2011 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2011 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 24–27. The top four regular season finishers of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Mercer County Waterfront Park in Trenton, New Jersey. Manhattan won their second tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

2011 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
  • Mercer County Waterfront Park
  • Trenton, NJ
ChampionsManhattan (2nd title)
Winning coachKevin Leighton (2nd title)
MVPMike Giordano, Manhattan
2011 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Manhattan  y 202 .909  3419 .642
Rider   167 .696  3318 .647
Siena   1410 .583  2830 .483
Canisius   1210 .545  2632 .448
Marist   1311 .542  3517 .673
Fairfield   1311 .542  2225 .468
Iona   717 .292  1734 .333
Saint Peter's   518 .217  1634 .320
Niagara   519 .208  840 .167
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2011[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding

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

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Manhattan202.909
1
Rider167.696
4.5
2
Siena1410.583
7
3
Canisius1210.545
8
4
Marist1311.542
8
Fairfield1311.542
8
Iona717.292
14
Saint Peter's518.217
15.5
Niagara519.208
16

Results

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1 Manhattan 3  
4 Canisius 2  
  1 Manhattan 8  
  3 Siena 7  
2 Rider 3
3 Siena 6  
  1 Manhattan 5
  3 Siena 1
4 Canisius 4  
2 Rider 3  
  3 Siena 3
  4 Canisius 2  

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]

Pos.NameSchool
PGarreth CortrightCanisius
Neil FryerSiena
John SoldingerManhattan
CRamon OrtegaManhattan
1BAustin SheffieldManhattan
2BDan PaoliniSiena
Jose TorralbaCanisius
SSJohn RalstonRider
OFMike FishSiena
Karl JohnstonRider
Mark OnoratiManhattan

Most Valuable Player

Mike Giordano was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Giordano was a pitcher for Manhattan.[3]

gollark: Indeed!
gollark: Alternatively, by making ridiculous claims about everyone being my alt, nobody realizes who my actual alts are.
gollark: I never denied it as Gibson, so it's very credible.
gollark: Well, I confirmed this some time ago, even if people don't believe me.
gollark: <:thonk:445016973798014987>

References

  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2011". Boyd's World. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  2. "Division I Conference Championships". NCAA. May 29, 2011. Archived from the original on March 2, 2018. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  3. "2011 Baseball Championship". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.