1996 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament

1996 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Heritage Park Colonie, NY
Champions	Siena (2nd title)
Winning coach	Tony Rossi (2nd title)

1996 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Northern
Siena  x‍‍‡‍y	14	–	4		.778			28	–	20		.583
Le Moyne  ‍‍‍	10	–	8		.556			17	–	19		.472
Niagara  ‍‍‍	7	–	11		.389			14	–	20		.412
Canisius  ‍‍‍	5	–	13		.278			13	–	22		.371
Southern
Iona  x‍‍‍	11	–	7		.611			26	–	21		.553
Saint Peter's  ‍‍‍	10	–	7		.588			18	–	24		.429
Fairfield  ‍‍‍	10	–	8		.556			20	–	19		.513
Manhattan  ‍‍‍	4	–	13		.235			9	–	30		.231
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1996 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1996 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament took place from May 10 through 12, 1996. 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. Siena won their second consecutive (and second overall) tournament championship and advanced to the play-in round for the right to play in the 1996 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

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 Siena 14 4 .778 — 1N Le Moyne 10 8 .556 4 2N Niagara 7 11 .389 7 – Canisius 5 13 .278 9 –

Team W L PCT GB Seed Southern Division Iona 11 7 .611 — 1S Saint Peter's 10 7 .588 .5 2S Fairfield 10 8 .556 1 – Manhattan 4 13 .235 6.5 —

Results

First round

Semi-finals

Finals

1N

Siena

7

2S

Saint Peter's

3

1N

Siena

5

1S

Iona

4

1S

Iona

2

2N

Le Moyne

1

1N

Siena

1S

Iona

Lower round 1

Lower final

1S

Iona

7

2S

Saint Peter's

3

2N

Le Moyne

6

2N

Le Moyne

6