The 2004 Patriot League baseball tournament was a collegiate baseball tournament held on May 8 and 9, 2004 to determine the champion of the Patriot League for baseball for the 2004 NCAA Division I baseball season. The event matched the top three finishers of the six team league in a double-elimination tournament. Top seeded Army won their third championship and claimed the Patriot's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Justin Long of Army was named Tournament Most Valuable Player.[2]
| Teams | 3 |
|---|---|
| Format | Best of three series |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Army (3rd title) |
| Winning coach | Joe Sottolano (2nd title) |
| MVP | Justin Long (Army) |
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army †‡y | 17 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .850 | 37 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .712 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 11 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .550 | 23 | – | 26 | – | 0 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 9 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .450 | 25 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .543 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 9 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .450 | 14 | – | 22 | – | 1 | .392 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 7 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .350 | 20 | – | 24 | – | 0 | .455 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Navy | 7 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .350 | 14 | – | 36 | – | 0 | .280 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2004[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Format and seeding.
edit- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Army | 17 | 3 | .850 | — | 1 |
| Lafayette | 11 | 9 | .550 | 6 | 2 |
| Lehigh | 9 | 11 | .450 | 8 | 3 |
| Holy Cross | 9 | 11 | .450 | 8 | — |
| Bucknell | 8 | 13 | .350 | 9 | — |
| Navy | 7 | 13 | .350 | 9 | — |
Results
edit| Semifinal | Final | ||||||||||
| 1 | Army | 3 | 16 | — | |||||||
| 2 | Lafayette | 7 | 2 | Lafayette | 1 | 2 | — | ||||
| 3 | Lehigh | 6 | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ 2018 Patriot League Baseball Record Book (PDF). Patriot League. p. 7. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
- ^ 2018 Patriot League Baseball Record Book (PDF). Patriot League. p. 7. Retrieved May 6, 2018.