2016 Atlantic Sun Conference baseball tournament

2016 Atlantic Sun Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Ken Dugan Field at Stephen Lee Marsh Stadium Nashville, Tennessee
Champions	Stetson  (7th title)
Winning coach	Pete Dunn  (7th title)
MVP	Cory Reid (Stetson)
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2016 Atlantic Sun Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Kennesaw State  ‍†‍‍	17	–	4		.810			29	–	27		.518
North Florida  ‍‍‍	15	–	6		.714			39	–	19		.672
Jacksonville  ‍‍‍	14	–	7		.667			33	–	22		.600
Lipscomb  ‍‍‍	12	–	9		.571			31	–	27		.534
Stetson  ‍‍‡‍y	9	–	12		.429			29	–	31		.483
Florida Gulf Coast  ‍‍‍	9	–	12		.429			27	–	32		.458
USC Upstate  ‍‍‍	5	–	15		.250			22	–	30		.423
NJIT  ‍‍‍	2	–	18		.100			17	–	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]}

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]

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
Kennesaw State	17	4	.810	—	1
North Florida	15	6	.714	2	2
Jacksonville	14	7	.667	3	3
Lipscomb	12	9	.571	5	4
Florida Gulf Coast	9	12	.429	8	5
Stetson	9	12	.429	8	6
USC Upstate	5	15	.250	11.5	—
NJIT	2	18	.100	14.5	—

Bracket and results

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semifinals					Final
	1	Kennesaw State	7
	6	Stetson	13			6	Stetson	9
						3	Jacksonville	7
	2	North Florida	12								6	Stetson	7
	5	Florida Gulf Coast	6								2	North Florida	6
						2	North Florida	1													6	Stetson	5	—
						4	Lipscomb	0													5	Florida Gulf Coast	4	—
	3	Jacksonville	8													2	North Florida	2
	4	Lipscomb	10								5	Florida Gulf Coast	8			5	Florida Gulf Coast	3
						1	Kennesaw State	0			4	Lipscomb	6
						5	Florida Gulf Coast	6

All-Tournament Team

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

Name	Team
Garrett Anderson	FGCU
Kyle Brooks	North Florida
John Fussell	Stetson
Austin Hale	Stetson
Matt Reardon	FGCU
Cory Reid	Stetson
Kirk Sidwell	Stetson
Lee Solomon	Lipscomb
Tevin Symonette	Lipscomb
Vance Vizcaino	Stetson

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]

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. "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.