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
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Fairfield  ‍†‍‡‍y 17–7–0 .70832–26–0 .552
Monmouth  ‍‍‍ 16–8–0 .66730–27–0 .526
Siena  ‍‍‍ 16–8–0 .66725–32–0 .439
Canisius  ‍‍‍ 16–8–0 .66732–27–0 .542
Manhattan  ‍‍‍ 13–11–0 .54224–31–0 .436
Marist  ‍‍‍ 13–11–0 .54224–27–0 .471
Niagara  ‍‍‍ 11–13–0 .45816–37–1 .306
Quinnipiac  ‍‍‍ 10–14–0 .41721–31–0 .404
Rider  ‍‍‍ 10–14–0 .41718–33–0 .353
Iona  ‍‍‍ 5–19–0 .20811–39–0 .220
Saint Peter's  ‍‍‍ 5–19–0 .20810–42–0 .192
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 11, 2016[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held from May 25 through 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]

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
Siena168.66712
Monmouth168.66713
Canisius168.66714
Marist1311.54245
Manhattan1311.54246
Niagara1113.4586—
Quinnipiac1014.4177—
Rider1014.4177—
Iona519.20812—
Saint Peter's519.20812—

Results

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1Fairfield5
3Monmouth86Manhattan2
6Manhattan121Fairfield8
4Canisius5
2Siena4
4Canisius154Canisius8
5Marist8
1Fairfield18—
2Siena2—
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
4Canisius0
6Manhattan42Siena5
3Monmouth12Siena15
3Monmouth96Manhattan8
5Marist6

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]

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. 1 2 3 "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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