2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament

2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Dutchess Stadium Wappingers Falls, NY
Champions	Fairfield (1st title)
Winning coach	Bill Currier (1st title)
MVP	Jake Salpietro (Fairfield)

2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Fairfield  ‍†‍‡‍y	17	–	7	–	0		.708			32	–	26	–	0		.552
Monmouth  ‍‍‍	16	–	8	–	0		.667			30	–	27	–	0		.526
Siena  ‍‍‍	16	–	8	–	0		.667			25	–	32	–	0		.439
Canisius  ‍‍‍	16	–	8	–	0		.667			32	–	27	–	0		.542
Manhattan  ‍‍‍	13	–	11	–	0		.542			24	–	31	–	0		.436
Marist  ‍‍‍	13	–	11	–	0		.542			24	–	27	–	0		.471
Niagara  ‍‍‍	11	–	13	–	0		.458			16	–	37	–	1		.306
Quinnipiac  ‍‍‍	10	–	14	–	0		.417			21	–	31	–	0		.404
Rider  ‍‍‍	10	–	14	–	0		.417			18	–	33	–	0		.353
Iona  ‍‍‍	5	–	19	–	0		.208			11	–	39	–	0		.220
Saint Peter's  ‍‍‍	5	–	19	–	0		.208			10	–	42	–	0		.192
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 11, 2016 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.

Seeding

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
Fairfield	17	7	.708	—	1
Siena	16	8	.667	1	2
Monmouth	16	8	.667	1	3
Canisius	16	8	.667	1	4
Marist	13	11	.542	4	5
Manhattan	13	11	.542	4	6
Niagara	11	13	.458	6	—
Quinnipiac	10	14	.417	7	—
Rider	10	14	.417	7	—
Iona	5	19	.208	12	—
Saint Peter's	5	19	.208	12	—

Results

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final										Final
						1	Fairfield	5
	3	Monmouth	8			6	Manhattan	2
	6	Manhattan	12								1	Fairfield	8
											4	Canisius	5
						2	Siena	4
	4	Canisius	15			4	Canisius	8
	5	Marist	8
																					1	Fairfield	18	—
																					2	Siena	2	—
	Lower round 1					Lower round 2					Lower round 3					Lower final
																4	Canisius	0
											6	Manhattan	4			2	Siena	5
						3	Monmouth	1			2	Siena	15
	3	Monmouth	9			6	Manhattan	8
	5	Marist	6

All-Tournament Team

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

Name	School
Jake Salpietro	Fairfield
Drew Arciuolo	Fairfield
Michael Conti	Fairfield
Jack Gethings	Fairfield
Kevin Radziewicz	Fairfield
Chris Amorosi	Siena
Bryan Goossens	Siena
Phil Madonna	Siena
Jake Lumley	Canisius
Anthony Massicci	Canisius
Joe Jacques	Manhattan
Fabian Pena	Manhattan

Most Valuable Player

Jake Salpietro was named Tournament Most Valuable Player.