2002 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series

The 2002 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series took place at Bill Clarke Field in Princeton, New Jersey on May 11, 2002. The series matched the regular season champions of each of the league's two divisions. Harvard, the winner of the series, claimed their fourth title and the Ivy League's automatic berth in the 2002 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Harvard made their fifth appearance in the series, and faced Princeton for the fifth time in seventh years. Harvard also won in 1997, 1998, and 1999.[2]

2002 Ivy League
Baseball Tournament
Teams2
FormatBest of three series
Finals site
ChampionsHarvard (4th title)
Winning coachJoe Walsh (4th title)
MVP,
2002 Ivy League baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Lou Gehrig
Princeton  x 137 .650  2123 .477
Penn   119 .550  1722 .436
Columbia   1010 .500  2225 .468
Cornell   614 .300  1530 .333
Red Rolfe
Harvard  xy 137 .650  2026 .435
Brown  x 137 .650  2524 .510
Dartmouth   911 .450  2120 .512
Yale   515 .250  1227 .308
x Division champion
Championship Series champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2002[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

It was Princeton's seventh appearance in the Championship Series, all of which were consecutive. Harvard won a playoff game against Brown on May 8 in Cambridge, Massachusetts to advance to the Championship Series.

Results

 
           
   Harvard 5 2
   Princeton 1 1
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References

  1. "2018 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Ivy League. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
  2. 2018 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Ivy League. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
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