2017 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament

The 2017 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held from May 24 through 28. The top six regular season finishers of the league's eleven teams met in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Sal Maglie Stadium in Niagara Falls, New York. Marist won their sixth tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1][2][3][4]

2017 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMarist (6th title)
Winning coachChris Tracz (1st title)
MVPTony Romanelli (Marist)
2017 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Fairfield  ‍‍‍ 17 7   .708 31 24   .564
Marist  ‍‍y 16 8   .667 32 23   .582
Canisius  ‍‍‍ 16 8   .667 35 22   .614
Iona  ‍‍‍ 14 10   .583 25 26   .490
Rider  ‍‍‍ 12 12   .500 24 28   .462
Manhattan  ‍‍‍ 12 12   .500 18 35   .340
Niagara  ‍‍‍ 12 12   .500 24 24   .500
Monmouth  ‍‍‍ 11 13   .458 20 28   .417
Quinnipiac  ‍‍‍ 11 13   .458 18 32   .360
Siena  ‍‍‍ 11 13   .458 20 28   .417
Saint Peter's  ‍‍‍ 0 24   .000 0 38   .000
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding

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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
Marist 16 8 .667 1 2
Canisius 16 8 .667 1 3
Iona 14 10 .583 3 4
Manhattan 12 12 .500 5 5
Rider 12 12 .500 5 6
Niagara 12 12 .500 5
Monmouth 11 13 .458 6
Quinnipiac 11 13 .458 6
Siena 11 13 .458 6
Saint Peter's 0 24 .000 17

Results

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Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1Fairfield12
3Canisius114Iona1
6Rider81Fairfield8
2Marist11
2Marist6
4Iona53Canisius2
5Manhattan1
2Marist5
4Iona1
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
4Iona7
4Iona51Fairfield6
6Rider23Canisius2
6Rider44Iona5
5Manhattan3

All-Tournament Team

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

Name School
Michael Ginther Canisius
Gage Lanning Canisius
Jack Gethings Fairfield
John Signore Fairfield
Matt Byrne Iona
Jared Finkel Iona
Bill Maier Iona
Scott Boches Marist
Frankie Gregoire Marist
Matt Pagano Marist
Andrew Rouse Marist

Most Valuable Player

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Tony Romanelli, a junior pitcher for Marist, was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. He earned the save in each of Marist's three wins, including a four pitch strikeout in the final after entering with two outs and the bases loaded in the top of the ninth inning.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "2016-17 MAAC Championships". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  2. ^ "2017 Baseball Championship". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on July 7, 2016. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  3. ^ "2017 Division I baseball conference tournaments, automatic qualifiers". NCAA. May 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  4. ^ a b c "Marist Claims 2017 MAAC LifeStorage Baseball Championship". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. May 27, 2017. Retrieved February 27, 2018.