2002 Patriot League Baseball Tournament
The 2002 Patriot League Baseball Tournament was held on May 11 and 12, 2002 to determine the champion of the Patriot League for baseball for the 2002 NCAA Division I baseball season. The event matched the top three finishers of the six team league in a double-elimination tournament. Top seeded Navy won their fourth championship and claimed the Patriot's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Matt Foster of Navy was named Tournament Most Valuable Player.[2]
| Teams | 3 |
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| Format | Best of three series |
| Finals site |
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| Champions | Navy (4th title) |
| Winning coach | Steve Whitmyer (1st title) |
| MVP | Matt Foster, Navy |
| 2002 Patriot League baseball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Navy †‡y | 13 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .650 | 23 | – | 25 | – | 0 | .479 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh † | 13 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .650 | 29 | – | 21 | – | 1 | .578 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 12 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .600 | 23 | – | 22 | – | 0 | .511 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army | 11 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .550 | 22 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .512 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 6 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .300 | 15 | – | 35 | – | 0 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 5 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .250 | 11 | – | 28 | – | 0 | .282 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2002[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Format and seeding
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Navy | 13 | 7 | .650 | — | 1 |
| Lehigh | 13 | 7 | .650 | — | 2 |
| Lafayette | 12 | 8 | .600 | 1 | 3 |
| Army | 11 | 9 | .550 | 2 | — |
| Bucknell | 6 | 14 | .300 | 7 | — |
| Holy Cross | 5 | 15 | .250 | 8 | — |
Results
| Semifinal | Final | |||||||||
| 1 | Navy | 5 | 11 | — | ||||||
| 2 | Lehigh | 12 | 2 | Lehigh | 3 | 7 | — | |||
| 3 | Lafayette | 6 | ||||||||
References
- 2018 Patriot League Baseball Record Book (PDF). Patriot League. p. 6. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
- 2018 Patriot League Baseball Record Book (PDF). Patriot League. p. 6. Retrieved May 6, 2018.