2017 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

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]

2017 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMarist (6th title)
Winning coachChris Tracz (1st title)
MVPTony Romanelli, Marist
2017 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Fairfield   177 .708  3124 .564
Marist  y 168 .667  3223 .582
Canisius   168 .667  3522 .614
Iona   1410 .583  2526 .490
Rider   1212 .500  2428 .462
Manhattan   1212 .500  1835 .340
Niagara   1212 .500  2424 .500
Monmouth   1113 .458  2028 .417
Quinnipiac   1113 .458  1832 .360
Siena   1113 .458  2028 .417
Saint Peter's   024 .000  038 .000
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding

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

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Fairfield177.7081
Marist168.66712
Canisius168.66713
Iona1410.58334
Manhattan1212.50055
Rider1212.50056
Niagara1212.5005
Monmouth1113.4586
Quinnipiac1113.4586
Siena1113.4586
Saint Peter's024.00017

Results

  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  3 Canisius 11     1 Fairfield 12  
  6 Rider 8     4 Iona 1    
      1 Fairfield 8              
      2 Marist 11              
  4 Iona 5     2 Marist 6          
  5 Manhattan 1     3 Canisius 2        
        2 Marist 5
Loser's Bracket       4 Iona 1
  6 Rider 4        
  5 Manhattan 3          
      6 Rider 2        
      4 Iona 5          
            4 Iona 5              
          3 Canisius 2              
      4 Iona 7    
    1 Fairfield 6  

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]

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