Year: | 2017 |
Conference: | Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference |
Teams: | 6 |
Format: | Double-elimination |
Ballpark: | Sal Maglie Stadium |
City: | Niagara Falls, NY |
Titlecount: | 6th |
Coach: | Chris Tracz |
Coachcount: | 1st |
Mvp: | Tony Romanelli |
Mvpteam: | Marist |
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. won their sixth tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1] [2] [3] [4]
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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
17 | 7 | — | 1 | |||
16 | 8 | 1 | 2 | |||
16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | |||
14 | 10 | 3 | 4 | |||
12 | 12 | 5 | 5 | |||
12 | 12 | 5 | 6 | |||
12 | 12 | 5 | — | |||
11 | 13 | 6 | — | |||
11 | 13 | 6 | — | |||
11 | 13 | 6 | — | |||
0 | 24 | .000 | 17 | — |
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.
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 |
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.