1997 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament explained

Year:	1997
Conference:	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Teams:	4
Format:	Double-elimination
Ballpark:	Heritage Park
City:	Colonie, NY
Titlecount:	3rd
Coach:	Tony Rossi
Coachcount:	3rd
Mvp:	Mike Ostrander
Mvpteam:	Siena

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. 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.^{[1] [2]}

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 11 7 10 8 10 8 5 13

Team W L PCT GB Seed Southern Division 13 5 10 8 7 11 6 12

All-Tournament Team

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

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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Baseball Championship History. Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. March 10, 2018.
2. Web site: All-Time Results. Le Moyne Dolphins. March 24, 2018.