2012 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament

2012 Colonial Athletic Association baseball standings
	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
UNC Wilmington †‡^y	24	–	6	–	0	.800	39	–	23	–	0	.629
Hofstra	20	–	10	–	0	.667	34	–	22	–	0	.607
Delaware	17	–	13	–	0	.567	31	–	27	–	0	.534
George Mason	16	–	14	–	0	.533	33	–	24	–	0	.579
VCU	15	–	15	–	0	.500	34	–	25	–	0	.576
Towson	15	–	15	–	0	.500	27	–	31	–	0	.466
Georgia State	14	–	16	–	0	.467	24	–	31	–	0	.436
Northeastern	13	–	17	–	0	.433	23	–	28	–	0	.451
William & Mary	12	–	18	–	0	.400	31	–	25	–	0	.554
James Madison	10	–	20	–	0	.333	16	–	35	–	2	.321
Old Dominion	9	–	21	–	0	.300	19	–	34	–	0	.358

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2012^[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2012 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament was held at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park in Harrisonburg, VA from May 23 through May 26. The top six finishers from the regular season competed in the double-elimination tournament. Top seeded UNC Wilmington won their third title and earned the Colonial Athletic Association's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.^[2]^[3]

Seeding and format

This was the first year of the six team format, as previous seasons consisted of a four team tournament. The top six teams from the regular season, based on conference winning percentage, made the field.

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
UNC Wilmington	24	6	.800	–	1
Hofstra	20	10	.667	4	2
Delaware	17	13	.567	7	3
George Mason	16	14	.533	8	4
VCU	15	15	.500	9	5
Towson	15	15	.500	9	6
Georgia State	14	16	.467	10	–
Northeastern	13	17	.433	11	–
William & Mary	12	18	.400	12	–
James Madison	10	20	.333	14	–
Old Dominion	9	21	.300	15	–

Bracket

	First round			Second round			Third Round			Semi-Finals			Finals

Winner's Bracket
	6	Towson	7	3	Delaware	11
	3	Delaware	8	2	Hofstra	3
							3	Delaware	2
							1	UNC Wilmington	3
	5	VCU	11	5	VCU	5
	4	George Mason	7	1	UNC Wilmington	8
													3	Delaware	11	8
Loser's Bracket													1	UNC Wilmington	9	10
	4	George Mason	8
	6	Towson	16
				6	Towson	9
				5	VCU	14
							2	Hofstra	4
							5	VCU	2
										3	Delaware	12
										2	Hofstra	9

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.^[3]^[4]

Name	School
Jimmy Yezzo	Delaware
D. J. Long	Delaware
Alex Maruri	Delaware
Eric Young	Delaware
Matt Campbell	UNC Wilmington
Thomas Pope	UNC Wilmington
Tyler Molinaro	UNC Wilmington
Mat Batts	UNC Wilmington
Tyler McSwain	UNC Wilmington
Brent Mikionis	VCU
Zach Fisher	Towson
Zack Helgeson	George Mason

Most Outstanding Player

Jimmy Yezzo was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Yezzo was a first baseman for Delaware, and set a tournament record with 15 hits while batting .571, scoring ten runs, and driving in 11.^[3]

References

↑ "Baseball standings". CAASports.com. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
↑ "2012 CAA Baseball Championship". caasports.com. Retrieved 2012-04-03.
1 2 3 "UNCW Wins CAA Baseball Title". caasports.com. May 26, 2012. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
↑ Baseball Record Book (PDF). Colonial Athletic Association. p. 10. Retrieved November 19, 2013.

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