2011 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament
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The 2011 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament took place from May 24 through 27. 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. Manhattan won their second tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]
Teams | 4 |
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Format | Double-elimination |
Finals site | |
Champions | Manhattan (2nd title) |
Winning coach | Kevin Leighton (2nd title) |
MVP | Mike Giordano (Manhattan) |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manhattan †‡y | 20 | – | 2 | .909 | 34 | – | 19 | .642 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rider | 16 | – | 7 | .696 | 33 | – | 18 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Siena | 14 | – | 10 | .583 | 28 | – | 30 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Canisius | 12 | – | 10 | .545 | 26 | – | 32 | .448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marist | 13 | – | 11 | .542 | 35 | – | 17 | .673 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fairfield | 13 | – | 11 | .542 | 22 | – | 25 | .468 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iona | 7 | – | 17 | .292 | 17 | – | 34 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Peter's | 5 | – | 18 | .217 | 16 | – | 34 | .320 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Niagara | 5 | – | 19 | .208 | 8 | – | 40 | .167 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2011[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |
Seeding
editThe 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 |
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Manhattan | 20 | 2 | .909 | – | 1 |
Rider | 16 | 7 | .696 | 4.5 | 2 |
Siena | 14 | 10 | .583 | 7 | 3 |
Canisius | 12 | 10 | .545 | 8 | 4 |
Marist | 13 | 11 | .542 | 8 | – |
Fairfield | 13 | 11 | .542 | 8 | – |
Iona | 7 | 17 | .292 | 14 | – |
Saint Peter's | 5 | 18 | .217 | 15.5 | – |
Niagara | 5 | 19 | .208 | 16 | – |
Results
editAll-Tournament Team
editThe following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]
Pos. | Name | School |
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P | Garreth Cortright | Canisius |
Neil Fryer | Siena | |
John Soldinger | Manhattan | |
C | Ramon Ortega | Manhattan |
1B | Austin Sheffield | Manhattan |
2B | Dan Paolini | Siena |
Jose Torralba | Canisius | |
SS | John Ralston | Rider |
OF | Mike Fish | Siena |
Karl Johnston | Rider | |
Mark Onorati | Manhattan |
Most Valuable Player
editMike Giordano was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Giordano was a pitcher for Manhattan.[3]
References
edit- ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2011". Boyd's World. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
- ^ "Division I Conference Championships". NCAA. May 29, 2011. Archived from the original on March 2, 2018. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
- ^ a b c "2011 Baseball Championship". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved February 28, 2018.