WASHINGTON – Saint Louis won the Atlantic 10 Conference regular season title and will serve as the No. 1 seed for next week’s A-10 Baseball Championship at Capital One Park in Tysons, Va. The seven-team, double-elimination tournament begins Tuesday, May 21 and will conclude with the championship final on Saturday, May 25, all streamed on ESPN+.
 
The Billikens finished the 2024 campaign with a 37-14 overall mark along with a 16-8 record in conference competition. SLU receives a bye into the second round and will open championship play against the winner between No. 4 Richmond and fifth-seeded George Washington on Wednesday, May 22, with first pitch slated for 11:00 a.m.
 
VCU earned the No. 2 overall seed, finishing with a 33-21 record and 15-8 mark in league play. The Rams will see their first action of the championship at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon, taking on seventh-seeded Saint Joseph’s in the opening round. The Hawks closed out their year with an 13-11 mark in A-10 competition and 26-24 overall.
 
Dayton garnered the third overall seed via a 14-9 record in league play and an overall mark of 32-20 and will square off against No. 6 Massachusetts (24-27, 13-11 A-10) at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 21 in the opening round., Richmond, which was 24-30 overall, locked down the No. 4 seed behind a 13-11 record within conference competition, and will battle fifth-seeded George Washington (30-24, 13-11 A-10) at 11:00 a.m. in Tuesday’s championship opener for the right to challenge the top-seeded Billikens in the second round.
 
Richmond, GW, UMass and Saint Joseph’s all tied for fourth at 13-11. Composite conference records versus common opponents broke the four-way tie, with head-to-head competition finalizing the seeding.
 
The winner of the Atlantic 10 Baseball Championship will receive the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Tickets are available for purchase on site or by visiting Atlantic 10 Baseball Championship Central on Atlantic10.com.