GAME 10: No. 3 Canisius - 9 | No. 5 Rider - 5
CLOVER STADIUM | POMONA, NY
Box Score
Throughout the 2022 MAAC Baseball Championships, Canisius did most of their damage offensively throughout the middle innings. After being tied at two heading into the bottom of the fifth, the Canisius offense finally erupted for five runs in the fifth. The Griffs strung three singles together by Henneman, DeStefano, and Grant to get the inning going. Mike Steffan singled through the right side to score two, which brought up Vinny Chiarenza who walked to re-load the bases, which was followed by a walk to Dylan Vincent to bring home their third run. Gibson Krzeminski singled through the right side to plate Steffan and Chiarenza.
The Griffs tacked on two more runs in the eighth by way of a Max Grant single to score pinch runner Jackson Strong and a Mike Steffan sacrifice fly to score Mike DeStefano.
Peyton Consigli came on to pitch the ninth, got into some trouble and allowed three runs, but it was too late for the Broncs as Consigli induced a ground ball to third base that Krzeminski fielded cleanly and fired to Chiarenza, placing the final stamp on Canisius’ 2022 MAAC Baseball Championship run.
Canisius Notes and Notables
- Matt Duffy earned Most Outstanding Player of the Championship after coming into the championship game in relief. Duffy threw 3.1 innings in relief and 10.1 innings total on the week, giving up just one earned run and striking out 11 hitters total.
- Canisius outscored their opponents, 33-1 throughout the middle innings of the tournament.
- The first time in MAAC history that a school earns both the softball and baseball championships in the same season.
- In the game, DeStefano went 3-5 with two runs and a stolen base.
- Grant, Krzeminski, and Henneman each tallied two hits and were named to the All-Championship Team in addition to DeStefano and Duffy.
- With the win, Canisius earns a trip to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship. The announcement of opponent and site will be announced during the selection show tomorrow at 12 pm on ESPN2.
Rider Notes and Notables
- Rider finished the season going 28-26 and 12-10 in MAAC play.
- Brendan O’Donnell homered for the fourth time this postseason, establishing the Rider single-season record with 20 home runs.
- Joe Papeo threw 1.2 innings of relief bringing his total for the Championship to 9.2 innings total throughout the week with 14 strikeouts.
- Jack Winsett went 3-5 with a run scored.
- Luke Lesch homered in the ninth inning, which made the score 9-5.
- Jake Barbiere and Alex Diamantis each recorded two hits.
See below for the full All-Championship Team:
| 2022 MAAC Baseball All-Championship Team |
| Name |
School |
| Michael Sansone |
Fairfield University |
| Matt Venuto |
Fairfield University |
| Dawson Bailey |
Niagara University |
| Matt Ward |
Niagara University |
| Brendan O’Donnell |
Rider University |
| Joe Papeo |
Rider University |
| Cal Stalzer |
Rider University |
| Mike DeStefano |
Canisius College |
| Max Grant |
Canisius College |
| Trevor Henneman |
Canisius College |
| Gibson Krzeminski |
Canisius College |
| 2022 Most Outstanding Player |
Matt Duffy, Canisius College |
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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 41st year of competition during the 2021-22 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.
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