Niagara, Loyola Chosen By Draw as Final Two Seeds in Men's Tennis Championship
MAAC Sports
Edison, NJ - Niagara and Loyola were chosen by random draw as the third and
fourth teams in the 2011 MAAC Men's Tennis Championship. Niagara will be the third seed by virtue of its 4-3 victory over Loyola on March 27. Marist and Fairfield are the top two
seeds in the championship set for April 20-21 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y.
Loyola, Niagara, and Saint Peter's all finished conference play with 3-3 records.
Per
MAAC By-Law, the first tie breaker is to form a mini-league among the three
tied teams and compare the records from the mini-league. After doing
this, each team has a record of 1-1 within the mini-league: Loyola defeated Saint Peter's and lost to Niagara; Niagara defeated Loyola and lost to Saint Peter's; Saint Peter's defeated Niagara and lost to Loyola.
The
next step in the tiebreaker is to compare the record of the tied teams
against the team that finished first in the standings. If the teams are
still tied, move to the team that finished second in the standings and
so on through the entire standings until one of the tied teams gains an
advantage. In this case, each of the tied teams lost to the first and
second placed teams (Marist and Fairfield), and each of the tied
teams defeated the sixth and seventh placed teams (Siena and Rider).
The
third step in the tiebreaker is that the Commissioner (or his designee)
will break the tie via coin toss, or in the case of three tied teams,
random draw.