2017 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament

2017 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Sal Maglie Stadium Niagara Falls, NY
Champions	Marist (6th title)
Winning coach	Chris Tracz (1st title)
MVP	Tony Romanelli (Marist)

2017 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Fairfield  ‍†‍‍	17	–	7		.708			31	–	24		.564
Marist  ‍‍‡‍^y	16	–	8		.667			32	–	23		.582
Canisius  ‍‍‍	16	–	8		.667			35	–	22		.614
Iona  ‍‍‍	14	–	10		.583			25	–	26		.490
Rider  ‍‍‍	12	–	12		.500			24	–	28		.462
Manhattan  ‍‍‍	12	–	12		.500			18	–	35		.340
Niagara  ‍‍‍	12	–	12		.500			24	–	24		.500
Monmouth  ‍‍‍	11	–	13		.458			20	–	28		.417
Quinnipiac  ‍‍‍	11	–	13		.458			18	–	32		.360
Siena  ‍‍‍	11	–	13		.458			20	–	28		.417
Saint Peter's  ‍‍‍	0	–	24		.000			0	–	38		.000
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2017 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held from May 24 through 28. The top six regular season finishers of the league's eleven teams met in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Sal Maglie Stadium in Niagara Falls, New York. Marist won their sixth tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1][2][3][4]

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
Fairfield	17	7	.708	—	1
Marist	16	8	.667	1	2
Canisius	16	8	.667	1	3
Iona	14	10	.583	3	4
Manhattan	12	12	.500	5	5
Rider	12	12	.500	5	6
Niagara	12	12	.500	5	—
Monmouth	11	13	.458	6	—
Quinnipiac	11	13	.458	6	—
Siena	11	13	.458	6	—
Saint Peter's	0	24	.000	17	—

Results

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final										Final
						1	Fairfield	12
	3	Canisius	11			4	Iona	1
	6	Rider	8								1	Fairfield	8
											2	Marist	11
						2	Marist	6
	4	Iona	5			3	Canisius	2
	5	Manhattan	1
																					2	Marist	5	—
																					4	Iona	1	—
	Lower round 1					Lower round 2					Lower round 3					Lower final
																4	Iona	7
											4	Iona	5			1	Fairfield	6
						6	Rider	2			3	Canisius	2
	6	Rider	4			4	Iona	5
	5	Manhattan	3

All-Tournament Team

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

Name	School
Michael Ginther	Canisius
Gage Lanning	Canisius
Jack Gethings	Fairfield
John Signore	Fairfield
Matt Byrne	Iona
Jared Finkel	Iona
Bill Maier	Iona
Scott Boches	Marist
Frankie Gregoire	Marist
Matt Pagano	Marist
Andrew Rouse	Marist

Most Valuable Player

Tony Romanelli, a junior pitcher for Marist, was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. He earned the save in each of Marist's three wins, including a four pitch strikeout in the final after entering with two outs and the bases loaded in the top of the ninth inning.[4]

References

1. "2016-17 MAAC Championships". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
2. "2017 Baseball Championship". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on July 7, 2016. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
3. "2017 Division I baseball conference tournaments, automatic qualifiers". NCAA. May 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
4. "Marist Claims 2017 MAAC LifeStorage Baseball Championship". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. May 27, 2017. Retrieved February 27, 2018.