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

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Mercer County Waterfront Park Trenton, NJ
Champions	Manhattan (2nd title)
Winning coach	Kevin Leighton (2nd title)
MVP	Mike Giordano, Manhattan

2011 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Manhattan  ‍†‍‡‍^y	20	–	2		.909			34	–	19		.642
Rider  ‍‍‍	16	–	7		.696			33	–	18		.647
Siena  ‍‍‍	14	–	10		.583			28	–	30		.483
Canisius  ‍‍‍	12	–	10		.545			26	–	32		.448
Marist  ‍‍‍	13	–	11		.542			35	–	17		.673
Fairfield  ‍‍‍	13	–	11		.542			22	–	25		.468
Iona  ‍‍‍	7	–	17		.292			17	–	34		.333
Saint Peter's  ‍‍‍	5	–	18		.217			16	–	34		.320
Niagara  ‍‍‍	5	–	19		.208			8	–	40		.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.

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
Manhattan	20	2	.909	–	1
Rider	16	7	.696	4.5	2
Siena	14	10	.583	7	3
Canisius	12	10	.545	8	4
Marist	13	11	.542	8	–
Fairfield	13	11	.542	8	–
Iona	7	17	.292	14	–
Saint Peter's	5	18	.217	15.5	–
Niagara	5	19	.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.	Name	School
P	Garreth Cortright	Canisius
	Neil Fryer	Siena
	John Soldinger	Manhattan
C	Ramon Ortega	Manhattan
1B	Austin Sheffield	Manhattan
2B	Dan Paolini	Siena
	Jose Torralba	Canisius
SS	John Ralston	Rider
OF	Mike Fish	Siena
	Karl Johnston	Rider
	Mark Onorati	Manhattan

Most Valuable Player

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

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.