2004 Atlantic Sun Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsFlorida Atlantic (1st title)
Winning coachKevin Cooney (1st title)
MVPRusty Brown (Florida Atlantic)
2004 Atlantic Sun Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 25 UCF  ‍†‍‍y 24–6 .80047–18 .723
No. 30 Florida Atlantic  ‍‍‡‍y 20–10 .66747–17 .734
Stetson  ‍‍‍ 20–10 .66736–23 .610
Gardner–Webb  ‍‍‍ 19–11 .63332–25 .561
Troy  ‍‍‍ 15–15 .50036–22 .621
Campbell  ‍‍‍ 14–16 .46723–34 .404
Belmont  ‍‍‍ 13–17 .43331–23 .574
Jacksonville  ‍‍‍ 12–18 .40025–31 .446
Georgia State  ‍‍‍ 11–19 .36718–36 .333
Lipscomb  ‍‍‍ 9–21 .30015–39 .278
Mercer  ‍‍‍ 8–22 .26720–35 .364
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2004[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2004 Atlantic Sun Conference baseball tournament was held at Melching Field at Conrad Park on the campus of Stetson University in DeLand, Florida, from May 26 through 29.[2] Florida Atlantic won its first and only tournament championship to earn the Atlantic Sun Conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3]

Seeding

The top six teams (based on conference results) from the conference earn invites to the tournament.

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
UCF246.800—1
Stetson2010.66742
Florida Atlantic2010.66743
Gardner–Webb1911.63354
Troy1515.50095
Campbell1416.467106
Belmont1317.43311—
Jacksonville1218.40012—
Georgia State1119.36713—
Lipscomb921.30015—
Mercer822.26716—

Results

First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsFinal
1UCF6
6Campbell51UCF10
4Gardner–Webb7
2Stetson41UCF4
5Troy23Florida Atlantic7
2Stetson13Florida Atlantic21—
3Florida Atlantic155Troy2—
3Florida Atlantic71UCF7
4Gardner–Webb42Stetson35Troy9
6Campbell115Troy5
5Troy13

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]

PosNameTeam
PChris SaxtonFlorida Atlantic
Nate MooreTroy
CDrew ButeraUCF
Henry GutierrezTroy
IFRusty BrownFlorida Atlantic
Matt RayUCF
Derek HuttonFlorida Atlantic
Evan BrannonFlorida Atlantic
OFDee BrownUCF
Tim MasciaFlorida Atlantic
Adam GodwinTroy

Tournament Most Valuable Player

Rusty Brown was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Brown was an infielder for Florida Atlantic.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 2019 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 4. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  2. ↑ Baseball Record Book (PDF). Florida Atlantic Owls. p. 36. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  3. ↑ Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 7. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  4. 1 2 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 13. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.