The 2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held from May 25 through 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]
Teams | 6 |
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Format | Double-elimination |
Finals site | |
Champions | Fairfield (1st title) |
Winning coach | Bill Currier (1st title) |
MVP | Jake Salpietro (Fairfield) |
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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 |
Seeding
editThe 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 |
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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
editAll-Tournament Team
editThe following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]
Name | School |
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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
editJake Salpietro was named Tournament Most Valuable Player.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
- ^ "2015-16 MAAC Championships". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
- ^ "2016 Baseball Championship". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on July 7, 2016. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
- ^ a b c "Fairfield Wins its First MAAC Baseball Championship in Program History". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. May 28, 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2018.