | 20 | – | 35 | .364 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Old Dominion | 5 | – | 19 | .208 | 22 | – | 33 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2005 [1] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2005 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament was held at Brooks Field in Wilmington, North Carolina from May 26 through May 29. The event determined the champion of the Colonial Athletic Association for the 2005 season. Third-seeded VCU won the tournament for the third time and earned the CAA's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.
Entering the event, former member East Carolina had won the most championships, with seven. Among active members, Old Dominion led with three titles while George Mason and VCU had each won twice and UNC Wilmington and William & Mary had won once. [2]
The top six teams from the CAA's round-robin regular season qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference winning percentage. They played a double-elimination tournament. [2]
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNC Wilmington | 21 | 3 | .875 | — | 1 |
| George Mason | 15 | 9 | .625 | 6 | 2 |
| VCU | 14 | 10 | .583 | 7 | 3 |
| Towson | 13 | 11 | .542 | 8 | 4 |
| Delaware | 13 | 11 | .542 | 8 | 5 |
| Hofstra | 10 | 14 | .417 | 11 | 6 |
| William & Mary | 9 | 15 | .375 | 12 | — |
| James Madison | 5 | 19 | .208 | 16 | — |
| Old Dominion | 3 | 21 | .125 | 17 | — |
| First round | Second round | Third round | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | UNC Wilmington | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Towson | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | UNC Wilmington | 9 | 4 | Towson | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | Hofstra | 6 | 5 | Delaware | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | Hofstra | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Delaware | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | VCU | 6 | 4 | Towson | 6 | — | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Towson | 5 | 3 | VCU | 13 | — | |||||||||||||
| 3 | VCU | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | George Mason | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | George Mason | 9 | 3 | VCU | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Delaware | 5 | 2 | George Mason | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | UNC Wilmington | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | George Mason | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. [2]
| Name | Team |
|---|---|
| Jimmy Freund | George Mason |
| Alex Gary | VCU |
| Matt Holley | Towson |
| John Leonard | VCU |
| Mick Mattaliano | VCU |
| Harold Mozingo | VCU |
| Matt Poulk | UNC Wilmington |
| John Raynor | UNC Wilmington |
| Dan Richardson | Delaware |
| Casey Slattery | George Mason |
| Casper Wells | Towson |
Tim St. Clair was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. St. Clair was a first baseman and designated hitter for VCU. [2]
The Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament, sometimes referred to simply as the CAA Tournament, is the conference baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Colonial Athletic Association. The top six finishers in the regular season of the conference's nine baseball teams advance to the double-elimination tournament, which was played in 2022 at Walter C. Latham Park on the campus of Elon University in Elon, North Carolina. The winner of the tournament receives an automatic berth to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.
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