2008 Atlantic-10 Conference Tournament

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The 2008 Atlantic-10 Conference baseball tournament was held at Campbell's Field in Camden, NJ. #2 University of North Carolina at Charlotte defeated #1 Xavier University for the title. Rob Lyerly of UNC Charlotte was named Most outstanding Player.

Participating Teams[edit]

Seed School Conf. Record Head Coach
1 Xavier University 19-8 Scott Googins
2 University of North Carolina at Charlotte 19-8 Loren Hibbs
3 Duquesne University 16-10 Mike Wilson
4 Temple University 16-11 Rob Valli
5 University of Rhode Island 15-11 Jim Foster
6 St. Bonaventure University 15-12 Larry Sudbrook

Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

  First Round     Second Round     Third Round     Finals
                                       
      1 Xavier 4  
  4 Temple 1     5 Rhode Island 11    
  5 Rhode Island 7         5 Rhode Island 1  
      2 UNC Charlotte 11    
    2 UNC Charlotte 13          
  3 Duquesne 16     3 Duquesne 7        
  6 St. Bonaventure 6         2 UNC Charlotte 4 x
      1 Xavier 3 x
  Losers Bracket 1-2     Losers Bracket 2     Losers Bracket 3    
         
  3 Duquesne 10        
  4 Temple 7         5 Rhode Island 0    
      1 Xavier 9     1 Xavier 3  
      3 Duquesne 5  
  4 Temple 5    
  6 St. Bonaventure 2  


Game Results[edit]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
May 21
Game 1 University of Rhode Island 7-1 Temple University
Game 2 Duquesne University 16-6 St. Bonaventure University
Game 3 Temple University 5-2 St. Bonaventure University St. Bonaventure eliminated
May 22
Game 4 University of Rhode Island 11-4 Xavier University
Game 5 University of North Carolina at Charlotte 13-7 Duquesne University
Game 6 Duquesne University 10-7 Temple University Temple eliminated
May 23
Game 7 University of North Carolina at Charlotte 11-1 University of Rhode Island
Game 8 Xavier University 9-5 Duquesne University Duquesne eliminated
Game 9 Xavier University 3-0 University of Rhode Island Rhode Island eliminated
May 24
Game 10 University of North Carolina at Charlotte 4-3 (11) Xavier University UNC Charlotte advances to NCAA tournament

All-Championship Team[edit]

  • Alex Burt, 1B UNC Charlotte
  • Jordan Conley, IF Xavier
  • Mike Creevy, P Xavier
  • Rob Lyerly, IF UNC Charlotte
  • Derek Mechling, C Duquesne
  • Mike Mongiardini, P Temple
  • Stan Orzechowski, OF Temple
  • Brett Palanski, P Rhode Island
  • Danny Rosenbaum, P Xavier
  • Luke Stahl, P UNC Charlotte
  • O’Brien Taylor, OF UNC Charlotte
  • Bill Torre, IF Duquesne