2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

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2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsFairfield (1st title)
Winning coachBill Currier (1st title)
MVPJake Salpietro (Fairfield)
2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Fairfield  ‍†‍‡‍y 17 – 7 – 0   .708 32 – 26 – 0   .552
Monmouth  ‍‍‍ 16 – 8 – 0   .667 30 – 27 – 0   .526
Siena  ‍‍‍ 16 – 8 – 0   .667 25 – 32 – 0   .439
Canisius  ‍‍‍ 16 – 8 – 0   .667 32 – 27 – 0   .542
Manhattan  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11 – 0   .542 24 – 31 – 0   .436
Marist  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11 – 0   .542 24 – 27 – 0   .471
Niagara  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13 – 0   .458 16 – 37 – 1   .306
Quinnipiac  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14 – 0   .417 21 – 31 – 0   .404
Rider  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14 – 0   .417 18 – 33 – 0   .353
Iona  ‍‍‍ 5 – 19 – 0   .208 11 – 39 – 0   .220
Saint Peter's  ‍‍‍ 5 – 19 – 0   .208 10 – 42 – 0   .192
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 11, 2016[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 25–29. The top six regular season finishers of the league's eleven teams met in the double-elimination tournament, which was held at Dutchess Stadium in Wappingers Falls, New York. As tournament champion, Fairfield earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3][4]

Seeding[]

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

Team W L Pct GB Seed
Fairfield 17 7 .708 — 1
Siena 16 8 .667 1 2
Monmouth 16 8 .667 1 3
Canisius 16 8 .667 1 4
Marist 13 11 .542 4 5
Manhattan 13 11 .542 4 6
Niagara 11 13 .458 6 —
Quinnipiac 10 14 .417 7 —
Rider 10 14 .417 7 —
Iona 5 19 .208 12 —
Saint Peter's 5 19 .208 12 —

Results[]

  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  3 Monmouth 8     1 Fairfield 5  
  6 Manhattan 12     6 Manhattan 2    
      1 Fairfield 8              
      4 Canisius 5              
  4 Canisius 15     2 Siena 4          
  5 Marist 8     4 Canisius 8        
        1 Fairfield 18 —
Loser's Bracket       2 Siena 2 —
  3 Monmouth 9        
  5 Marist 6          
      3 Monmouth 1        
      6 Manhattan 8          
            6 Manhattan 4              
          2 Siena 15              
      4 Canisius 0    
    2 Siena 5  

All-Tournament Team[]

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]

Name School
Jake Salpietro Fairfield
Drew Arciuolo Fairfield
Michael Conti Fairfield
Jack Gethings Fairfield
Kevin Radziewicz Fairfield
Chris Amorosi Siena
Bryan Goossens Siena
Phil Madonna Siena
Jake Lumley Canisius
Anthony Massicci Canisius
Joe Jacques Manhattan
Fabian Pena Manhattan

Most Valuable Player[]

Jake Salpietro was named Tournament Most Valuable Player.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  2. ^ "2015-16 MAAC Championships". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
  3. ^ "2016 Baseball Championship". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on July 7, 2016. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
  4. ^ a b c "Fairfield Wins its First MAAC Baseball Championship in Program History". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. May 28, 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
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