2012 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2012 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 Siena's Joseph L. Bruno Stadium in Troy, NY. Manhattan won their second consecutive, and third overall, tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

2012 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsManhattan (3rd title)
Winning coachJim Duffy (1st title)
MVPTaylor Sewitt, Manhattan
2012 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Manhattan  y 186 .750  3327 .550
Canisius   168 .667  3327 .550
Fairfield   1410 .583  2728 .491
Rider   1311 .542  2234 .393
Marist   1112 .478  2525 .500
Iona   1014 .417  2133 .389
Saint Peter's   1014 .417  2034 .370
Siena   816 .333  1837 .327
Niagara   716 .304  1929 .396
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2012[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
Manhattan186.750
1
Canisius168.667
2
2
Fairfield1410.583
4
3
Rider1311.542
5
4
Marist1112.478
6.5
Iona1014.417
8
Saint Peter's1014.417
8
Siena816.333
10
Niagara716.304
10.5

Results

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1 Manhattan 4  
4 Rider 6  
  4 Rider 3  
  2 Canisius 10  
2 Canisius 2
3 Fairfield 1  
  2 Canisius 4 2
  1 Manhattan 510 311
1 Manhattan 1  
3 Fairfield 0  
  4 Rider 5
  1 Manhattan 6  

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos.NameSchool
PScott WarwickFairfield
PBrett ShulickFairfield
3BAdam WaymanRider
PTyler SmithRider
SSRonnie BernickCanisius
CBrooklyn FosterCanisius
PGarrett CortrightCanisius
2BNick CamastroManhattan
CRamon OrtegaManhattan
OFJoe RockManhattan
DHBrendan SlatteryManhattan

Most Valuable Player

Taylor Sewitt was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Sewitt was a pitcher for Manhattan.[3]

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References

  1. "Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Standings and Leaders". maacsports.com. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
  2. "Conference Championship Central". ncaa.com. Archived from the original on May 18, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
  3. "2012 Baseball Championship". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
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