2000 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament
| Teams | 4 |
|---|---|
| Format | Single-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Marist (1st title) |
| Winning coach | John Szefc (1st title) |
| MVP | Kevin Ool (Marist) |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iona † | 22 | – | 4 | .846 | 31 | – | 13 | .705 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Le Moyne | 18 | – | 7 | .720 | 32 | – | 15 | .681 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fairfield | 17 | – | 8 | .680 | 26 | – | 20 | .565 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marist ‡y | 16 | – | 11 | .593 | 32 | – | 18 | .640 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider | 13 | – | 12 | .520 | 22 | – | 29 | .431 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Niagara | 13 | – | 13 | .500 | 16 | – | 25 | .390 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Siena | 12 | – | 14 | .462 | 15 | – | 32 | .319 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manhattan | 10 | – | 16 | .385 | 20 | – | 29 | .408 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Peter's | 4 | – | 21 | .160 | 8 | – | 41 | .163 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Canisius | 4 | – | 23 | .148 | 9 | – | 33 | .214 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2000[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2000 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament took place on May 21, 2000. The top four regular season finishers of the league's teams participated in the tournament held at Dutchess Stadium in Wappingers Falls, New York. Play began on May 18 in a double-elimination format before inclement weather forced the conference to restart the tournament in a single-elimination format held entirely on May 21.[2][3][4] Marist won their first tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[5][6][7]
Seeding
The top four teams were seeded one through four based on their conference winning percentage. They then played a single-elimination tournament.
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iona | 22 | 4 | .846 | – | 1 |
| Le Moyne | 18 | 7 | .720 | 3.5 | 2 |
| Fairfield | 17 | 8 | .680 | 4.5 | 3 |
| Marist | 16 | 11 | .593 | 6.5 | 4 |
| Rider | 13 | 12 | .520 | 8 | – |
| Niagara | 13 | 13 | .500 | 9 | – |
| Siena | 12 | 14 | .462 | 10 | – |
| Manhattan | 10 | 16 | .385 | 12 | – |
| Saint Peter's | 4 | 21 | .160 | 17.5 | – |
| Canisius | 4 | 23 | .077 | 18.5 | – |
Results
| First round | Finals | ||||||||
| 1 | Iona | 0 | |||||||
| 4 | Marist | 2 | |||||||
| 4 | Marist | 11 | |||||||
| 3 | Fairfield | 5 | |||||||
| 2 | Le Moyne | 1 | |||||||
| 3 | Fairfield | 3 | |||||||
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[5]
| Name | School |
|---|---|
| Anthony Ambrosini | Marist |
| Ryan Bittner | Fairfield |
| Tim Bittner | Marist |
| Anthony Bocchino | Marist |
| Ryan Brady | Marist |
| Brian Coughlin | Marist |
| Jeff Hanson | Fairfield |
| Tom Lopusznick | Fairfield |
| Manny Pizarro | Iona |
| Casey Saucke | Le Moyne |
Most Valuable Player
Kevin Ool was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Ool was a freshman pitcher for Marist.[6]
References
- ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2000". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
- ↑ "Baseball Opens MAAC Championship Action on Wednesday". Fairfield University Athletics. May 20, 2014. Retrieved April 26, 2026.
- ↑ Leon, Skip Leon. "Marist's pitching plan: Ool or nothing". Times Herald-Record. Retrieved April 26, 2026.
- ↑ Herald-Record, Skip Leon, The Times. "Marist going to NCAAs". Times Herald-Record. Retrieved April 26, 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - 1 2 "Baseball Championship History". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
- 1 2 "Marist NCAA Regional History". Marist Red Foxes. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
- ↑ "All-Time Results". Le Moyne Dolphins. Retrieved March 22, 2018.