1993 Patriot League baseball tournament


The 1993 Patriot League baseball tournament was held on May 8 and 9, 1993 to determine the champion of the Patriot League for baseball for the 1993 NCAA Division I baseball season. The event matched Fordham and Navy, respectively the winners of the North Division and the winners of the South Division at Houlihan Park, home field of the Fordham Rams in a best of three series. This was the first postseason Patriot League baseball championship. North Division Champion Fordham won the first championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1993 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Joe Shultz of Fordham was named Tournament Most Valuable Player.[2]

1993 Patriot League
baseball tournament
Teams2
FormatBest of three series
Finals site
ChampionsFordham (1st title)
Winning coachDan Gallagher (1st title)
MVPJoe Schultz (Fordham)
1993 Patriot League baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
North
Fordham  x‍‍y 13 7   .650 32 27   .542
Army  ‍‍‍ 11 9   .550 17 22   .436
Holy Cross  ‍‍‍ 9 11   .450 12 20   .375
Colgate  ‍‍‍ 6 14   .300 8 20   .286
South
Navy  x‍‍‍ 11 9   .550 20 16   .556
Lehigh  ‍‍‍ 10 10   .500 15 19   .441
Bucknell  ‍‍‍ 10 10   .500 15 25   .375
Lafayette  ‍‍‍ 10 10   .500 12 21   .364
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1993[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Both participants also played in the Eastern College Athletic Conference baseball tournament, which followed NCAA Regionals. Fordham would also win the 1993 ECAC baseball tournament, held in Waterbury, Connecticut.[3][4]

Results

edit
Finals
    
Fordham 1 8 6
Navy 11 5 2

References

edit
  1. ^ 2018 Patriot League Baseball Record Book (PDF). Patriot League. p. 1. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  2. ^ 2018 Patriot League Baseball Record Book (PDF). Patriot League. p. 1. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  3. ^ "Baseball Set For Three-Game Series Against URI". Fordham Rams. April 12, 2013. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  4. ^ 2017 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Fordham Rams. p. 47. Retrieved April 20, 2018.