2002 Atlantic-10 Conference Tournament

From BR Bullpen

The 2002 Atlantic-10 Conference baseball tournament was held at Dodd Stadium in Norwich, CT with the best-of-three championship series being held in Richmond, VA. #3 George Washington University defeated #1 University of Richmond for the title. Mike Bassett of George Washington was named Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams[edit]

Seed School Conf. Record Head Coach
1 University of Richmond 22-2 Ron Atkins
2 St. Bonaventure University 16-7 Larry Sudbrook
3 George Washington University 17-7 Tom Walter
4 Temple University 11-13 Skip Wilson
5 Xavier University 15-8 John Morrey
6 University of Dayton 14-10 Tony Vittorio


Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

  First Round     Second Round     Third Round     Best of 3 Finals
                                         
      1 Richmond 5  
  4 Temple 6     4 Temple 3    
  5 Xavier 2         1 Richmond 6  
      3 George Washington 4    
    2 St. Bonaventure 6          
  3 George Washington 8     3 George Washington 7        
  6 Dayton 2         1 Richmond 4 12 4
      3 George Washington 6 5 6
  Losers Bracket 1-2     Losers Bracket 2     Losers Bracket 3    
         
  4 Temple 2        
  5 Xavier 1         3 George Washington 5    
      2 St. Bonaventure 5     2 St. Bonaventure 4  
      4 Temple 2  
  5 Xavier 8    
  6 Dayton 0  


Game Results[edit]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
May 16
Game 1 Temple University 6-2 Xavier University
Game 2 George Washington University 8-2 University of Dayton
Game 3 Xavier University 8-0 University of Dayton Dayton eliminated
May 17
Game 4 University of Richmond 5-3 Temple University
Game 5 George Washington University 7-6 (12) St. Bonaventure University
Game 6 Temple University 2-1 Xavier University Xavier eliminated
May 18
Game 7 University of Richmond 6-4 George Washington University
Game 8 St. Bonaventure University 5-2 Temple University Temple eliminated
May 19
Game 9 George Washington University 5-4 St. Bonaventure University St. Bonaventure eliminated
May 23
Game 1 George Washington University 6-4 (10) University of Richmond
May 24
Game 2 University of Richmond 12-5 George Washington University
May 25
Game 3 George Washington University 6-4 University of Richmond George Washington advances to NCAA tournament

All-Championship Team[edit]

  • Mike Bassett, OF George Washington
  • Jeff Fertitta, 1B George Washington
  • Adam Jahnsen, P Xavier
  • Thomas Martin, P Richmond
  • Joe Michalski, C George Washington
  • Justin Orenduff, P George Washington
  • David Reaver, 3B Richmond
  • Kevin Ryan, 1B St. Bonaventure
  • Tim Stauffer, P Richmond
  • Adam Tidball, C Richmond
  • Jake Wald, SS George Washington
  • Mike Weckenman, 3B Temple