2016 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament

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2016 Atlantic 10 Conference
baseball tournament
Teams7
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsRhode Island (2nd title)
2016 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Rhode Island  ‍y 18 6 0   .750 31 25 0   .554
VCU  ‍‍‍ 15 7 0   .682 38 19 0   .667
Saint Joseph's  ‍‍‍ 15 9 0   .625 31 23 0   .574
Saint Louis  ‍‍‍ 15 9 0   .625 25 31 0   .446
Fordham  ‍‍‍ 14 10 0   .583 29 29 0   .500
Davidson  ‍‍‍ 11 11 0   .500 28 26 0   .519
George Washington  ‍‍‍ 12 12 0   .500 24 33 0   .421
UMass  ‍‍‍ 11 13 0   .458 18 27 0   .400
St. Bonaventure  ‍‍‍ 11 13 0   .458 26 22 1   .541
Richmond  ‍‍‍ 11 13 0   .458 28 24 0   .538
Dayton  ‍‍‍ 8 16 0   .333 19 36 0   .345
George Mason  ‍‍‍ 7 17 0   .292 19 35 0   .352
La Salle  ‍‍‍ 6 18 0   .250 15 39 0   .278
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 4, 2016[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 2016 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament took place from May 25 through 28. The top seven regular season finishers of the league's twelve teams met in the double-elimination tournament at Jim Houlihan Park at Jack Coffey Field, the home field of Fordham in the New York City borough of The Bronx. Champions Rhode Island earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]

Seeding and format

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The tournament will use the same format adopted in 2014, with the top seven finishers from the regular season seeded one through seven. The top seed will receive a single bye while remaining seeds will play on the first day.

Team W L Pct GB Seed
Rhode Island 18 6 .750 1
VCU 15 7 .682 2 2
Saint Joseph's 15 9 .625 3 3
Saint Louis 15 9 .625 3 4
Fordham 14 10 .583 4 5
Davidson 11 11 .500 6 6
George Washington 12 12 .500 6 7
UMass 11 13 .458 7
St. Bonaventure 11 13 .458 7
Richmond 11 13 .458 7
Dayton 8 16 .333 10
George Mason 7 17 .292 11
La Salle 6 18 .250 12

Results

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Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1Rhode Island10
5Fordham1
4Saint Louis7
5Fordham9
1Rhode Island13
6Davidson4
2VCU5
7George Washington1
2VCU3
6Davidson7
3Saint Joseph's4
6Davidson8
1Rhode Island15-
6Davidson2-
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
7George Washington4
4Saint Louis12VCU126Davidson6
7George Washington62VCU13Saint Joseph's4
3Saint Joseph's13
3Saint Joseph's7
5Fordham6

References

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  1. ^ "Atlantic 10 Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  2. ^ "2016 Baseball Championship". Atlantic 10 Conference. Retrieved December 15, 2015.