Niagara Purple Eagles baseball

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Niagara Purple Eagles
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Founded1949 (1949)
University Niagara University
Head coach Matt Spatafora (1st season)
Conference MAAC
Location Lewiston, New York
Home stadium John P. Bobo Field
Nickname Purple Eagles
ColorsPurple and white [1]
   
NCAA Tournament appearances
2024
Conference tournament champions
2024
Regular season conference champions
1997, 2024

The Niagara Purple Eagles baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Niagara University in Lewiston, New York, United States. [2] The team is a member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The team plays its home games at John P. Bobo Field in Lewiston, New York. [3] The Purple Eagles are coached by Matt Spatafora. [4]

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A Purple Eagles baseball player during a game in 2018

Niagara in the NCAA Tournament

YearRecordPctNotes
2024 0–2.000 Stillwater Regional
TOTALS
0–2.000

Year-by-year results

Below is a table of the program's year-by-year results. [5] [6]

Statistics overview
SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Independent (1949–1985)
19493–5
19509–2
19518–3
19524–8
19537–5
19546–3–1
19552–7
19565–6
19574–7
19588–4
19595–6–1
19602–5
19615–8
19625–7–1
19635–7
19643–8
19651–9
19663–6
1967
1968
1969
19705–12
197116–4
197221–4
197312–3
197413–9
197529–13–1
19769–15
197710–9
19789–11
19795–21–1
198011–16
198111–16–1
198213–19
19839–13
1984
19859–22
Independent:267–293–6 [7]
Eastern College Athletic Conference (1986–1989)
19869–264–105th (Upstate New York)
19878–224–135th (Upstate New York)
198812–266–95th (Upstate New York)
1989Jim Mauro 12–195–63rd (Upstate New York)
ECAC:41–9319–38
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (1990–present)
1990Jim Mauro 11–224–8t-4th (North)
1991Jim Mauro 12–245–124th (North)
1992Jim Mauro 15–187–113rd (North)
1993Jim Mauro 12–196–124th (North)
1994Jim Mauro 9–292–164th (North)
1995Jim Mauro 14–263–154th (North)
1996Jim Mauro 14–207–113rd (North)
1997Jim Mauro 17–2111–71st (North)MAAC Tournament
1998Jim Mauro 17–23–111–15t-3rd (North)
1999Jim Mauro 13–22–111–144th (North)
2000Jim Mauro 16–2513–136th
2001Jim Mauro 25–2015–115th
2002 Mike McRae 12–349–178th
2003 Mike McRae 26–2516–10t-3rdMAAC Tournament
2004 Mike McRae 27–2716–9t-2ndMAAC Tournament
2005 Chris Chernisky 25–2816–94thMAAC Tournament
2006 Chris Chernisky 28–2617–10t-3rdMAAC Tournament
2007 [8] Chris Chernisky 15–323–2110th
2008 [9] Chris Chernisky 22–2810–146th
2009 [10] Rob McCoy 20–3514–10t-4th
2010 [11] Rob McCoy 17–3613–11t-5th
2011 [12] Rob McCoy 8–405–199th
2012 [13] Rob McCoy 19–297–169th
2013 [14] Rob McCoy 16–389–15
2014 [15] Rob McCoy 20–318–14
2015 [16] Rob McCoy 13–328–16
2016 [17] Rob McCoy 16–3711–13
2017 [18] Rob McCoy 24–2412–12
2018 [19] Rob McCoy 24–2713–11
2019 [20] Rob McCoy 15–339–15
2020 [21] Rob McCoy 6–10
2021 [22] Rob McCoy 17–1717-15
2022 [23] Rob McCoy 22–3213-11
2023 [24] Rob McCoy 24–22-114-10
2024 Rob McCoy 38–1720–4T–1st NCAA Regional
MAAC:613–901–3346–422
Total:921–1277–9 [7]

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Major League Baseball

As of 2022, at least 19 former Niagara players have reached Major League Baseball, including Sal Maglie. [25] Niagara has had 18 Major League Baseball Draft selections since the draft began in 1965. [26]

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