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]
| Teams | 4 |
|---|---|
| Format | Best of three series |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Bucknell (4th title) |
| Winning coach | Gene Depew (4th title) |
| MVP | Jason Buursma (Bucknell) |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army † | 13 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .650 | 25 | – | 25 | – | 0 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Navy | 11 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .550 | 32 | – | 25 | – | 1 | .560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 11 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .550 | 21 | – | 28 | – | 0 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell ‡y | 10 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .500 | 30 | – | 24 | – | 2 | .554 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 8 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .400 | 25 | – | 23 | – | 0 | .521 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 7 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .350 | 23 | – | 27 | – | 0 | .460 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2008[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Format and seeding
editThe 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.
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Army | 13 | 7 | .650 | — | 1 |
| Navy | 11 | 9 | .550 | 2 | 2 |
| Holy Cross | 11 | 9 | .550 | 2 | 3 |
| Bucknell | 10 | 10 | .500 | 3 | 4 |
| Lafayette | 8 | 12 | .400 | 5 | — |
| Lehigh | 7 | 13 | .350 | 6 | — |
Results
edit| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 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
edit| Name | School |
|---|---|
| Ben Allen | Bucknell |
| Kendall Bolt | Navy |
| Jason Buursma | Bucknell |
| Oliver Drake | Navy |
| Gil Gomez | Holy Cross |
| Thomas Hamilton | Navy |
| Shawn Hirsch | Bucknell |
| Bobby Holmes | Holy Cross |
| Ed Rubbo | Bucknell |
| Chris Simmons | Army |
| Cole White | Army |
References
edit- ^ 2018 Patriot League Baseball Record Book (PDF). Patriot League. p. 9. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
- ^ 2018 Patriot League Baseball Record Book (PDF). Patriot League. p. 9. Retrieved May 8, 2018.