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2014 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament - Wikipedia

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2014 Atlantic 10 Conference
baseball tournament
Teams	7
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Billiken Sports Center St. Louis, MO
Champions	George Mason (1st title)
Winning coach	Bill Brown (1st title)
MVP	Luke Willis (George Mason)
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2014 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Saint Louis ‍†‍‍	18	–	7	–	1	.712	34	–	21	–	1	.616
Saint Joseph's ‍‍‍	18	–	8	–	0	.692	35	–	16	–	0	.686
George Mason ‍‍‡‍^y	16	–	9	–	0	.640	34	–	22	–	0	.607
VCU ‍‍‍	15	–	10	–	0	.600	37	–	20	–	0	.649
Richmond ‍‍‍	13	–	12	–	0	.520	24	–	28	–	1	.462
Dayton ‍‍‍	14	–	13	–	0	.519	24	–	30	–	0	.444
Fordham ‍‍‍	13	–	14	–	0	.481	24	–	30	–	0	.444
George Washington ‍‍‍	12	–	15	–	0	.444	20	–	30	–	0	.400
UMass ‍‍‍	12	–	15	–	0	.444	15	–	31	–	0	.326
La Salle ‍‍‍	9	–	15	–	1	.380	14	–	34	–	1	.296
Rhode Island ‍‍‍	7	–	18	–	0	.280	13	–	40	–	0	.245
St. Bonaventure ‍‍‍	6	–	17	–	0	.261	12	–	30	–	0	.286

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 7, 2014^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2014 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament took place from May 21 through 24. The top seven regular season finishers of the league's twelve teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Billiken Sports Center on the campus of the Saint Louis University in St. Louis. George Mason won their first Tournament championship in their first year of membership and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[2]^[3]

Seeding and format

The tournament used the same format from 2013, with the top seven finishers from the regular season seeded one through seven. The top seed received a single bye while remaining seeds played on the first day.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Team	W	L	T	Pct	GB	Seed
Saint Louis	18	7	1	.712	–	1
Saint Joseph's	18	8	0	.692	.5	2
George Mason	16	9	0	.640	2	3
VCU	15	10	0	.600	3	4
Richmond	13	12	0	.520	5	5
Dayton	14	13	0	.519	5	6
Fordham	13	14	0	.481	6	7
George Washington	12	15	0	.444	7	–
UMass	12	15	0	.444	7	–
La Salle	9	15	1	.380	8.5	–
Rhode Island	7	18	0	.280	11	–
St. Bonaventure	6	17	0	.261	11	–

Results


Upper round 1			Upper round 2			Upper final						Final



			1	Saint Louis	4

			4	VCU	9
4	VCU	5

5	Richmond	2
						4	VCU	0

						3	George Mason	3
2	Saint Joseph's	9

7	Fordham	4
			2	Saint Joseph's	4

			3	George Mason	5
3	George Mason	4

6	Dayton	3
												3	George Mason	3	–

												4	VCU	2	–

Lower round 1			Lower round 2			Lower round 3			Lower final



			7	Fordham	2

7	Fordham	4	1	Saint Louis	12				1	Saint Louis	6

6	Dayton	3				1	Saint Louis	9	4	VCU	8

						2	Saint Joseph's	1

			5	Richmond	2

			2	Saint Joseph's	12

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.^[3]

Saint Louis's Michael Bozarth, also chosen in 2013, was a second-time selection.

Name	School
Luke Willis	George Mason
Jared Gaynor	George Mason
Tyler Zombro	George Mason
Anthony Montefusco	George Mason
Tim Swatek	Fordham
Michael Bozarth	Saint Louis
Damien Rivera	Saint Louis
Brian O’Keefe	Saint Joseph’s
Collin Forgey	Saint Joseph’s
Bill Cullen	VCU
Matt Davis	VCU

Most Outstanding Player

Luke Willis was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Willis was an outfielder for George Mason.^[3]

References

^ "Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Standings". Atlantic 10 Conference. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
^ "2014 Baseball Championship". Atlantic 10 Conference. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "George Mason Captures First A-10 Baseball Championship with 3–2 Victory over VCU". Atlantic 10 Conference. May 24, 2014. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
^ Jim Shonerd (February 4, 2014). "2014 College Preview: Atlantic 10". Baseball America. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
^ "2014 A-10 Baseball Championship" (PDF). Atlantic 10 Conference. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
^ "Defending Champion Saint Louis Claims Top-Seed in A-10 Baseball Championship". Atlantic 10 Conference. May 17, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2014.

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