2013 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament

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2013 Atlantic 10 Conference
baseball tournament
Teams7
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Saint Louis  (3rd title)
Winning coach Darin Hendrickson  (2nd title)
MVP Alex Kelly (Saint Louis)
2013 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Saint Louis  y1770 .70841210 .661
Charlotte  1770 .70837230 .617
Rhode Island  1770 .70835240 .593
Xavier  1680 .66732260 .552
George Washington  1590 .62526320 .448
La Salle  1590 .62524290 .453
Richmond  13110 .54231240 .564
VCU  12120 .50028260 .519
Saint Joseph's  12120 .50026260 .500
Butler  12120 .50025260 .490
St. Bonaventure  9150 .37520280 .417
Fordham  8160 .33322330 .400
Temple  7170 .29218280 .391
Massachusetts  7170 .29214310 .311
Dayton  3210 .12511391 .225
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 3, 2013 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2013 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament was the postseason baseball tournament of the NCAA Division I Atlantic 10 Conference. It took place from May 22 through 25. The top seven regular season finishers of the league's fifteen teams met in the double-elimination tournament to be held at newly renovated [2] Robert and Mariam Hayes Stadium on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in Charlotte, North Carolina. In the championship game, first-seeded Saint Louis defeated second-seeded Charlotte, 7-4, to win its third tournament championship (its second under head coach Darin Hendrickson). Saint Louis earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [3] As a team, SLU collected 92 hits in six days (.395 average), shattering the previous A-10 Tournament record of 65.

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Seeding and format

In an expansion from previous years, the top seven finishers from the regular season were seeded one through seven. The top seed received a single bye while remaining seeds played on the first day. [4]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Saint Louis 177.7081
Charlotte 177.7082
Rhode Island 177.7083
Xavier 168.66714
George Washington 159.62525
La Salle 159.62526
Richmond 1311.54247
VCU 1212.5005
Saint Joseph's 1212.5005
Butler 1212.5005
St. Bonaventure 915.3758
Fordham 816.3339
Temple 717.29210
UMass 717.29210
Dayton 321.12514

Bracket

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1Saint Louis6
4Xavier7
4Xavier8
5George Washington2
4Xavier3
2Charlotte12
2Charlotte6
7Richmond5
2Charlotte5
3Rhode Island2
3Rhode Island5
6La Salle22Charlotte44
1Saint Louis57
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
1Saint Louis10
7Richmond77Richmond64Xavier4
6La Salle21Saint Louis131Saint Louis6
5George Washington4
3Rhode Island4
5George Washington5

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.

POSNameSchoolClass
PMike BradstreetRhode IslandSR
PMarco MejiaSaint LouisSR
PJohn HamiltonCharlotteSR
OF/P Vinny Nittoli XavierJR
1BDerek BrownGeorge WashingtonSR
1BMike VigliaroloSaint LouisSO
2BBrad ElwoodCharlotteSO
SSTyler BeckwithRichmondFR
OFMark ElwellXavierSR
OFAlex KellySaint LouisSR
OFMichael BozarthSaint LouisFR
OFTony MontlbanoCharlotteSR

Most Valuable Player

Alex Kelly was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Kelly was a senior outfielder for Saint Louis who set tournament records for hits (12) and RBI (13).

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