2003 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament

2003 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Dutchess Stadium Wappingers Falls, NY
Champions	Le Moyne  (2nd title)
Winning coach	Steve Owens  (1st title)
MVP	Ed Harper (Le Moyne)
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2003 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Le Moyne  ‍†‍‡‍y	22	–	3		.880			33	–	17		.660
Marist  ‍‍‍	19	–	8		.704			33	–	20		.623
Niagara  ‍‍‍	16	–	10		.615			26	–	25		.510
Manhattan  ‍‍‍	15	–	10		.600			26	–	26		.500
Iona  ‍‍‍	15	–	11		.577			21	–	24		.467
Siena  ‍‍‍	15	–	11		.577			17	–	35		.327
Rider  ‍‍‍	14	–	13		.519			22	–	27		.449
Saint Peter's  ‍‍‍	6	–	20		.231			7	–	33		.175
Fairfield  ‍‍‍	5	–	21		.192			7	–	34		.171
Canisius  ‍‍‍	3	–	23		.115			4	–	38		.095
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2003 [1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2003 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament took place from May 22 through 24, 2003. The top four regular season finishers of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Dutchess Stadium in Wappingers Falls, New York. Le Moyne won their second tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. ^{[2] [3]}

Seeding

The 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
Le Moyne	22	3	.880	–	1
Marist	19	8	.704	4	2
Niagara	16	10	.615	6.5	3
Manhattan	15	10	.600	7	4
Iona	15	11	.577	7.5	–
Siena	15	11	.577	7.5	–
Rider	14	13	.519	9	–
Saint Peter's	6	20	.231	16.5	–
Fairfield	5	21	.192	17.5	–
Canisius	3	23	.115	19.5	–

Results

	First round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Le Moyne	11
	4	Manhattan	0
						1	Le Moyne	4
						2	Marist	3
	2	Marist	4
	3	Niagara	3
											1	Le Moyne
											2	Marist
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						2	Marist	2
	4	Manhattan	3			4	Manhattan	1
	3	Niagara	2

All-Tournament Team

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

Name	School
Mike Affronti	Le Moyne
Tim Allen	Marist
Jimmy Board	Marist
Matt Griffiths	Marist
Jeff Justice	Le Moyne
Brian Mattoon	Le Moyne
John McGorty	Marist
Sam Parkins	Le Moyne
Steven Suarez	Le Moyne)
Chris Tracz	Marist

Most Valuable Player

Ed Harper was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Harper was an outfielder for Le Moyne. ^[2]

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2003". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
2. "Baseball Championship History". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
3. "2003 Baseball Stats". Le Moyne Dolphins. Retrieved March 20, 2018.