2001 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament
| Teams | 4 |
|---|---|
| Format | Four-team double elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Temple (3rd title) |
| Winning coach | Skip Wilson (3rd title) |
| MVP | Kyle Sweppenhiser (Temple) |
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]
Seeding
[edit]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]
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 16 | 6 | .727 | – |
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| Dayton | 15 | 7 | .682 | 1 |
2
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| Temple | 15 | 7 | .682 | 1 |
3
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| George Washington | 13 | 9 | .591 | 3 |
4
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| St. Bonaventure | 12 | 10 | .545 | 4 |
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| Rhode Island | 10 | 12 | .455 | 6 |
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| Saint Joseph's | 10 | 12 | .455 | 6 |
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| Fordham | 10 | 12 | .455 | 6 |
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| Xavier | 8 | 14 | .364 | 8 |
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| Duquesne | 6 | 16 | .273 | 10 |
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| La Salle | 6 | 16 | .273 | 10 |
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Bracket
[edit]| First round | Semi-finals | Finals | |||||||||||
| 1 | Massachusetts | 4 | |||||||||||
| 4 | George Washington | 3 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Massachusetts | 3 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Temple | 6 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Dayton | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Temple | 3[a] | |||||||||||
| 3 | Temple | ||||||||||||
| 4 | George Washington | ||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Massachusetts | 1 | |||||||||||
| 4 | George Washington | 11 | 4 | George Washington | 9 | ||||||||
| 3 | Dayton | 10 | |||||||||||
- ^ 10 innings.
All-Tournament Team
[edit]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.
| Pos. | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|
| OF | Mike Bassett | George Washington |
| DH | Travis Crowder | George Washington |
| 1B | Robert Cucinotta | Temple |
| C | Jeff Fertitta | George Washington |
| OF | Joe Lyall | Temple |
| P | Greg Powell | Temple |
| OF/1B | Dan Rouhier | George Washington |
| 2B | Adam Stojanowski | Massachusetts |
| 3B | Kyle Sweppenhiser | Temple |
| SS | Jim Tully | Temple |
| OF | Brooks Vogel | Dayton |
| SS | Jake Wald | George Washington |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "2014 Atlantic 10 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Atlantic10.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 19, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.