2012 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsManhattan (3rd title)
Winning coachJim Duffy (1st title)
MVPTaylor Sewitt (Manhattan)
2012 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Manhattan  ‍†‍‡‍y 18–6 .75033–27 .550
Canisius  ‍‍‍ 16–8 .66733–27 .550
Fairfield  ‍‍‍ 14–10 .58327–28 .491
Rider  ‍‍‍ 13–11 .54222–34 .393
Marist  ‍‍‍ 11–12 .47825–25 .500
Iona  ‍‍‍ 10–14 .41721–33 .389
Saint Peter's  ‍‍‍ 10–14 .41720–34 .370
Siena  ‍‍‍ 8–16 .33318–37 .327
Niagara  ‍‍‍ 7–16 .30419–29 .396
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2012[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2012 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament took place from May 24 through 27. The top four regular season finishers of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Siena's Joseph L. Bruno Stadium in Troy, NY. Manhattan won their second consecutive, and third overall, tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]

Seeding

The top four teams were seeded one through four based on their conference winning percentage. They then played a double-elimination tournament.

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Manhattan186.750–1
Canisius168.66722
Fairfield1410.58343
Rider1311.54254
Marist1112.4786.5–
Iona1014.4178–
Saint Peter's1014.4178–
Siena816.33310–
Niagara716.30410.5–

Results

First roundSemi-finalsFinals
1Manhattan4
4Rider6
4Rider3
2Canisius10
2Canisius2
3Fairfield1
2Canisius
1Manhattan
Lower round 1Lower final
4Rider5
1Manhattan11Manhattan6
3Fairfield0

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos.NameSchool
PScott WarwickFairfield
PBrett ShulickFairfield
3BAdam WaymanRider
PTyler SmithRider
SSRonnie BernickCanisius
CBrooklyn FosterCanisius
PGarrett CortrightCanisius
2BNick CamastroManhattan
CRamon OrtegaManhattan
OFJoe RockManhattan
DHBrendan SlatteryManhattan

Most Valuable Player

Taylor Sewitt was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Sewitt was a pitcher for Manhattan.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Standings and Leaders". maacsports.com. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Conference Championship Central". ncaa.com. Archived from the original on May 18, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 "2012 Baseball Championship". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
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