2026 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference softball tournament

2026 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
softball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsMarist (6th title)
Winning coachJoe Ausanio (5th title)
MVPPeyton Pusey (Marist)
TelevisionESPN+
2026 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference softball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Marist ‍†‍‡‍y 24–3 .88937–21 .638
Fairfield  ‍‍‍ 19–7 .73127–24 .529
Iona  ‍‍‍ 18–10 .64327–26 .509
Sacred Heart  ‍‍‍ 16–11 .59323–31 .426
Quinnipiac  ‍‍‍ 16–12 .57124–21 .533
Siena  ‍‍‍ 15–12 .55625–22 .532
Mount St. Mary's  ‍‍‍ 15–12 .55620–28 .417
Rider  ‍‍‍ 14–13 .51925–24 .510
Canisius  ‍‍‍ 11–15 .42317–27 .386
Merrimack  ‍‍‍ 10–16 .38512–29 .293
Manhattan  ‍‍‍ 10–18 .35715–37 .288
Niagara  ‍‍‍ 5–22 .1858–34 .190
Saint Peter's  ‍‍‍ 3–25 .1077–44 .137
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 17, 2026[1]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

The 2026 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference softball tournament was held at the Softball Park at Gartland Athletic Field on the campus of Marist University in Poughkeepsie, New York from May 6 through May 9, 2026.[2] The tournament was won by the Marist Red Foxes, who earned the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA Division I softball tournament.[3][4]

This was the last softball tournament held under the MAAC name. On May 27, 2026, the conference announced that it would adopt the new name of Metro Conference starting that July 1.[5]

Format and seeding

The top six finishers of the league's thirteen teams from the regular season qualified for the tournament. The top two seeds received a single bye, with the remaining teams playing opening round games.[6]

Tournament

Bracket

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
2Fairfield6
3Iona33Iona10
6Siena13Iona7
1Marist12
1Marist8
4Sacred Heart74Sacred Heart3
5Quinnipiac5
1Marist4—
3Iona0—
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
3Iona6
5Quinnipiac65Quinnipiac5
5Quinnipiac54Sacred Heart4
6Siena52Fairfield2
5Quinnipiac10

All Tournament Team

PlayerTeam
Cierra Bender Sacred Heart
Elle Leckroone
Riley Potter Quinnipiac
Sofia Vega
Rachael Morales Iona
Sara Piña
Hailey Guerrero
Haley Ahr Marist
Samantha Rogers
Sienna Kunze
Ava Metzger
Peyton Pusey

MVP in bold
Source:[3]

References

  1. ↑ "2026 Softball Standings". maacsports.com. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  2. ↑ "2026 MAAC Softball Championship Competition Set to Start on Wednesday". maacsports.com. 5 May 2026. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  3. 1 2 "2026 MAAC Softball Championship - Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference". maacsports.com. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  4. ↑ "Marist Claims Second Straight MAAC Championship with 4-0 Win Over Iona". Marist University Athletics. 10 May 2026. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Announces Rebrand to "The Metro Conference"" (Press release). Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. 27 May 2026. Retrieved 6 June 2026.
  6. ↑ "2026 Softball Bracket - Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference". maacsports.com. Retrieved 8 May 2026.