The 2009 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held from May 20 through 23 at Fifth Third Field in Dayton, OH. It featured the top six regular-season finishers of the conference's 14 teams. Third-seeded Xavier defeated Rhode Island in the title game to win the tournament for the first time, earning the A-10's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA tournament.
Seeding and format The league's top six teams, based on winning percentage in the 27-game regular-season schedule, were seeded one through six. The top two seeds, Dayton and Rhode Island, received byes into the second round of play in the double elimination tournament.
In the three-way tie for fourth-place, the conference's tiebreaking procedures gave Massachusetts the fourth seed, Fordham the fifth, and Charlotte the sixth.
Team W L Pct. GB Seed Dayton 21 6 .778 Rhode Island 19 6 .760 Xavier 18 9 .667 Massachusetts 16 11 .593 Fordham 16 11 .593 Charlotte 16 11 .593 Saint Louis 12 13 .480 George Washington 11 15 .423 Temple 11 15 .423 Richmond 11 16 .407 Saint Joseph's 9 17 .346 St. Bonaventure 9 17 .346 La Salle 8 18 .308 Duquesne 7 19 .269
Bracket
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Xavier's Billy O'Conner, one of six Musketeers selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.
Xavier's Jordan Conley and Charlotte's Rob Lyerly, both selected in 2008, were second-time selections.
Pos. Name Team SS Jordan Conley Xavier OF Tom Coulombe Rhode Island 1B Bobby Freking Xavier 1B Mike Gedman Massachusetts P Nick Greenwood Rhode Island 2B Zack Jacobs Xavier 1B Rob Lyerly Charlotte 3B John McCambridge Xavier C Billy O'Conner Xavier 2B Oliver Palmer Rhode Island P Zac Richard Xavier DH Ben Thomas Xavier
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