2016 Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Tournament

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2016 Atlantic Sun Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Stetson  (7th title)
Winning coach Pete Dunn  (7th title)
MVPCory Reid (Stetson)
2016 Atlantic Sun Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Kennesaw State  174 .810  2927 .518
North Florida  156 .714  3919 .672
Jacksonville  147 .667  3322 .600
Lipscomb  129 .571  3127 .534
Stetson  y912 .429  2931 .483
Florida Gulf Coast  912 .429  2732 .458
USC Upstate  515 .250  2230 .423
NJIT  218 .100  1736 .321
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2016 [1] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2016 Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Ken Dugan Field at Stephen Lee Marsh Stadium on the campus of Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee from May 25 through 28. Sixth-seeded Stetson won their seventh tournament championship and claimed the Atlantic Sun Conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Format and seeding

The 2016 tournament was a double-elimination tournament in which the top six of the conference's eight members participated. Seeds were determined based on conference winning percentage from the round-robin regular season. [5]

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Kennesaw State 174.810
1
North Florida 156.714
2
2
Jacksonville 147.667
3
3
Lipscomb 129.571
5
4
Florida Gulf Coast 912.429
8
5
Stetson 912.429
8
6
USC Upstate 515.250
11.5
NJIT 218.100
14.5

Bracket and results

 First roundSecond roundThird roundSemi-finalsFinals
                         
 1 Kennesaw State 7 
 6 Stetson 13  6Stetson9 
  3Jacksonville7  
 2 North Florida 12    6Stetson7      
 5 Florida Gulf Coast 6     2North Florida6       
   2North Florida1     6Stetson5
   4Lipscomb0    5Florida Gulf Coast4
 3 Jacksonville 8    2North Florida2  
 4 Lipscomb 10   5Florida Gulf Coast8  5Florida Gulf Coast3 
 1Kennesaw State0  4Lipscomb6 
 5Florida Gulf Coast6 

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. [4]

NameTeam
Garrett AndersonFGCU
Kyle BrooksNorth Florida
John FussellStetson
Austin HaleStetson
Matt ReardonFGCU
Cory ReidStetson
Kirk SidwellStetson
Lee SolomonLipscomb
Tevin SymonetteLipscomb
Vance VizcainoStetson

Most Valuable Player

Cory Reid was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Reid was a third baseman for Stetson who drove in 8 runs and recorded six extra base hits for the tournament. [4]

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