2012 Colonial Athletic Association
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsUNC Wilmington (3rd title)
Winning coachMark Scalf (3rd title)
MVPJimmy Yezzo (Delaware)
2012 Colonial Athletic Association baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
UNC Wilmington  ‍†‍‡‍y 24–6–0 .80039–23–0 .629
Hofstra  ‍‍‍ 20–10–0 .66734–22–0 .607
Delaware  ‍‍‍ 17–13–0 .56731–27–0 .534
George Mason  ‍‍‍ 16–14–0 .53333–24–0 .579
VCU  ‍‍‍ 15–15–0 .50034–25–0 .576
Towson  ‍‍‍ 15–15–0 .50027–31–0 .466
Georgia State  ‍‍‍ 14–16–0 .46724–31–0 .436
Northeastern  ‍‍‍ 13–17–0 .43323–28–0 .451
William & Mary  ‍‍‍ 12–18–0 .40031–25–0 .554
James Madison  ‍‍‍ 10–20–0 .33316–35–2 .321
Old Dominion  ‍‍‍ 9–21–0 .30019–34–0 .358
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2012[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2012 Colonial Athletic Association baseball tournament was held at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park in Harrisonburg, Virginia, from May 23 through 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.

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
UNC Wilmington246.800–1
Hofstra2010.66742
Delaware1713.56773
George Mason1614.53384
VCU1515.50095
Towson1515.50096
Georgia State1416.46710–
Northeastern1317.43311–
William & Mary1218.40012–
James Madison1020.33314–
Old Dominion921.30015–

Bracket

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
3Delaware11
6Towson72Hofstra3
3Delaware83Delaware2
1UNC Wilmington3
5VCU5
5VCU111UNC Wilmington8
4George Mason7
3Delaware118
1UNC Wilmington910
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
3Delaware12
2Hofstra42Hofstra9
6Towson95VCU2
4George Mason85VCU14
6Towson16

All-Tournament Team

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

NameSchool
Jimmy YezzoDelaware
D. J. LongDelaware
Alex MaruriDelaware
Eric YoungDelaware
Matt CampbellUNC Wilmington
Thomas PopeUNC Wilmington
Tyler MolinaroUNC Wilmington
Mat BattsUNC Wilmington
Tyler McSwainUNC Wilmington
Brent MikionisVCU
Zach FisherTowson
Zack HelgesonGeorge 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

  1. ↑ "Baseball standings". CAASports.com. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  2. ↑ "2012 CAA Baseball Championship". caasports.com. Archived from the original on March 1, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 "UNCW Wins CAA Baseball Title". caasports.com. May 26, 2012. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
  4. ↑ Baseball Record Book (PDF). Colonial Athletic Association. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 7, 2012. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
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