Patriot League baseball tournament

Patriot League baseball tournament
Conference baseball championship
SportBaseball
ConferencePatriot League
Number of teams4
FormatBest-of-three series
Played1993–present
Last contest2025
Current championHoly Cross (2)
Most championshipsArmy (13)
Official websitewebsite

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.

Format

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

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

By year

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

Year Champion Runner-up Venue MVP
1993 Fordham Navy Houlihan ParkThe Bronx, NY Joe Schultz, Fordham
1994 Navy Army Max Bishop StadiumAnnapolis, MD Steve Mauro, Navy
1995 No tournament held[a]
1996 Bucknell Navy Bucknell FieldLewisburg, PA Pete Cann, Bucknell
1997 Army Bucknell Johnson Stadium at Doubleday FieldWest Point, NY Bryan Price, Army
1998 Navy Bucknell Max Bishop StadiumAnnapolis, MD Luke Braham, Navy
1999 Navy Bucknell Bucknell FieldLewisburg, PA Pat Klokow, Navy
2000 Army Navy Max Bishop StadiumAnnapolis, MD Josh Minney, Army
2001 Bucknell Navy Max Bishop StadiumAnnapolis, MD Brad Gething, Bucknell
2002 Navy Lehigh Max Bishop StadiumAnnapolis, MD Matt Foster, Navy
2003 Bucknell Navy Eugene B. Depew FieldLewisburg, PA Brian Day, Bucknell
2004 Army Lafayette Johnson Stadium at Doubleday FieldWest Point, NY Justin Long, Army
2005 Army Lehigh Johnson Stadium at Doubleday FieldWest Point, NY Walker Gorham, Army
2006 Lehigh Bucknell Lehigh Baseball FieldBethlehem, PA Kyle Collina, Lehigh
Joe Matteo, Lehigh
2007 Lafayette Army Kamine StadiumEaston, PA Mike Raible, Lafayette
2008 Bucknell Navy Max Bishop StadiumAnnapolis, MD Jason Buursma, Bucknell
2009 Army Lafayette Johnson Stadium at Doubleday FieldWest Point, NY Ben Koenigsfield, Army
2010 Bucknell Holy Cross Fitton FieldWorcester, MA Doug Shribman, Bucknell
2011 Navy Army Max Bishop StadiumAnnapolis, MD Ben Nelson, Navy
2012 Army Holy Cross Johnson Stadium at Doubleday FieldWest Point, NY Zach Price, Army
2013 Army Holy Cross Fitton FieldWorcester, MA Chris Rowley, Army
2014 Bucknell Lehigh Eugene B. Depew FieldLewisburg, PA Joe Ogren, Bucknell
2015 Lehigh Navy Max Bishop StadiumAnnapolis, MD Mike Garzillo, Lehigh
2016 Navy Holy Cross Max Bishop StadiumAnnapolis, MD Leland Saile, Navy
2017 Holy Cross Bucknell Fitton FieldWorcester, MA Brendan King, Holy Cross
2018 Army Navy Max Bishop StadiumAnnapolis, MD Anthony Giachin, Army
2019 Army Navy Max Bishop StadiumAnnapolis, MD Jacob Hurtubise, Army
2020 Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021 Army Lehigh Lehigh Baseball FieldBethlehem, PA Ross Friedrick, Army
2022 Army Bucknell Johnson Stadium at Doubleday FieldWest Point, NY Sam Ruta, Army
2023 Army Bucknell Johnson Stadium at Doubleday FieldWest Point, NY Kevin Dubrule, Army
2024 Army Navy Johnson Stadium at Doubleday FieldWest Point, NY Matthew Ronnebaum, Army
2025 Holy Cross Army Fitton FieldWorcester, MA Danny Macchiarola, Holy Cross

By school

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

Program Championships 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
Holy Cross 2 2017, 2025
Lehigh 2 2006, 2015
Fordham 1 1993
Lafayette 1 2007
  • Italics indicate that the program no longer fields a baseball team in the Patriot League.

References

  1. ^ "Patriot League Baseball Past Champions". PatriotLeague.org. Retrieved March 3, 2012.
  1. ^ While no tournament was held, Navy, the regular season champion, was invited to the 1995 NCAA Division I baseball tournament