The 2001 Patriot League baseball tournament was held on May 12 and 13, 2001 to determine the champion of the Patriot League for baseball for the 2001 NCAA Division I baseball season. The event matched the top three finishers of the six team league in a double-elimination tournament. Second seeded Bucknell won their second championship and claimed the Patriot's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Brad Gething of Bucknell was named Tournament Most Valuable Player.[2]
| Teams | 3 |
|---|---|
| Format | Best of three series |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Bucknell (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Gene Depew (2nd title) |
| MVP | Brad Gething (Bucknell) |
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Navy † | 14 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .700 | 21 | – | 25 | – | 1 | .457 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell †‡y | 14 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .700 | 31 | – | 19 | – | 0 | .620 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 11 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .550 | 19 | – | 23 | – | 0 | .452 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army | 10 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .500 | 17 | – | 27 | – | 1 | .389 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 6 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .300 | 14 | – | 28 | – | 0 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 5 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .250 | 10 | – | 32 | – | 0 | .238 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2001[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Format and seeding
editThe 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 | 14 | 6 | .700 | — | 1 |
| Bucknell | 14 | 6 | .700 | — | 2 |
| Holy Cross | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3 | 3 |
| Army | 10 | 10 | .500 | 4 | — |
| Lehigh | 6 | 14 | .300 | 8 | — |
| Lafayette | 5 | 15 | .250 | 9 | — |
Results
edit| Semifinal | Final | ||||||||||
| 1 | Navy | 4 | 2 | – | |||||||
| 2 | Bucknell | 10 | 2 | Bucknell | 6 | 6 | – | ||||
| 3 | Holy Cross | 4 | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ 2018 Patriot League Baseball Record Book (PDF). Patriot League. p. 5. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
- ^ 2018 Patriot League Baseball Record Book (PDF). Patriot League. p. 5. Retrieved May 6, 2018.