2016 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series

The 2016 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series was held at Bill Clarke Field, home field of the Gehrig Division champion Princeton Tigers on May 14 and 15. The series matched the regular season champions of each of the league's two divisions. Princeton won their league-best eighth championship series and claimed the Ivy League's automatic berth in the 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

2016 Ivy League
Baseball Tournament
Teams2
FormatBest of three series
Finals site
ChampionsPrinceton Tigers (8th title)
MVP,
2016 Ivy League baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Lou Gehrig
Princeton  xy 1370 .650  24210 .533
Penn   10100 .500  19220 .463
Columbia   10100 .500  17240 .415
Cornell   7130 .350  14240 .368
Red Rolfe
Dartmouth  x 1190 .550  18250 .419
Yale  x 1190 .550  19281 .406
Harvard   9110 .450  17240 .415
Brown   9110 .450  15240 .385
x Division champion
Championship Series champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 5, 2016[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Princeton won the Gehrig Division while Dartmouth and Yale tied for the Rolfe Division title with identical 11–9 records. Yale won a one-game playoff on May 7 to advance to the Championship Series.[3]

Results

Game One

May 14, 2016 12:00 pm
Team123456789RHE
Yale0240000028111
Princeton021002020790
WP: Kukowski   LP: Thomson   Sv: Brodkowitz
Attendance: 350
Boxscore

Game Two

May 15, 2016
Team123456789RHE
Princeton0411000006131
Yale001001000261
WP: Powers   LP: Wanger
Home runs:
P: None
Y: O'Neill
Attendance: 235
Boxscore

Game Three

May 15, 2016 1:00 pm
Team123456789RHE
Yale100000000181
Princeton000000002260
WP: Mingo   LP: Ford
Attendance: 275
Boxscore

References

  1. "Ivy League - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
  2. "Ivy League Baseball Championship Series". The Ivy League. Archived from the original on January 28, 2016. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
  3. "Yale Clinches Rolfe Division Title". The Ivy league. May 7, 2016. Archived from the original on June 10, 2016. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
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