| Year: | 2008 |
| Conference: | Atlantic 10 Conference |
| Teams: | 6 |
| Format: | Six-team double elimination First-round byes for top two seeds |
| Ballpark: | Campbell's Field |
| City: | Camden, NJ |
| Champions: | Charlotte |
| Titlecount: | 2nd |
| Coach: | Loren Hibbs |
| Coachcount: | 2nd |
| Mvp: | Rob Lyerly |
| Mvpteam: | Charlotte |
The 2008 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held from May 21 through 24 at Campbell's Field in Camden, New Jersey. It featured the top six regular-season finishers of the conference's 14 teams. Second-seeded Charlotte defeated Xavier in the title game to win the tournament for the second straight year, earning the A-10's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA tournament.[1]
The league's top six teams, based on winning percentage in the 27-game regular-season schedule, were seeded one through six. The top two seeds, Xavier and Charlotte, received byes into the second round of play in the double elimination tournament.
In the tie for first place, the conference's tiebreaking procedures gave Xavier the top seed.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 8 | .704 | ||||
| 19 | 8 | .704 | ||||
| 16 | 10 | .615 | ||||
| 16 | 11 | .593 | ||||
| 15 | 11 | .574 | ||||
| 15 | 12 | .556 | ||||
| 13 | 14 | .481 | ||||
| 13 | 14 | .481 | ||||
| 11 | 16 | .407 | ||||
| 11 | 16 | .407 | ||||
| 11 | 16 | .407 | ||||
| 10 | 16 | .389 | ||||
| 9 | 17 | .346 | ||||
| 9 | 18 | .333 |
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Charlotte's Rob Lyerly, one of four 49ers selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.[2]
Duquesne's Bill Torre (2005) was a second-time selection.
| Pos. | Name | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1B | Alex Burt | Charlotte | |
| IF | Jordan Conley | Xavier | |
| P | Mike Creevy | Xavier | |
| IF | Rob Lyerly | Charlotte | |
| C | Derek Mechling | Duquesne | |
| P | Mike Mongiardini | Temple | |
| OF | Stan Orzechowski | Temple | |
| P | Brett Palanski | Rhode Island | |
| P | Xavier | ||
| P | Luke Stahl | Charlotte | |
| OF | O'Brien Taylor | Charlotte | |
| IF | Bill Torre | Duquesne |