2012 Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Tournament

2012 Atlantic Sun Conference baseball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Belmont †‡^y	17	–	10	.630	39	–	24	.619
South Carolina Upstate	16	–	10	.615	33	–	20	.623
Kennesaw State	15	–	11	.577	34	–	25	.576
Mercer	15	–	12	.556	38	–	21	.644
Stetson	15	–	12	.556	35	–	23	.603
Florida Gulf Coast	15	–	12	.556	26	–	31	.456
Lipscomb	14	–	13	.519	25	–	30	.455
North Florida	12	–	15	.444	31	–	24	.564
East Tennessee State	8	–	19	.296	23	–	32	.418
Jacksonville	7	–	20	.259	18	–	38	.321

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

The 2012 Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Melching Field at Conrad Park on the campus of Stetson University in DeLand, FL from May 23 through 26. Belmont won their second consecutive and second overall championship with a 10–4 championship game victory over Kennesaw State.^[2] The Bruins joined the Ohio Valley Conference beginning with the 2013 season. Belmont earned the Atlantic Sun Conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.^[3]

Format and seeding

The 2012 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament. The top six teams (based on conference results) from the conference earned invites to the tournament.^[4]

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
Belmont	17	11	.630	–	1
South Carolina Upstate	16	10	.615	.5	2
Kennesaw State	15	11	.577	1.5	3
Florida Gulf Goast	15	12	.556	2	4
Mercer	15	12	.556	2	5
Stetson	15	12	.556	2	6
Lipscomb	14	13	.519	3	–
North Florida	12	15	.444	5	–
East Tennessee State	8	19	.296	9	–
Jacksonville	7	20	.259	10	–

Bracket and results

First round			Semifinals			Third Round			Semi-Finals			Finals

6	Stetson	3
1	Belmont	4	1	Belmont	1
			3	Kennesaw State	3
						3	Kennesaw State	5
						6	Stetson	4	4	Florida Gulf Coast	4
			2	USC Upstate	0				3	Kennesaw State	13
			6	Stetson	1
4	Florida Gulf Goast	12										3	Kennesaw State	4
3	Kennesaw State	4										1	Belmont	10
			4	Florida Gulf Coast	4
			5	Mercer	3
5	Mercer	11				4	Florida Gulf Coast	4
2	USC Upstate	2				1	Belmont	6
			1	Belmont	10
			3	Mercer	3

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.^[2]

Pos.	Name	School
SP	Will Dorsey	Stetson
SP	Jason Forjet	Florida Gulf Coast
C	Ronnie Freeman	Kennesaw State
1B	Sean Dwyer	Florida Gulf Coast
1B	Judah Akers	Belmont
2B	Zac Mitchell	Belmont
SS	Brandon Bednar	Florida Gulf Coast
OF	Ryan Gebhart	Florida Gulf Coast
OF	Aaron Dobbs	Kennesaw State
OF	Drew Turner	Belmont
DH	Andy Chriscaden	Kennesaw State

Most Valuable Player

Judah Akers was named Tournament MVP. Akers was a first baseman for Belmont.^[2]

References

↑ "Standings and Leaders". Retrieved March 16, 2013.
1 2 3 "Belmont Wins Back-to-Back A-Sun Baseball Titles". atlanticsun.org. May 26, 2012. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
↑ "Championship Central". NCAA.org. Retrieved May 15, 2012.
↑ "Baseball Championship". atlanticsun.org. Retrieved March 16, 2013.

2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournaments

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