2012 Patriot League Baseball Tournament

The 2012 Patriot League Baseball Tournament was held on consecutive weekends, with the semifinals held May 12-13 and the finals May 19-20. The higher seeded teams hosted each best of three series. Top seeded Army won their sixth championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

2012 Patriot League
Baseball Tournament

Teams	4
Format	Best of three series
Champions	Army (6th title)
Winning coach	Joe Sottolano (5th title)
MVP	Zach Price, Army

2012 Patriot League baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Army  ‍†‍‡‍^y	18	–	2	–	0		.900			41	–	15	–	0		.732
Holy Cross  ‍‍‍	13	–	7	–	0		.650			33	–	22	–	0		.600
Navy  ‍‍‍	9	–	11	–	0		.450			23	–	29	–	0		.442
Lafayette  ‍‍‍	7	–	13	–	0		.350			14	–	37	–	1		.279
Bucknell  ‍‍‍	7	–	13	–	0		.350			21	–	28	–	0		.429
Lehigh  ‍‍‍	6	–	14	–	0		.300			18	–	31	–	1		.370
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2012[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding

The top four finishers from the regular season were seeded one through four, with the top seed hosting the fourth seed and second seed hosting the third. The visiting team was designated as the home team in the second game of each series. Army hosted Lafayette, while Holy Cross hosted Navy in the semifinals. Holy Cross traveled to Army for the final.[4]

Team	Wins	Losses	Pct.	GB	Seed
Army	18	2	.900	–	1
Holy Cross	13	7	.650	5	2
Navy	9	11	.650	9	3
Lafayette	7	13	.350	11	4
Bucknell	7	13	.350	11	–
Lehigh	6	14	.300	12	–

[5]

Results

	Semifinals							Final
	4	Lafayette	7	3	–
	1	Army	8	6	–
								2	Holy Cross	0	7	4
								1	Army	4	4	8
	3	Navy	0	2	–
	2	Holy Cross	1	4	–

Lafayette vs Army Semifinal May 12, 2012 12:11 pm at Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field, West Point, NY Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 4 Lafayette 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 9 1 1 Army 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 0 X 8 10 0 WP: Rowley   LP: Boyce   Sv: Carroll Home runs: Lafayette: None Army: McCants, Watkins Notes: Game 1 Boxscore May 12, 2012 4:01 pm at Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field, West Point, NY Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1 Army 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 6 10 2 4 Lafayette 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 11 1 WP: Lee   LP: Schwartz   Sv: Carroll Home runs: Army: None Lafayette: Dunleavy Attendance: 419 Notes: Game 2 Boxscore

Navy vs Holy Cross Semifinal May 12, 2012 2:04 pm at Fitton Field, Worcester, MA Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 3 Navy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 Holy Cross 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 1 7 0 WP: Koneski   LP: Gainey   Sv: Colella Attendance: 524 Notes: Game 1 Boxscore May 12, 2012 5:05 pm at Fitton Field, Worceser, MA Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E 2 Holy Cross 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 0 3 Navy 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 WP: Colella   LP: Rinehart Home runs: Holy Cross: None Navy: Simonsen Attendance: 522 Notes: Game 2 Boxscore

Final

May 20, 2012 12:09 pm at Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field, West Point, NY

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
2 Holy Cross	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
1 Army	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	X	4	8	0
WP: Lee   LP: Koneski Notes: Game 1 Boxscore

May 20, 2012 at Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field, West Point, NY

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
1 Army	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	4	6	3
2 Holy Cross	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	2	X	7	10	5
WP: Colella   LP: Fernandez Home runs: Army: None Holy Cross: Enos, Cipolla Attendance: 617 Notes: Game 2 Boxscore

May 21, 2012 12:00 pm at Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field, West Point, NY

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
2 Holy Cross	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4	6	2
1 Army	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	0	X	8	12	1
WP: Carroll   LP: Murray Home runs: : Puentes : Watkins Attendance: 519 Notes: Game suspended after 6 innings, tied at 4. Resumed Tuesday, May 22.

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]

POS	Name	School	Class
SP	Logan Lee	Army	Sr.
1B	Kevin McKague	Army	Sr.
2B	Zach Price	Army	Sr.
C	J.T. Watkins	Army	Sr.
3B	Mike Ahmed	Holy Cross	So.
CF	Brandon Cipolla	Holy Cross	So.
1B	Jordan Enos	Holy Cross	Jr.
C	Parker Hills	Lafayette	Fr.
CF	Andrew Santomauro	Lafayette	So.
SP	Preston Gainey	Navy	So.
SP	Ben Nelson	Navy	Jr.

Most Valuable Player

Zach Price was named tournament Most Valuable Player. Price was a senior second baseman for Army.[3]

References

1. 2013 Patriot League Baseball Record Book (PDF). Patriot League. p. 12. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
2. "Patriot League Championships". patriotleague.org. Retrieved 2012-05-01.
3. "Army claims Patriot League Championship with 8-4 win in Game 3". Patriot League. May 22, 2012. Archived from the original on May 26, 2012. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
4. "ACC, SEC and Pac-12 dominate bracketology projections". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2012-05-01.
5. "Patriot League Baseball Standings". patriotleague.org. Archived from the original on 2012-06-09. Retrieved 2012-05-01.