2023 Ivy League baseball tournament


The 2023 Ivy League Baseball Tournament was held at Meiklejohn Stadium from May 19 through May 22, 2023. For the first time, the Ivy League would have a tournament to determine the postseason champion. Until 2023, the Ivy League used a best-of-three championship series between the top two teams to determine the league's automatic berth.

2023 Ivy League
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble elimination
Finals site
ChampionsPenn (2nd title)
Winning coachJohn Yurkow (1st title)
MVPJarrett Pokrovsky (Penn)
TelevisionESPN+
2023 Ivy League baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Penn ‍y 16 5   .762 32 14   .696
Harvard  ‍‍‍ 15 6   .714 20 24   .455
Princeton  ‍‍‍ 13 8   .619 24 23   .511
Columbia  ‍‍‍ 11 10   .524 23 22   .511
Yale  ‍‍‍ 10 11   .476 17 23   .425
Brown  ‍‍‍ 9 12   .429 12 26   .316
Cornell  ‍‍‍ 8 13   .381 9 27   .250
Dartmouth  ‍‍‍ 2 19   .095 3 38   .073
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 27, 2023[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The regular season champion, Penn won all three games in the tournament and earned the automatic berth to the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2] This was Penn's first Ivy League series/tournament title since 1995.

Format

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The top four teams in the Ivy League were seeded based on their records in league play. The tournament was a double elimination tournament played at the site of the regular season champion.

Bracket

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First Round Semifinal Final
          
1 Penn 10
4 Columbia 6
1 Penn 10
Winner's bracket
2 Harvard 7
2 Harvard 3
3 Princeton 2
1 Penn 16 -
3 Princeton 3 -
4 Columbia 11
3 Princeton 13
3 Princeton 10
Loser's bracket
2 Harvard 3

Results

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Game 1

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May 19, 2023 11:00 AM
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Princeton 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 2
Harvard 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 X 3 8 0
WP: Stovern (5–2)   LP: Faulkner (2–3)   Sv: Fang (5)
Home runs:
Princeton: Bandura
Harvard: None
Boxscore

Game 2

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May 19, 2023 3:00 PM
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Columbia 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 6 9 1
Penn 4 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 X 10 13 0
WP: Zeldin (2–1)   LP: Sheets (3–4)
Home runs:
Columbia: Hage
Penn: Henseler
Boxscore

Game 3

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May 20, 2023 11:45 AM
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Columbia 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 5 0 11 11 3
Princeton 0 0 4 4 0 0 3 2 X 13 13 1
WP: Faulkner (3–3)   LP: Palfrey (2–3)   Sv: Rabin (1)
Home runs:
Columbia: Lazits
Princeton: Bandura, DiPietranton, Vinci
Notes: Columbia eliminated
Boxscore

Game 4

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May 21, 2023 11:00 AM
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Harvard 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 7 8 4
Penn 3 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 X 10 15 1
WP: Trop (4–0)   LP: Driver (3–3)   Sv: Ozmer (6)
Home runs:
Harvard: Rounds
Penn: None
Boxscore

Game 5

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May 21, 2023 3:10 PM
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Harvard 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 0
Princeton 0 3 1 0 1 0 5 0 X 10 15 1
WP: Kim (7–2)   LP: Matson (3–5)
Home runs:
Harvard: Berger
Princeton: DiPietranton, Cumming, Bandura
Notes: Harvard eliminated
Boxscore

Game 6

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May 22, 2023 11:00 AM
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Penn 1 0 4 8 3 0 0 0 0 16 9 2
Princeton 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 9 1
WP: Zaffiro (5–2)   LP: Chmielewski (6–6)
Home runs:
Penn: Pokrovsky, Baker
Princeton: Scannell
Notes: Penn wins Ivy League tournament
Boxscore

References

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  1. ^ "Ivy League baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
  2. ^ "Ivy League Baseball Tournament Series". The Ivy League. Retrieved May 23, 2023.