Teams | 6 |
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Format | Double-elimination |
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Fairfield † | 18 | – | 5 | .783 | 31 | – | 20 | .608 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marist | 17 | – | 5 | .773 | 29 | – | 17 | .630 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Canisius ‡y | 15 | – | 9 | .625 | 29 | – | 23 | .558 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Monmouth | 12 | – | 10 | .545 | 24 | – | 27 | .471 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rider | 12 | – | 10 | .545 | 28 | – | 26 | .519 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Niagara | 13 | – | 11 | .542 | 22 | – | 32 | .407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manhattan | 12 | – | 12 | .500 | 24 | – | 26 | .480 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Quinnipiac | 8 | – | 15 | .348 | 15 | – | 33 | .313 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Siena | 8 | – | 15 | .348 | 11 | – | 37 | .229 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Peter's | 6 | – | 17 | .261 | 9 | – | 41 | .180 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iona | 6 | – | 18 | .250 | 6 | – | 41 | .128 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 10, 2023 [1] Rankings from D1Baseball |
The 2022 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament will be held from May 25 through 28. The top six regular season finishers of the league's eleven teams will meet in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Clover Stadium in Pomona, New York. The tournament champion will earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [2]
The top six teams will be seeded one through four based on their conference winning percentage. They then play a double-elimination tournament.
Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Fairfield | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Canisius | 11 | 5 | Rider | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | Niagara | 0 | 5 | Rider | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | Canisius | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Marist | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Monmouth | 1 | 3 | Canisius | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Rider | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Canisius | 9 | – | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Rider | 5 | – | |||||||||||||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 3 | Lower final | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Rider | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Fairfield | 14 | 6 | Niagara | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Marist | 4 | 6 | Niagara | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Monmouth | 5 | 6 | Niagara | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | Niagara | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Game | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Television | ||
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Wednesday, May 25 | ||||||
1 | 11:00am | No. 6 Niagara vs No. 3 Canisius | 0-11 [3] | ESPN+ | ||
2 | 3:00pm | No. 4 Monmouth vs No. 5 Rider | 1-5 [4] | ESPN+ | ||
3 | 7:00pm | Loser Game 1 No. 4 Monmouth vs Loser Game 2 No. 6 Niagara Elimination Game | 5-9 [5] | ESPN+ | ||
Thursday, May 26 | ||||||
4 | 11:00am | No. 1 Fairfield vs No. 5 Rider | 3-4 [6] | ESPN+ | ||
5 | 3:00pm | No. 2 Marist vs No. 3 Canisius | 1-12 [7] | ESPN+ | ||
6 | 7:00pm | Winner Game 3 No. 6 Niagara vs Loser of Game 4/5 (lower seed) No. 2 Marist Elimination Game | 7-4 [8] | ESPN+ | ||
Friday, May 27 | ||||||
7 | 11:00am | Winner Game 4 No. 5 Rider vs Winner of Game 5 No. 3 Canisius | 9-11 [9] | ESPN+ | ||
8 | 3:00pm | Winner Game 6 No. 6 Niagara vs Loser of Game 4/5 (higher seed) No. 1 Fairfield Elimination Game | 19-14 [10] | ESPN+ | ||
9 | 7:00pm | Winner of Game 8 No. 6 Niagara vs Loser of Game 7 No. 5 Rider Elimination Game | 8-11 [3] | ESPN+ | ||
Championship – Saturday, May 28 | ||||||
10 | 12:00pm | Winner of Game 7 No. 3 Canisius vs Winner of Game 9 | ESPN+ | |||
11 | 4:00pm | Winner of Game 10 vs Loser of Game 10 If Necessary | ESPN+ | |||
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed. |
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