The 2005 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held from May 25 through 28 at Fifth Third Field in Dayton, OH. It featured the top two regular-season finishers of each six-team division, plus the next two best finishers. Top-seeded Rhode Island defeated George Washington in the title game to win the tournament for the first time, earning the Atlantic 10's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA tournament.
Seeding and format The league's top six teams, based on winning percentage in the 24-game regular season schedule, qualified for the field. The top two teams in each division qualified for the tournament automatically; the two division winners, Rhode Island in the East and George Washington in the West, received the top two seeds and byes through to the second round of the double elimination tournament.
Team W L Pct. GB Seed Rhode Island 18 6 Fordham 17 7 Massachusetts 9 15 St. Bonaventure 8 16 Saint Joseph's 8 16 Temple 8 16 George Washington 17 7 Dayton 16 8 Duquesne 13 11 Richmond 12 12 La Salle 9 15 Xavier 9 15
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All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Rhode Island second baseman Wayne Russo, one of four Rams selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.
Rhode Island's Josh Nestor (2004) and George Washington's Ryan Roberson (2003) were second-time selections.
Pos. Name Team P Rob Berzinskas Richmond OF Bryan Chandler Dayton P Tom Davis Fordham OF Brandon Godzik Dayton OF Daryl Holcomb Rhode Island OF Andrew Justice Richmond C Josh Nestor Rhode Island 1B Ryan Roberson George Washington 2B Wayne Russo Rhode Island OF David Savard Rhode Island OF Bill Torre Duquesne P Josh Wilkie George Washington
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