Patriot League baseball tournament

The Patriot League baseball tournament is the conference baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Patriot League. The top four finishers in the regular season of the conference's six teams advance to the best of three championship series, with each series hosted by the higher seeded team. The winner of the tournament receives an automatic berth to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.

Patriot League baseball tournament
Conference baseball championship
SportBaseball
ConferencePatriot League
Number of teams4
FormatBest-of-three series
Played1993–present
Last contest2024
Current championArmy (13)
Most championshipsArmy (13)
Official websitewebsite

Format

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For the first two seasons, the tournament matched the winners of the Patriot League's two divisions in a best-of-three series. After the end of divisional play (which coincided with Colgate's departure) for the 1995 season, no event was held. The new incarnation in 1996 featured the top three teams meeting at the home of the regular season champion. The second and third seeds played a single game to determine who would face the top seed in a best of three series. In 2008, the format expanded to four teams and returned to the best of three series format for both the semifinal and final rounds.

Champions

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2013 Patriot League baseball tournament MVP Chris Rowley
 
2019 Patriot League baseball tournament MVP Jacob Hurtubise

By year

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The following is a list of conference champions listed by year.[1]

Year Program MVP
1993 Fordham Joe Schultz, Fordham
1994 Navy Steve Mauro, Navy
1995 No tournament held
1996 Bucknell Pete Cann, Bucknell
1997 Army Bryan Price, Army
1998 Navy Luke Braham, Navy
1999 Navy Pat Klokow, Navy
2000 Army Josh Minney, Army
2001 Bucknell Brad Gething, Bucknell
2002 Navy Matt Foster, Navy
2003 Bucknell Brian Day, Bucknell
2004 Army Justin Long, Army
2005 Army Walker Gorham, Army
2006 Lehigh Kyle Collina, Lehigh
Joe Matteo, Lehigh
2007 Lafayette Mike Raible, Lafayette
2008 Bucknell Jason Buursma, Bucknell
2009 Army Ben Koenigsfield, Army
2010 Bucknell Doug Shribman, Bucknell
2011 Navy Ben Nelson, Navy
2012 Army Zach Price, Army
2013 Army Chris Rowley, Army
2014 Bucknell Joe Ogren, Bucknell
2015 Lehigh Mike Garzillo, Lehigh
2016 Navy Leland Saile, Navy
2017 Holy Cross Brendan King, Holy Cross
2018 Army Anthony Giachin, Army
2019 Army Jacob Hurtubise, Army
2020 Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021 Army Ross Friedrick, Army
2022 Army Sam Ruta, Army
2023 Army Kevin Dubrule, Army
2024 Army Matthew Ronnebaum, Army

By school

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The following is a list of conference champions listed by school.

Program No. of titles Title years
Army 13 1997, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Bucknell 6 1996, 2001, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2014
Navy 6 1994, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2011, 2016
Lehigh 2 2006, 2015
Fordham 1 1993
Holy Cross 1 2017
Lafayette 1 2007
  • Italics indicate that the program no longer fields a baseball team in the Patriot League.

References

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  1. ^ "Patriot League Baseball Past Champions". PatriotLeague.org. Retrieved March 3, 2012.