2012 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament

2012 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Joseph L. Bruno Stadium Troy, NY
Champions	Manhattan  (3rd title)
Winning coach	Jim Duffy  (1st title)
MVP	Taylor Sewitt (Manhattan)
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2012 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Manhattan  ‍†‍‡‍y	18	–	6		.750			33	–	27		.550
Canisius  ‍‍‍	16	–	8		.667			33	–	27		.550
Fairfield  ‍‍‍	14	–	10		.583			27	–	28		.491
Rider  ‍‍‍	13	–	11		.542			22	–	34		.393
Marist  ‍‍‍	11	–	12		.478			25	–	25		.500
Iona  ‍‍‍	10	–	14		.417			21	–	33		.389
Saint Peter's  ‍‍‍	10	–	14		.417			20	–	34		.370
Siena  ‍‍‍	8	–	16		.333			18	–	37		.327
Niagara  ‍‍‍	7	–	16		.304			19	–	29		.396
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2012 [1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2012 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament took place from May 24 through 27. The top four regular season finishers of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Siena's Joseph L. Bruno Stadium in Troy, NY. Manhattan won their second consecutive, and third overall, tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 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
Manhattan	18	6	.750	–	1
Canisius	16	8	.667	2	2
Fairfield	14	10	.583	4	3
Rider	13	11	.542	5	4
Marist	11	12	.478	6.5	–
Iona	10	14	.417	8	–
Saint Peter's	10	14	.417	8	–
Siena	8	16	.333	10	–
Niagara	7	16	.304	10.5	–

Results

	First round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Manhattan	4
	4	Rider	6
						4	Rider	3
						2	Canisius	10
	2	Canisius	2
	3	Fairfield	1
											2	Canisius
											1	Manhattan
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						4	Rider	5
	1	Manhattan	1			1	Manhattan	6
	3	Fairfield	0

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos.	Name	School
P	Scott Warwick	Fairfield
P	Brett Shulick	Fairfield
3B	Adam Wayman	Rider
P	Tyler Smith	Rider
SS	Ronnie Bernick	Canisius
C	Brooklyn Foster	Canisius
P	Garrett Cortright	Canisius
2B	Nick Camastro	Manhattan
C	Ramon Ortega	Manhattan
OF	Joe Rock	Manhattan
DH	Brendan Slattery	Manhattan

Most Valuable Player

Taylor Sewitt was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Sewitt was a pitcher for Manhattan. ^[3]

References

1. "Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Standings and Leaders". maacsports.com. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
2. "Conference Championship Central". ncaa.com. Archived from the original on May 18, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
3. "2012 Baseball Championship". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved May 3, 2013.