2017 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament

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2017 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Marist  (6th title)
Winning coach Chris Tracz  (1st title)
MVP Tony Romanelli (Marist)
2017 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Fairfield  ‍†‍‍17–7 .70831–24 .564
Marist  ‍‍‡‍y16–8 .66732–23 .582
Canisius  ‍‍‍16–8 .66735–22 .614
Iona  ‍‍‍14–10 .58325–26 .490
Rider  ‍‍‍12–12 .50024–28 .462
Manhattan  ‍‍‍12–12 .50018–35 .340
Niagara  ‍‍‍12–12 .50024–24 .500
Monmouth  ‍‍‍11–13 .45820–28 .417
Quinnipiac  ‍‍‍11–13 .45818–32 .360
Siena  ‍‍‍11–13 .45820–28 .417
Saint Peter's  ‍‍‍0–24 .0000–38 .000
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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]

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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 177.708—1
Marist 168.66712
Canisius 168.66713
Iona 1410.58334
Manhattan 1212.50055
Rider 1212.50056
Niagara 1212.5005—
Monmouth 1113.4586—
Quinnipiac 1113.4586—
Siena 1113.4586—
Saint Peter's 024.00017—

Results

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1 Fairfield 12
3 Canisius 114Iona1
6 Rider 81Fairfield8
2Marist11
2 Marist 6
4 Iona 53Canisius2
5 Manhattan 1
2Marist5—
4Iona1—
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
4Iona7
4Iona51Fairfield6
6Rider23Canisius2
6Rider44Iona5
5Manhattan3

All-Tournament Team

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

NameSchool
Michael GintherCanisius
Gage LanningCanisius
Jack GethingsFairfield
John SignoreFairfield
Matt ByrneIona
Jared FinkelIona
Bill MaierIona
Scott BochesMarist
Frankie GregoireMarist
Matt PaganoMarist
Andrew RouseMarist

Most Valuable Player

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]

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References

  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. 1 2 3 "Marist Claims 2017 MAAC LifeStorage Baseball Championship". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. May 27, 2017. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
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