2012 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament

American college baseball tournament August 2023 June 2026 2012 Atlantic 10 Conference 6 Double-elimination Houlihan Park Bronx, NY 2012 Dayton Flyers Dayton 1st Tony Vittorio 1st Burny Mitchem Dayton The 2012 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament was held from May 23 through 26. The top six regular season finishers of the league's thirteen teams met in the double-elimination tournament at Jim Houlihan Park at Jack Coffey Field on the campus of Fordham University in the Bronx, New York. Second seed 2012 Dayton Flyers Dayton won their first tournament championship and claimed the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.https://www.ncaa.com/news/baseball/article/2012-02-24/conference-championship-central Conference Championship Central ncaa.org May 13, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120518115247/http://www.ncaa.com/news/baseball/article/2012-02-24/conference-championship-central May 18, 2012 deadhttp://www.atlantic10.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/052612aac.html Dayton Wins Atlantic 10 Baseball Championship May 26, 2012 atlantic10.com March 7, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130423092104/http://www.atlantic10.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/052612aac.html April 23, 2013 dead mdy-all Seeding and format The top six finishers from the regular season were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage. The bottom four seeds played on the first day, with the losers of each game playing an elimination game in game 3. On day 2, the winners of games 1 and 2 played the top two seeds. Higher seeds were protected by playing lower seeds or playing later elimination games. Saint Louis claimed the top seed over Dayton and UMass claimed the fourth seed over Richmond by tiebreaker.http://www.atlantic10.com/championships/2012-baseball-champs.html Atlantic 10 Conference Championships atlantic10.com May 13, 2012 May 20, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120520033654/http://www.atlantic10.com/championships/2012-baseball-champs.html dead Team W L Pct. GB Seed 2012 Saint Louis Billikens Saint Louis 17 7 .708 – 1 2012 Dayton Flyers Dayton 17 7 .708 – 2 2012 Rhode Island Rams Rhode Island 16 8 .667 1 3 2012 UMass Minutemen UMass 14 10 .583 3 4 2012 Richmond Spiders Richmond 14 10 .583 3 5 2012 Saint Joseph's Hawks Saint Joseph's 13 10 .565 3.5 6 2012 Xavier Musketeers Xavier 13 11 .542 4 – 2012 Fordham Rams Fordham 12 12 .500 5 – 2012 St. Bonaventure Bonnies St. Bonaventure 10 14 .417 7 – 2012 Charlotte 49ers Charlotte 9 14 .391 7.5 – 2012 La Salle Explorers La Salle 7 17 .292 10 – 2012 Temple Owls Temple 7 17 .292 10 – 2012 George Washington Colonials George Washington 6 18 .250 11 – Results 5 2012 Richmond Spiders Richmond 9 4 2012 UMass Minutemen UMass 4 6 2012 Saint Joseph's Hawks Saint Joseph's 3 3 2012 Rhode Island Rams Rhode Island 0 5 Richmond 6 1 2012 Saint Louis Billikens Saint Louis 0 6 Saint Joseph's 3 2 2012 Dayton Flyers Dayton 4 2 Dayton 9 5 Richmond 5 3 Rhode Island 6 4 UMass 5 3 Rhode Island 2 6 Saint Joseph's 3 6 Saint Joseph's 0 1 Saint Louis 6 5 Richmond 3 1 Saint Louis 2 2 Dayton 3 — 5 Richmond 0 — All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Richmond's Jacob Mayers, also selected in 2011, was a second-time selection. POS Name School Class P Burny Mitchem Dayton SR P Alex Pracher Saint Joseph's GR P Clay Smith Saint Louis SO P Zach Sterling Richmond FR C Josh Jeffery Dayton SR 1B Dylan Begin UMass SO 3B Robby Sunderman Dayton SO OF Chris Famiglietti Rhode Island JR OF Ian Hundley Dayton JR OF Phil Ruzbarsky Richmond SR OF Brett Tiagwad Saint Joseph's SR DH Jacob Mayers Richmond JR Most Valuable Player Burny Mitchem was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Mitchem was a senior pitcher for Dayton, who earned a pair of saves including in the 3–0 final over Richmond. References Tournament Category:Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament Category:2010s in the Bronx Category:College sports tournaments in New York City Category:Baseball competitions in New York City Category:Sports competitions in the Bronx