The 2013 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament was the postseason baseball tournament of the NCAA Division I Atlantic 10 Conference. It took place from May 22 through 25. The top seven regular season finishers of the league's fifteen teams met in the double-elimination tournament to be held at newly renovated Robert and Mariam Hayes Stadium on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in Charlotte, North Carolina. In the championship game, first-seeded Saint Louis defeated second-seeded Charlotte, 7-4, to win its third tournament championship (its second under head coach Darin Hendrickson). Saint Louis earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. As a team, SLU collected 92 hits in six days (.395 average), shattering the previous A-10 Tournament record of 65.
Seeding and format In an expansion from previous years, the top seven finishers from the regular season were seeded one through seven. The top seed received a single bye while remaining seeds played on the first day. Team W L Pct. GB Seed 17 7 .708 – 1 17 7 .708 – 2 Rhode Island 17 7 .708 – 3 16 8 .667 1 4 15 9 .625 2 5 15 9 .625 2 6 Richmond 13 11 .542 4 7 VCU 12 12 .500 5 – 12 12 .500 5 – 12 12 .500 5 – 9 15 .375 8 – 8 16 .333 9 – 7 17 .292 10 – UMass 7 17 .292 10 – 3 21 .125 14 –
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All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. POS Name School Class P Mike Bradstreet Rhode Island SR P Marco Mejia Saint Louis SR P John Hamilton Charlotte SR OF/P Vinny Nittoli Xavier JR 1B Derek Brown George Washington SR 1B Mike Vigliarolo Saint Louis SO 2B Brad Elwood Charlotte SO SS Tyler Beckwith Richmond FR OF Mark Elwell Xavier SR OF Alex Kelly Saint Louis SR OF Michael Bozarth Saint Louis FR OF Tony Montlbano Charlotte SR
Most Valuable Player Alex Kelly was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Kelly was a senior outfielder for Saint Louis who set tournament records for hits (12) and RBI (13).
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