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 won their first tournament championship and claimed the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
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. Team W L Pct. GB Seed 17 7 .708 – 1 17 7 .708 – 2 16 8 .667 1 3 14 10 .583 3 4 14 10 .583 3 5 13 10 .565 3.5 6 13 11 .542 4 – 12 12 .500 5 – 10 14 .417 7 – 9 14 .391 7.5 – 7 17 .292 10 – 7 17 .292 10 – 6 18 .250 11 –
Results
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.
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