Collegiate baseball tournament
The 2013 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament was the postseason baseball tournament of the NCAA Division I Atlantic 10 Conference . It took place from May 22 through 25. The top seven regular season finishers of the league's fifteen teams met in the double-elimination tournament to be held at newly renovated[ 2] Robert and Mariam Hayes Stadium on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in Charlotte, North Carolina . In the championship game, first-seeded Saint Louis defeated second-seeded Charlotte , 7-4, to win its third tournament championship (its second under head coach Darin Hendrickson ). Saint Louis earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament .[ 3] As a team, SLU collected 92 hits in six days (.395 average), shattering the previous A-10 Tournament record of 65.
In an expansion from previous years, the top seven finishers from the regular season were seeded one through seven. The top seed received a single bye while remaining seeds played on the first day.[ 4]
Bracket
Upper round 1 Upper round 2 Upper final Final 1 Saint Louis 6 4 Xavier 7 4 Xavier 8 5 George Washington 2 4 Xavier 3 2 Charlotte 12 2 Charlotte 6 7 Richmond 5 2 Charlotte 5 3 Rhode Island 2 3 Rhode Island 5 6 La Salle 2 2 Charlotte 4 4 1 Saint Louis 5 7 Lower round 1 Lower round 2 Lower round 3 Lower final 1 Saint Louis 10 7 Richmond 7 7 Richmond 6 4 Xavier 4 6 La Salle 2 1 Saint Louis 13 1 Saint Louis 6 5 George Washington 4 3 Rhode Island 4 5 George Washington 5
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.
POS
Name
School
Class
P
Mike Bradstreet
Rhode Island
SR
P
Marco Mejia
Saint Louis
SR
P
John Hamilton
Charlotte
SR
OF/P
Vinny Nittoli
Xavier
JR
1B
Derek Brown
George Washington
SR
1B
Mike Vigliarolo
Saint Louis
SO
2B
Brad Elwood
Charlotte
SO
SS
Tyler Beckwith
Richmond
FR
OF
Mark Elwell
Xavier
SR
OF
Alex Kelly
Saint Louis
SR
OF
Michael Bozarth
Saint Louis
FR
OF
Tony Montlbano
Charlotte
SR
Most Valuable Player
Alex Kelly was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Kelly was a senior outfielder for Saint Louis who set tournament records for hits (12) and RBI (13).
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