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)
MVP Cory Reid (Stetson)
2016 Atlantic Sun Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Kennesaw State  ‍†‍‍17–4 .81029–27 .518
North Florida  ‍‍‍15–6 .71439–19 .672
Jacksonville  ‍‍‍14–7 .66733–22 .600
Lipscomb  ‍‍‍12–9 .57131–27 .534
Stetson  ‍‍‡‍y9–12 .42929–31 .483
Florida Gulf Coast  ‍‍‍9–12 .42927–32 .458
USC Upstate  ‍‍‍5–15 .25022–30 .423
NJIT  ‍‍‍2–18 .10017–36 .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]

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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 156.71422
Jacksonville 147.66733
Lipscomb 129.57154
Florida Gulf Coast 912.42985
Stetson 912.42986
USC Upstate 515.25011.5—
NJIT 218.10014.5—

Bracket and results

First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsFinal
1 Kennesaw State 7
6 Stetson 136Stetson9
3Jacksonville7
2 North Florida 126Stetson7
5 Florida Gulf Coast 62North Florida6
2North Florida16Stetson5—
4Lipscomb05Florida Gulf Coast4—
3 Jacksonville 82North Florida2
4 Lipscomb 105Florida Gulf Coast85Florida Gulf Coast3
1Kennesaw State04Lipscomb6
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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References

  1. ↑ "Atlantic Sun Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  2. ↑ "2015-16 Atlantic Sun Championship Calendar". Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
  3. ↑ "2016 Baseball Championship Central". Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 "Hatters' Historic Championship Run Ends With Seventh ASUNBB Title". Atlantic Sun Conference. May 28, 2016. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  5. ↑ "College baseball: 2016 Atlantic Sun tournament pairings". Naples Daily News . Naples, Florida . Retrieved May 22, 2016.
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