The 1997 Patriot League baseball tournament was held on May 4 and 5, 1997 to determine the champion of the Patriot League for baseball for the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball season. The event matched the top three finishers of the six-team league in a double-elimination tournament. Regular season champion Army won their first championship and advanced to a play-in round ahead of the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, where they lost to Harvard in three games. Bryan Price of the Army was named Tournament Most Valuable Player.[2]
| Teams | 3 |
|---|---|
| Format | Best of three series |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Army (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Danny Roberts (1st title) |
| MVP | Bryan Price (Army) |
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army †‡ | 15 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .750 | 26 | – | 20 | – | 1 | .564 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Navy | 12 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .667 | 19 | – | 27 | – | 0 | .413 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 10 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .500 | 25 | – | 24 | – | 1 | .510 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 9 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .450 | 18 | – | 24 | – | 1 | .430 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 7 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .368 | 11 | – | 26 | – | 0 | .297 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 5 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .263 | 11 | – | 25 | – | 0 | .306 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡ – Tournament champion As of June 30, 1997[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Format and seeding
editThe top three finishers by conference winning percentage from the league's regular season advanced to the tournament. The top seed earned a first-round bye and the right to host the event. The second and third seeds played an elimination game, with the winner meeting the top seed in a best-of-three series.
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Army | 15 | 5 | .750 | — | 1 |
| Navy | 12 | 6 | .667 | 2 | 2 |
| Bucknell | 10 | 10 | .500 | 5 | 3 |
| Lehigh | 9 | 11 | .450 | 6 | — |
| Lafayette | 7 | 12 | .368 | 7.5 | — |
| Holy Cross | 5 | 14 | .263 | 9 | — |
Results
edit| Semifinal | Final | ||||||||||
| 1 | Army | 16 | 5 | 11 | |||||||
| 2 | Navy | 4 | 3 | Bucknell | 14 | 6 | 10 | ||||
| 3 | Bucknell | 9 | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ 2018 Patriot League Baseball Record Book (PDF). Patriot League. p. 3. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
- ^ 2018 Patriot League Baseball Record Book (PDF). Patriot League. p. 3. Retrieved May 5, 2018.