2000 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament

2000 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Single-elimination
Finals site	Dutchess Stadium Wappingers Falls, NY
Champions	Marist  (1st title)
Winning coach	John Szefc  (1st title)
MVP	Kevin Ool (Marist)
← 1999 baseball tournament 2001 →

2000 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Iona  ‍†‍‍	22	–	4		.846			31	–	13		.705
Le Moyne  ‍‍‍	18	–	7		.720			32	–	15		.681
Fairfield  ‍‍‍	17	–	8		.680			26	–	20		.565
Marist  ‍‍‡‍y	16	–	11		.593			32	–	18		.640
Rider  ‍‍‍	13	–	12		.520			22	–	29		.431
Niagara  ‍‍‍	13	–	13		.500			16	–	25		.390
Siena  ‍‍‍	12	–	14		.462			15	–	32		.319
Manhattan  ‍‍‍	10	–	16		.385			20	–	29		.408
Saint Peter's  ‍‍‍	4	–	21		.160			8	–	41		.163
Canisius  ‍‍‍	4	–	23		.148			9	–	33		.214
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2000 [1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2000 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament took place on May 21 and 22, 2000. The top four regular season finishers of the league's teams met in the single-elimination tournament held at Dutchess Stadium in Wappingers Falls, New York. Marist won their first tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Seeding

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

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
Iona	22	4	.846	–	1
Le Moyne	18	7	.720	3.5	2
Fairfield	17	8	.680	4.5	3
Marist	16	11	.593	6.5	4
Rider	13	12	.520	8	–
Niagara	13	13	.500	9	–
Siena	12	14	.462	10	–
Manhattan	10	16	.385	12	–
Saint Peter's	4	21	.160	17.5	–
Canisius	4	23	.077	18.5	–

Results

	First round					Finals
	1	Iona	0
	4	Marist	2
						4	Marist	11
						3	Fairfield	5
	2	Le Moyne	1
	3	Fairfield	3

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. ^[2]

Name	School
Anthony Ambrosini	Marist
Ryan Bittner	Fairfield
Tim Bittner	Marist
Anthony Bocchino	Marist
Ryan Brady	Marist
Brian Coughlin	Marist
Jeff Hanson	Fairfield
Tom Lopusznick	Fairfield
Manny Pizarro	Iona
Casey Saucke	Le Moyne

Most Valuable Player

Kevin Ool was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Ool was a freshman pitcher for Marist. ^[3]

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2000". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
2. "Baseball Championship History". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
3. "Marist NCAA Regional History". Marist Red Foxes. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
4. "All-Time Results". Le Moyne Dolphins. Retrieved March 22, 2018.