1998 Patriot League baseball tournament
Teams | 3 |
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Format | Best of three series |
Finals site | |
Champions | Navy (2nd title) |
Winning coach | Bob MacDonald (2nd title) |
MVP | Luke Braham (Navy) |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Navy †‡ | 15 | – | 5 | .750 | 26 | – | 17 | .605 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bucknell | 13 | – | 7 | .650 | 31 | – | 17 | .646 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Army | 12 | – | 8 | .600 | 26 | – | 29 | .473 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lafayette | 8 | – | 12 | .400 | 10 | – | 26 | .278 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lehigh | 7 | – | 13 | .350 | 13 | – | 26 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Holy Cross | 5 | – | 15 | .250 | 7 | – | 29 | .194 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
‡ – Tournament champion As of June 30, 1998[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |
The 1998 Patriot League baseball tournament was held on May 2 and 3, 1998 to determine the champion of the Patriot League for baseball for the 1998 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 Navy won their second championship and advanced to a play-in round ahead of the 1998 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, where they lost to Monmouth in three games. Luke Braham of Navy was named Tournament Most Valuable Player.[2]
Format and seeding
[edit]The top three finishers by conference winning percentage from the league's regular season advanced to the tournament. The top seed earned a first round by 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 |
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Navy | 15 | 5 | .750 | — | 1 |
Bucknell | 13 | 7 | .650 | 2 | 2 |
Army | 12 | 8 | .600 | 3 | 3 |
Lafayette | 8 | 12 | .400 | 7 | — |
Lehigh | 7 | 13 | .350 | 8 | — |
Holy Cross | 5 | 15 | .250 | 10 | — |
Results
[edit]Semifinal | Final | ||||||||||
1 | Navy | 11 | 8 | — | |||||||
2 | Bucknell | 9 | 2 | Bucknell | 3 | 6 | — | ||||
3 | Army | 1 |
References
[edit]- ^ 2018 Patriot League Baseball Record Book (PDF). Patriot League. p. 4. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
- ^ 2018 Patriot League Baseball Record Book (PDF). Patriot League. p. 4. Retrieved May 5, 2018.