2001_Atlantic_10_Conference_Baseball_Tournament

2001 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament

2001 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament

Collegiate baseball tournament

The 2001 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held at Cracker Jack Stadium in Kissimmee, Florida, from May 17 through 19. It featured the top four regular-season finishers of the conference's 11 teams. 2001 was the final season that the tournament had four teams; in 2002, it moved to a six-team format. Third-seeded Richmond defeated George Washington in the title game to win the tournament for the third time, earning the Atlantic 10's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA tournament.[1][2][3]

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Seeding

The league's top four teams, based on winning percentage in the 22-game regular-season schedule, were seeded one through four. In the tie for third place, the conference's tiebreakers gave Dayton the second seed over Temple.[1]

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Bracket

First roundSemi-finalsFinals
1Massachusetts4
4George Washington3
1Massachusetts3
3Temple6
2Dayton2
3Temple3[lower-alpha 1]
3Temple
4George Washington
Lower round 1Lower final
1Massachusetts1
4George Washington114George Washington9
3Dayton10
  1. 10 innings.

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Temple third baseman Kyle Sweppenhiser, one of five Owls selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.

This was the second time Sweppenhiser was selected to the time, after having first been selected in 1999[1] George Washington's Mike Bassett and Dan Rouhier were both named for the second time. Bassett was first selected in 2000, Rouhier in 1998.

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References

  1. [1]
    "2014 Atlantic 10 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Atlantic10.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 19, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. [2]
    "Temple's Baseball Team Wears the A-10 Crown". Philly.com. The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 26, 2014. Archived from the original on August 11, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
  3. [3]
    Eubanks, Lon (May 25, 2001). "Temple Coach Has Been There". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
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