2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament

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2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Fairfield  (1st title)
Winning coach Bill Currier  (1st title)
MVP Jake Salpietro (Fairfield)
2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Fairfield  y1770 .70832260 .552
Monmouth  1680 .66730270 .526
Siena  1680 .66725320 .439
Canisius  1680 .66732270 .542
Manhattan  13110 .54224310 .436
Marist  13110 .54224270 .471
Niagara  11130 .45816371 .306
Quinnipiac  10140 .41721310 .404
Rider  10140 .41718330 .353
Iona  5190 .20811390 .220
Saint Peter's  5190 .20810420 .192
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 11, 2016 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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]

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Seeding

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

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Fairfield 177.7081
Siena 168.66712
Monmouth 168.66713
Canisius 168.66714
Marist 1311.54245
Manhattan 1311.54246
Niagara 1113.4586
Quinnipiac 1014.4177
Rider 1014.4177
Iona 519.20812
Saint Peter's 519.20812

Results

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1 Fairfield 5
3 Monmouth 86Manhattan2
6 Manhattan 121Fairfield8
4Canisius5
2 Siena 4
4 Canisius 154Canisius8
5 Marist 8
1Fairfield18
2Siena2
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
4Canisius0
6Manhattan42Siena5
3Monmouth12Siena15
3Monmouth96Manhattan8
5Marist6

All-Tournament Team

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

NameSchool
Jake SalpietroFairfield
Drew ArciuoloFairfield
Michael ContiFairfield
Jack GethingsFairfield
Kevin RadziewiczFairfield
Chris AmorosiSiena
Bryan GoossensSiena
Phil MadonnaSiena
Jake LumleyCanisius
Anthony MassicciCanisius
Joe JacquesManhattan
Fabian PenaManhattan

Most Valuable Player

Jake Salpietro was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. [4]

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