2009 Atlantic-10 Conference Tournament

The 2009 Atlantic-10 Conference baseball tournament was held at Fifth Third Field in Dayton, OH. #3 Xavier University defeated #2 University of Rhode Island for the title. Billy O’Conner of Xavier was named Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of Dayton	21-6	Tony Vittorio
2	University of Rhode Island	19-6	Jim Foster
3	Xavier University	18-9	Scott Googins
4	Fordham University	16-11	Nick Restaino
5	University of Massachusetts Amherst	16-11	Mike Stone
6	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	16-11	Loren Hibbs

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Finals
						1	Dayton	9
	4	Fordham	4			5	Massachusetts	5
	5	Massachusetts	5								1	Dayton	2
											2	Rhode Island	9
						2	Rhode Island	7
	3	Xavier	8			3	Xavier	6
	6	UNC Charlotte	6													2	Rhode Island	7	1
																3	Xavier	9	10
	Losers Bracket 1-2					Losers Bracket 2					Losers Bracket 3
	5	Massachusetts	6
	6	UNC Charlotte	5								1	Dayton	3
						3	Xavier	6			3	Xavier	11
						5	Massachusetts	4
	4	Fordham	10
	6	UNC Charlotte	13

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 20
Game 1	University of Massachusetts Amherst	5-4	Fordham University
Game 2	Xavier University	8-6	University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Game 3	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	13-10	Fordham University	Fordham eliminated
May 21
Game 4	University of Dayton	9-5	University of Massachusetts Amherst
Game 5	University of Rhode Island	7-6	Xavier University
Game 6	University of Massachusetts Amherst	6-5 (10)	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	UNC Charlotte eliminated
May 22
Game 7	University of Rhode Island	9-2	University of Dayton
Game 8	Xavier University	6-4	University of Massachusetts Amherst	Massachusetts eliminated
Game 9	Xavier University	11-3	University of Dayton	Dayton eliminated
May 23
Game 10	Xavier University	9-7	University of Rhode Island
Game 11	Xavier University	10-1	University of Rhode Island	Xavier advances to NCAA tournament

All-Championship Team

• Jordan Conley, SS Xavier
• Tom Coulombe, OF Rhode Island
• Bobby Freking, 1B Xavier
• Mike Gedman, 1B Massachusetts
• Nick Greenwood, P Rhode Island
• Zack Jacobs, 2B Dayton
• Rob Lyerly, 1B UNC Charlotte
• John McCambridge, 3B Xavier
• Billy O’Conner, C Xavier
• Oliver Palmer, 2B Rhode Island
• Zac Richard, P Xavier
• Ben Thomas, DH Xavier