2009 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

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2009 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
  • Mercer County Waterfront Park
  • Trenton, NJ
ChampionsMarist (5th title)
Winning coach (1st title)
MVPJacob Wiley (Marist)
2009 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Manhattan  ‍†‍‍ 18 – 6   .750 35 – 18   .660
Canisius  ‍‍‍ 16 – 8   .667 36 – 22   .621
Marist  ‍‍‡‍y 15 – 9   .625 31 – 28   .525
Rider  ‍‍‍ 14 – 10   .583 26 – 23   .531
Niagara  ‍‍‍ 14 – 10   .583 20 – 35   .364
Fairfield  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417 20 – 37   .351
Siena  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15   .375 15 – 35   .300
Saint Peter's  ‍‍‍ 7 – 17   .292 17 – 37   .315
Iona  ‍‍‍ 5 – 19   .208 6 – 40   .130
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2009[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2009 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 21–23, 2009. The top four regular season finishers of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Mercer County Waterfront Park in Trenton, New Jersey. Marist won their fifth tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

Seeding[]

The top four teams were seeded one through four based on their conference winning percentage. They then played a double-elimination tournament.

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Manhattan 18 6 .750
–
1
Canisius 16 8 .667
2
2
Marist 15 9 .625
3
3
Rider 14 10 .583
4
4
Niagara 14 10 .583
4
–
Fairfield 10 14 .417
8
–
Siena 9 15 .375
9
–
Saint Peter's 7 17 .292
11
–
Iona 5 19 .208
13
–

Results[]

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1 Manhattan 2  
4 Rider 1  
  1 Manhattan 3  
  3 Marist 411  
2 Canisius 6
3 Marist 7  
  3 Marist 4 13
  2 Canisius 5 9
4 Rider 8  
2 Canisius 9  
  1 Manhattan 2
  2 Canisius 3  

All-Tournament Team[]

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

Name School
Brian Burton Canisius
Richard Curylo Marist
Shane Davis Canisus
Mike Gazzola Manhattan
Branson Joseph Canisius
Kevin Mailloux Canisius
Brian McDonough Marist
Kyle Meyer Marist
Bryce Nugent Marist
Sean Olson Rider
Chad Salem Manhattan

Most Valuable Player[]

Jacob Wiley was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Wiley was a pitcher for Marist, and recorded three saves in the Tournament.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2009". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
  2. ^ "2009 Baseball Championship". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c "Marist College Wins 2009 MAAC Baseball Championship". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. May 23, 2009. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
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