2012 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

2012 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2012
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination
Site Joseph L. Bruno Stadium
Troy, NY
Champions Manhattan (3rd title)
Winning coach Jim Duffy (1st title)
MVP Taylor Sewitt (Manhattan)
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament
«2011  2013»
2012 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Manhattan †‡y 18 – 6   .750     33 – 27   .550
Canisius 16 – 8   .667     33 – 27   .550
Fairfield 14 – 10   .583     27 – 28   .491
Rider 13 – 11   .542     22 – 34   .393
Marist 11 – 12   .478     25 – 25   .500
Iona 10 – 14   .417     21 – 33   .389
Saint Peter's 10 – 14   .417     20 – 34   .370
Siena 8 – 16   .333     18 – 37   .327
Niagara 7 – 16   .304     19 – 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 24–27. 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.

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Manhattan 18 6 .750
–
1
Canisius 16 8 .667
2
2
Fairfield 14 10 .583
4
3
Rider 13 11 .542
5
4
Marist 11 12 .478
6.5
–
Iona 10 14 .417
8
–
Saint Peter's 10 14 .417
8
–
Siena 8 16 .333
10
–
Niagara 7 16 .304
10.5
–

Results

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1  Manhattan 4  
4  Rider 6  
  4  Rider 3  
  2  Canisius 10  
2  Canisius 2
3  Fairfield 1  
  2  Canisius 4 2
  1  Manhattan 5* 3*
1  Manhattan 1  
3  Fairfield 0  
  4  Rider 5
  1  Manhattan 6  

* - Indicates game required extra innings.

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos. Name School
P Scott Warwick Fairfield
P Brett Shulick Fairfield
3B Adam Wayman Rider
P Tyler Smith Rider
SS Ronnie Bernick Canisius
C Brooklyn Foster Canisius
P Garrett Cortright Canisius
2B Nick Camastro Manhattan
C Ramon Ortega Manhattan
OF Joe Rock Manhattan
DH Brendan Slattery Manhattan

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. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "2012 Baseball Championship". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved May 3, 2013.