2008 Patriot League Baseball Tournament

The 2008 Patriot League Baseball Tournament was held on consecutive weekends with the semifinals held May 10–11 and the finals May 16–17, 2008 to determine the champion of the Patriot League for baseball for the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball season. The event matched the top four finishers of the six team league in a double-elimination tournament. Fourth seeded Bucknell won their fourth championship and claimed the Patriot's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Jason Buursma of Bucknell was named Tournament Most Valuable Player.[2]

2008 Patriot League
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatBest of three series
Finals site
ChampionsBucknell (4th title)
Winning coachGene Depew (4th title)
MVPJason Buursma, Bucknell
2008 Patriot League baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Army   1370 .650  25250 .500
Navy   1190 .550  32251 .560
Holy Cross   1190 .550  21280 .429
Bucknell  y 10100 .500  30242 .554
Lafayette   8120 .400  25230 .521
Lehigh   7130 .350  23270 .460
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2008[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and 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 Bucknell while Holy Cross visited Navy.

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Army137.6501
Navy119.55022
Holy Cross119.55023
Bucknell1010.50034
Lafayette812.4005
Lehigh713.3506

Results

Semifinals Final
          
1 Army 4 12 0
4 Bucknell 510 3 1
4 Bucknell 7 8
2 Navy 6 7
2 Navy 0 12 9
3 Holy Cross 6 1 5

All-Tournament Team

NameSchool
Ben AllenBucknell
Kendall BoltNavy
Jason BuursmaBucknell
Oliver DrakeNavy
Gil GomezHoly Cross
Thomas HamiltonNavy
Shawn HirschBucknell
Bobby HolmesHoly Cross
Ed RubboBucknell
Chris SimmonsArmy
Cole WhiteArmy

References

  1. 2018 Patriot League Baseball Record Book (PDF). Patriot League. p. 9. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  2. 2018 Patriot League Baseball Record Book (PDF). Patriot League. p. 9. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
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