1997 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament

1997 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Heritage Park Colonie, NY
Champions	Siena (3rd title)
Winning coach	Tony Rossi (3rd title)
MVP	Mike Ostrander (Siena)

1997 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Northern
Niagara  ^x‍‍‍	11	–	7		.611			17	–	21		.447
Siena  ‍‍‡‍^y	10	–	8		.556			21	–	34		.382
Le Moyne  ‍‍‍	10	–	8		.556			16	–	23		.410
Canisius  ‍‍‍	5	–	13		.278			18	–	19		.486
Southern
Fairfield  ^x‍‍‍	13	–	5		.722			20	–	25		.444
Iona  ‍‍‍	10	–	8		.556			19	–	27		.413
Saint Peter's  ‍‍‍	7	–	11		.389			10	–	27		.270
Manhattan  ‍‍‍	6	–	12		.333			11	–	28		.282
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1997[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1997 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament took place from May 9 through 11, 1997. The top two regular season finishers of the league's two divisions met in the double-elimination tournament held at Heritage Park in Colonie, New York. Siena won their third consecutive (and third overall) tournament championship and advanced to the play-in round for the right to play in the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]

Seeding

The top two teams from each division were seeded based on their conference winning percentage. They then played a double-elimination tournament.

Team W L PCT GB Seed Northern Division Niagara 11 7 .611 – 1N Siena 10 8 .556 1 2N Le Moyne 10 8 .556 1 – Canisius 5 13 .278 6 –

Team W L PCT GB Seed Southern Division Fairfield 13 5 .722 — 1S Iona 10 8 .556 3 2S Saint Peter's 7 11 .389 6 – Manhattan 6 12 .333 7 –

Results

First round

Semi-finals

Finals

1N

Niagara

5

2S

Iona

9

2S

Iona

11

2N

Siena

2

1S

Fairfield

4

2N

Siena

9

2S

Iona

2N

Siena

Lower round 1

Lower final

2N

Siena

6

1N

Niagara

5

1S

Fairfield

4

1S

Fairfield

15

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[2]

Name	School
Kevin Brown	Siena
Steve Castrello	Iona
Kyran Connelly	Iona
Todd Donovan	Siena
Tony Fiumefreddo	Siena
Tom Lopusznick	Fairfield
Dave Marek	Siena
Adam Samuelian	Fairfield
Glenn Trevett	Niagara
Jon Wilson	Fairfield
John Penatello	Iona
Greg Toher	Iona

Most Valuable Player

Mike Ostrander was named Tournament Most Valuable Player.[2]

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1997". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
2. "Baseball Championship History". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
3. "All-Time Results". Le Moyne Dolphins. Retrieved March 24, 2018.