2005 Patriot League baseball tournament
| Teams | 3 |
|---|---|
| Format | Best of three series |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Army (4th title) |
| Winning coach | Joe Sottolano (3rd title) |
| MVP | Walker Gorham (Army) |
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army †‡y | 17 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .850 | 39 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .736 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 12 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .600 | 26 | – | 21 | – | 1 | .552 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 10 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .500 | 16 | – | 26 | – | 0 | .381 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 6 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .375 | 18 | – | 26 | – | 0 | .409 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 5 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .313 | 13 | – | 23 | – | 0 | .361 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Navy | 6 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .300 | 12 | – | 33 | – | 1 | .272 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2005[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2005 Patriot League baseball tournament was held on May 14 and 15, 2005 to determine the champion of the Patriot League for baseball for the 2005 NCAA Division I baseball season. The event matched the top three finishers of the six team league in a double-elimination tournament. Top seeded Army won their fourth championship and claimed the Patriot's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Walker Gorham of Army 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Army | 17 | 3 | .850 | — | 1 |
| Lehigh | 12 | 8 | .600 | 5 | 2 |
| Bucknell | 10 | 10 | .500 | 7 | 3 |
| Lafayette | 6 | 10 | .375 | 9 | — |
| Holy Cross | 5 | 11 | .313 | 10 | — |
| Navy | 6 | 14 | .300 | 11 | — |
Results
[edit]| Semifinal | Final | ||||||||||
| 1 | Army | 6 | 10 | — | |||||||
| 2 | Lehigh | 5 | 2 | Lehigh | 2 | 1 | — | ||||
| 3 | Bucknell | 2 | |||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ 2018 Patriot League Baseball Record Book (PDF). Patriot League. p. 7. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
- ^ 2018 Patriot League Baseball Record Book (PDF). Patriot League. p. 7. Retrieved May 6, 2018.