The 2026 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held from May 20 through 23 at Heritage Financial Park in Wappingers Falls, New York. The top six teams during the regular season qualified for the conference tournament and the tournament winner received the conference's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
This was the last baseball 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.
Seeding and format The top eight finishers of the league's thirteen teams qualify for the conference tournament. Teams are seeded based on conference winning percentage, with the first tiebreaker being head-to-head record.
Play begins with the lowest four seeds of the tournament playing in a single-elimination round; all subsequent rounds are double-elimination. The winners of the first round advance to play the next two lowest seeds in the second round, with the top two teams receiving a further bye to the third round.
Bracket
Schedule GameTime*Matchup#ScoreNotesReference Wednesday, May 20 1 11:00 am No. 3 Fairfield vs No. 6 Marist 6−3 2 3:00 pm No. 4 Merrimack vs No. 5 Canisius 7−0 3 7:00 pm No. 6 Marist vs No. 5 Canisius 10–8 Canisius Eliminated Thursday, May 21 4 11:00 am No. 1 Rider vs No. 4 Merrimack 8−2 5 3:00 pm No. 2 Niagara vs No. 3 Fairfield 3−4 6 7:00 pm No. 6 Marist vs. No. 4 Merrimack 13−8 Merrimack Eliminated Friday, May 22 7 11:00 am No. 1 Rider vs. No. 3 Fairfield 5−1 8 3:00 pm No. 2 Niagara vs. No. 6 Marist − Elimination Game 9 7:00 pm No. 3 Fairfield vs. Winner Game 8 − Elimination Game Saturday, May 23 10 12:00 pm No. 3 Fairfield vs No. 1 Rider 12-7 11 4:00 pm Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 9 (if necessary) − Elimination Game (if necessary)
All–Tournament Team
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