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

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Dutchess Stadium Wappingers Falls, NY
Champions	Canisius (2nd title)
Winning coach	Mike McRae (2nd title)
MVP	Connor Panas, Canisius

2015 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		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.

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
Rider	15	6	.714	—	1
Canisius	16	8	.667	1	2
Quinnipiac	15	9	.625	1.5	3
Siena	13	8	.619	2	4
Monmouth	14	10	.583	2.5	5
Marist	12	12	.500	4.5	6
Iona	11	13	.458	5.5	—
Fairfield	9	15	.375	7.5	—
Manhattan	9	15	.375	7.5	—
Niagara	8	16	.333	8.5	—
Saint Peter's	7	17	.292	9.5	—

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]

Name	School
Connor Panas	Canisius
Mike Krische	Canisius
Jack Massa	Canisius
J.P. Stevenson	Canisius
Rich Vrana	Marist
Dan Shea	Monmouth
Vincent Guglietti	Quinnipiac
Thomas Jankins	Quinnipiac
Nick Richter	Rider
Joe Drpich	Siena
Matt Quintana	Siena
Dan Swain	Siena

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]

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.