Canisius & Quinnipiac Share 2019 MAAC Baseball Regular Season Title
EDISON, NJ – Canisius College and Quinnipiac University are the 2019 MAAC Baseball Co-Regular Season Champions. The Golden Griffins and Bobcats share the title with 17-7 MAAC records.
Canisius (24-27, 17-7 MAAC) took two-of-three from Niagara University (15-33, 9-15) to close its regular season while Quinnipiac (26-27, 17-7) swept Manhattan College (24-31, 15-9) to wrap up its regular season and clinch a share the regular season crown. Canisius’s two wins came by scores of 14-4 and 10-4 sandwiched around an extra-inning loss against Niagara. Quinnipiac won 6-0, 7-5, and 18-3 in its sweep of Manhattan.
It is the fifth time in program history, and first time since 2014 that Canisius is at least co-regular season champions. It is the first regular season title—shared or outright—for Quinnipiac as a member of the MAAC.
Canisius seeks a second consecutive MAAC Championship and a third in the last five seasons next week on Staten Island. Quinnipiac has not claimed a MAAC Championship in baseball since joining the league before the 2014 campaign.
The 2019 MAAC Baseball Championship is a six-team double elimination championship that will take place May 22-25. The championship, which is co-hosted by the MAAC, Manhattan, Monmouth, and Quinnipiac, returns to the Richmond County Bank Ballpark on Staten Island, New York for the second year in a row. Play begins on Wednesday, May 22, with three games; the No. 3 seed vs. No. 6 seed at 11 a.m., No. 4 seed vs. No. 5 seed at 3 p.m., and No. 1 seed against the lowest advancing seed of game one and two at 7 p.m.
For more information on the 2019 MAAC Baseball Championship, visit
maacsports.com/baseball. Tickets for 2019 Championship are available for purchase
here, and they will also be available at the Richmond County Bank Ballpark during championship.
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 38
th year of competition during the 2018-19 academic year. Current Conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.