The 2008 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held from May 21 through 24 at Campbell's Field in Camden, New Jersey. It featured the top six regular-season finishers of the conference's 14 teams. Second-seeded Charlotte defeated Xavier in the title game to win the tournament for the second straight year, earning the A-10's automatic bid to the 2008 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, Xavier and Charlotte, received byes into the second round of play in the double elimination tournament.
In the tie for first place, the conference's tiebreaking procedures gave Xavier the top seed.
Team W L Pct. GB Seed Xavier 19 8 .704 Charlotte 19 8 .704 Duquesne 16 10 .615 Temple 16 11 .593 Rhode Island 15 11 .574 St. Bonaventure 15 12 .556 Dayton 13 14 .481 Fordham 13 14 .481 George Washington 11 16 .407 La Salle 11 16 .407 Massachusetts 11 16 .407 Richmond 10 16 .389 Saint Louis 9 17 .346 Saint Joseph's 9 18 .333
Bracket
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Charlotte's Rob Lyerly, one of four 49ers selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.
Duquesne's Bill Torre (2005) was a second-time selection.
Pos. Name Team 1B Alex Burt Charlotte IF Jordan Conley Xavier P Mike Creevy Xavier IF Rob Lyerly Charlotte C Derek Mechling Duquesne P Mike Mongiardini Temple OF Stan Orzechowski Temple P Brett Palanski Rhode Island P Danny Rosenbaum Xavier P Luke Stahl Charlotte OF O'Brien Taylor Charlotte IF Bill Torre Duquesne
Notes
This was Duquesne's final appearance in the tournament as the baseball program folded in 2010 due to budget cuts.
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