The 2011 Patriot League baseball tournament was held on consecutive weekends with the semifinals held May 14–15 and the finals May 23–24, 2011 to determine the champion of the Patriot League for baseball for the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball season. The event matched the top four finishers of the six team league in a double-elimination tournament. Top seeded Navy won their fifth championship and claimed the Patriot's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Ben Nelson of Navy was named Tournament Most Valuable Player.[2]
| Teams | 4 |
|---|---|
| Format | Best of three series |
| Champions | Navy (5th title) |
| Winning coach | Paul Kostacopoulos (1st title) |
| MVP | Ben Nelson (Navy) |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Navy †‡y | 12 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .600 | 33 | – | 25 | – | 1 | .568 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army | 11 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .550 | 22 | – | 26 | – | 0 | .458 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 10 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .500 | 18 | – | 30 | – | 0 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 10 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .500 | 25 | – | 28 | – | 0 | .472 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 9 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .450 | 24 | – | 23 | – | 1 | .510 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 8 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .400 | 24 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2011[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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Navy | 12 | 8 | .600 | — | 1 |
| Army | 11 | 9 | .550 | 1 | 2 |
| Lafayette | 10 | 10 | .500 | 2 | 3 |
| Bucknell | 10 | 10 | .500 | 2 | 4 |
| Holy Cross | 9 | 11 | .450 | 3 | — |
| Lehigh | 8 | 12 | .450 | 4 | — |
Results
edit| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Navy | 0 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| 4 | Bucknell | 116 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1 | Navy | 4 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||
| 2 | Army | 3 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||
| 2 | Army | 4 | 7 | — | |||||||||
| 3 | Lafayette | 2 | 3 | — | |||||||||
All-Tournament Team
edit| Name | School |
|---|---|
| Alex Azor | Navy |
| Alex Cillo | Bucknell |
| Nick Driscoll | Navy |
| Ryan Ebner | Bucknell |
| Bobby Fargnoli | Lafayette |
| Zach Fritz | Lafayette |
| Preston Gainey | Navy |
| Joey Henshaw | Army |
| Ben Koenigsfeld | Army |
| Clint Moore | Army |
| Ben Nelson | Navy |
References
edit- ^ 2018 Patriot League Baseball Record Book (PDF). Patriot League. p. 10. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
- ^ 2018 Patriot League Baseball Record Book (PDF). Patriot League. p. 10. Retrieved May 8, 2018.