The 2009 Patriot League baseball tournament was held on consecutive weekends with the semifinals held May 9–10 and the finals May 16–17, 2009 to determine the champion of the Patriot League for baseball for the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball season. The event matched the top four finishers of the six team league in a double-elimination tournament. Second seeded Army won their fifth championship and claimed the Patriot's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Ben Koenigsfeld of Army was named Tournament Most Valuable Player.[2]
| Teams | 4 |
|---|---|
| Format | Best of three series |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Army (5th title) |
| Winning coach | Joe Sottolano (4th title) |
| MVP | Ben Koenigsfeld (Army) |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell † | 13 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .650 | 22 | – | 25 | – | 0 | .468 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army †‡y | 13 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .650 | 34 | – | 19 | – | 0 | .642 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 11 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .611 | 22 | – | 27 | – | 0 | .449 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 9 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .450 | 24 | – | 29 | – | 0 | .453 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Navy | 8 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .400 | 20 | – | 26 | – | 1 | .436 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 4 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .222 | 11 | – | 36 | – | 1 | .240 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2009[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. Bucknell hosted Lafayette while Holy Cross visited Army.
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bucknell | 13 | 7 | .650 | — | 1 |
| Army | 13 | 7 | .650 | — | 2 |
| Holy Cross | 11 | 7 | .611 | 1 | 3 |
| Lafayette | 9 | 11 | .450 | 4 | 4 |
| Navy | 8 | 12 | .400 | 5 | — |
| Lehigh | 4 | 14 | .222 | 8 | — |
Results
edit| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Bucknell | 6 | 9 | 2 | |||||||||
| 4 | Lafayette | 4 | 20 | 10 | |||||||||
| 4 | Lafayette | 2 | 1 | — | |||||||||
| 2 | Army | 6 | 8 | — | |||||||||
| 2 | Army | 5 | 3 | 11 | |||||||||
| 3 | Holy Cross | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
All-Tournament Team
edit| Name | School |
|---|---|
| Jeff Butler | Lafayette |
| Andy Ernesto | Army |
| Matt Fouch | Army |
| Rob Froio | Lafayette |
| Jake Gorman | Holy Cross |
| Ryan Hanna | Lafayette |
| Joey Henshaw | Army |
| Bobby Holmes | Holy Cross |
| Ben Koenigsfeld | 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.