2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 25–29. The top six regular season finishers of the league's eleven teams met in the double-elimination tournament, which was held at Dutchess Stadium in Wappingers Falls, New York. As tournament champion, Fairfield earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3][4]

2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsFairfield (1st title)
Winning coachBill Currier (1st title)
MVPJake Salpietro, Fairfield
2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Fairfield  ‍†‍‡‍y 17–7–0 .708  32–26–0 .552
Monmouth  ‍‍‍ 16–8–0 .667  30–27–0 .526
Siena  ‍‍‍ 16–8–0 .667  25–32–0 .439
Canisius  ‍‍‍ 16–8–0 .667  32–27–0 .542
Manhattan  ‍‍‍ 13–11–0 .542  24–31–0 .436
Marist  ‍‍‍ 13–11–0 .542  24–27–0 .471
Niagara  ‍‍‍ 11–13–0 .458  16–37–1 .306
Quinnipiac  ‍‍‍ 10–14–0 .417  21–31–0 .404
Rider  ‍‍‍ 10–14–0 .417  18–33–0 .353
Iona  ‍‍‍ 5–19–0 .208  11–39–0 .220
Saint Peter's  ‍‍‍ 5–19–0 .208  10–42–0 .192
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 11, 2016[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
Fairfield177.708
—
1
Siena168.667
1
2
Monmouth168.667
1
3
Canisius168.667
1
4
Marist1311.542
4
5
Manhattan1311.542
4
6
Niagara1113.458
6
—
Quinnipiac1014.417
7
—
Rider1014.417
7
—
Iona519.208
12
—
Saint Peter's519.208
12
—

Results
  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  3 Monmouth 8     1 Fairfield 5  
  6 Manhattan 12     6 Manhattan 2    
      1 Fairfield 8              
      4 Canisius 5              
  4 Canisius 15     2 Siena 4          
  5 Marist 8     4 Canisius 8        
        1 Fairfield 18 —
Loser's Bracket       2 Siena 2 —
  3 Monmouth 9        
  5 Marist 6          
      3 Monmouth 1        
      6 Manhattan 8          
            6 Manhattan 4              
          2 Siena 15              
      4 Canisius 0    
    2 Siena 5  

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]

NameSchool
Jake SalpietroFairfield
Drew ArciuoloFairfield
Michael ContiFairfield
Jack GethingsFairfield
Kevin RadziewiczFairfield
Chris AmorosiSiena
Bryan GoossensSiena
Phil MadonnaSiena
Jake LumleyCanisius
Anthony MassicciCanisius
Joe JacquesManhattan
Fabian PenaManhattan

Most Valuable Player

Jake Salpietro was named Tournament Most Valuable Player.[4]

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References
  1. "Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  2. "2015-16 MAAC Championships". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
  3. "2016 Baseball Championship". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on July 7, 2016. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
  4. "Fairfield Wins its First MAAC Baseball Championship in Program History". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. May 28, 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
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