2013 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament

2013 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Arm & Hammer Park; Trenton, NJ;
Champions	Canisius (1st title)
Winning coach	Mike McRae (1st title)
MVP	Jesse Puscheck (Canisius)
	← 2012; baseball tournament; 2014 →;

The 2013 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held from May 23 through 26. The top four regular season finishers of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Arm & Hammer Park in Trenton, New Jersey. Canisius, the tournament champion, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[2]^[3]^[4]

2013 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Rider ‍†‍‍	18	–	6	–	0	.750	35	–	22	–	0	.614
Marist ‍‍‍	17	–	7	–	0	.708	27	–	24	–	1	.529
Canisius ‍‍‡‍^y	15	–	9	–	0	.625	41	–	15	–	0	.732
Siena ‍‍‍	15	–	9	–	0	.625	27	–	29	–	0	.482
Fairfield ‍‍‍	11	–	13	–	0	.458	20	–	29	–	0	.408
Manhattan ‍‍‍	9	–	12	–	0	.429	22	–	27	–	0	.449
Saint Peter's ‍‍‍	9	–	15	–	0	.375	17	–	34	–	0	.333
Niagara ‍‍‍	9	–	15	–	0	.375	16	–	37	–	0	.302
Iona ‍‍‍	3	–	21	–	0	.125	8	–	43	–	0	.157

‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 25, 2013^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding

The top four teams were seeded one through four based on their conference winning percentage. They then played a double-elimination tournament. Canisius claimed the third seed over Siena by tiebreaker.

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
Rider	18	6	.750	–	1
Marist	17	7	.708	1	2
Canisius	15	9	.625	3	3
Siena	15	9	.625	3	4
Fairfield	11	13	.458	7	–
Manhattan	9	12	.529	7.5	–
Saint Peter's	9	15	.375	9	–
Niagara	9	15	.375	9	–
Iona	3	21	.125	15	–

Results


First round			Semi-finals			Finals



1	Rider	7

4	Siena	1
			1	Rider	7

			3	Canisius	18
2	Marist	1

3	Canisius	2
						3	Canisius

						4	Siena
Lower round 1			Lower final



			1	Rider	8

4	Siena	12	4	Siena	11

2	Marist	5

All-Tournament Team

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

Name	School
Mike Orefice	Marist
Chris Thorsen	Marist
Tyler Smith	Rider
Adam Wayman	Rider
Mike Allen	Siena
Andres Ortiz	Siena
Larry Balkwill	Siena
Brooklyn Foster	Canisius
Ronnie Bernick	Canisius
Garrett Cortright	Canisius

Most Valuable Player

Jesse Puscheck was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Puscheck was a designated hitter for Canisius.^[3]

References

^ "2013 MAAC Standings and Leaders". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
^ "Conference Championship Central". NCAA.org. Archived from the original on April 23, 2013. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "2013 Baseball Championship". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
^ "Canisius Wins First-Ever MAAC Baseball Championship". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved April 18, 2014.

[1] "2013 MAAC Standings and Leaders". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 23, 2013.

[2] "Conference Championship Central". NCAA.org. Archived from the original on April 23, 2013. Retrieved May 3, 2013.

[champ-3] "2013 Baseball Championship". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved May 3, 2013.

[final-4] "Canisius Wins First-Ever MAAC Baseball Championship". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved April 18, 2014.

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