2015 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2015 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 20–24. The top six regular season finishers of the league's eleven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Dutchess Stadium in Wappingers Falls, New York. Second-seeded Canisius won their second tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

2015 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsCanisius (2nd title)
Winning coachMike McRae (2nd title)
MVPConnor Panas, Canisius
2015 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Rider  ‍†‍‍ 15–6–0 .714  28–22–0 .560
Canisius  ‍‍‡‍y 16–8–0 .667  34–30–0 .531
Quinnipiac  ‍‍‍ 15–9–0 .625  29–27–0 .518
Siena  ‍‍‍ 13–8–0 .619  23–28–0 .451
Monmouth  ‍‍‍ 14–10–0 .583  22–24–0 .478
Marist  ‍‍‍ 12–12–0 .500  19–27–1 .415
Iona  ‍‍‍ 11–13–0 .458  20–33–0 .377
Fairfield  ‍‍‍ 9–15–0 .375  17–32–0 .347
Manhattan  ‍‍‍ 9–15–0 .375  18–34–0 .346
Niagara  ‍‍‍ 8–16–0 .333  13–32–2 .298
Saint Peter's  ‍‍‍ 7–17–0 .292  10–38–1 .214
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2015[1]; 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
Rider156.714—1
Canisius168.66712
Quinnipiac159.6251.53
Siena138.61924
Monmouth1410.5832.55
Marist1212.5004.56
Iona1113.4585.5—
Fairfield915.3757.5—
Manhattan915.3757.5—
Niagara816.3338.5—
Saint Peter's717.2929.5—

Results
  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  3 Quinnipiac 7     1 Rider 4  
  6 Marist 3     4 Siena 5    
      4 Siena 6*              
      3 Quinnipiac 5              
  4 Siena 12     2 Canisius 1          
  5 Monmouth 0     3 Quinnipiac 6        
        4 Siena 5 2
Loser's Bracket       2 Canisius 10 11
  6 Marist 10        
  5 Monmouth 3          
      2 Canisius 5        
      6 Marist 0          
            1 Rider 7              
          2 Canisius 8              
      3 Quinnipiac 2    
    2 Canisius 12  

All-Tournament Team

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

NameSchool
Connor PanasCanisius
Mike KrischeCanisius
Jack MassaCanisius
J.P. StevensonCanisius
Rich VranaMarist
Dan SheaMonmouth
Vincent GugliettiQuinnipiac
Thomas JankinsQuinnipiac
Nick RichterRider
Joe DrpichSiena
Matt QuintanaSiena
Dan SwainSiena

Most Valuable Player

Connor Panas was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Panas had 13 hits in 26 at bats, with 10 runs scored and 12 driven in for the Tournament.[3]

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References
  1. "2015 MAAC Standings". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  2. "Manhattan To Host 2015 MAAC Baseball Championship At Dutchess Stadium". gojaspers.com. October 10, 2014. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
  3. "Canisius Takes Two to Win 2015 MAAC Baseball Championship". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. May 23, 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
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