2014 Patriot League baseball tournament
| Teams | 4 |
|---|---|
| Format | Best of three series |
| Champions | Bucknell (6th title) |
| Winning coach | Scott Heather (1st title) |
| MVP | Joe Ogren (Bucknell) |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell †‡y | 15 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .750 | 29 | – | 17 | – | 1 | .628 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army † | 15 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .750 | 33 | – | 18 | – | 0 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 10 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .500 | 25 | – | 24 | – | 0 | .510 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Navy | 9 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .450 | 23 | – | 28 | – | 0 | .451 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 5 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .278 | 15 | – | 26 | – | 0 | .366 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 4 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .222 | 13 | – | 31 | – | 0 | .295 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 12, 2014[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2014 Patriot League baseball tournament took place on consecutive weekends, with the semifinals held May 10–11 and the finals May 17–18. The higher seeded teams each hosted best of three series. Bucknell won their sixth Tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]
Seeding
[edit]The 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. Top seeded Bucknell hosted fourth seeded Navy, while second seeded Army hosted third seeded Lehigh in the opening round. Bucknell claimed the top seed by tiebreaker over Army.[4]
| Team | Wins | Losses | Pct. | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bucknell | 15 | 5 | .750 | – | 1 |
| Army | 15 | 5 | .750 | – | 2 |
| Lehigh | 10 | 10 | .500 | 5 | 3 |
| Navy | 9 | 11 | .450 | 6 | 4 |
| Lafayette | 5 | 13 | .278 | 9 | – |
| Holy Cross | 4 | 14 | ..222 | 10 | – |
Results
[edit]| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Bucknell | 15 | 8 | — | |||||||||
| 4 | Navy | 6 | 4 | — | |||||||||
| 1 | Bucknell | 5 | 7 | — | |||||||||
| 3 | Lehigh | 4 | 2 | — | |||||||||
| 2 | Army | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
| 3 | Lehigh | 6 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
Semifinals
[edit]Bucknell vs. Navy
[edit]| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Navy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Bucknell | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | X | 15 | 16 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Hough (7–3) LP: Parenti (8–3) Notes: Game 1 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Bucknell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 Navy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 | 16 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Weigel (6–4) LP: Gillingham (2–6) Attendance: 450 Notes: Game 2 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Army vs. Lehigh
[edit]| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 3 Lehigh | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 Army | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Gozton (5–1) LP: Dignacco (6–3) Attendance: 237 Notes: Game 1 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Army | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 Lehigh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Robinett (6–3) LP: Long (4–4) Home runs: Army: None Lehigh: Brong Attendance: 237 Notes: Game 2 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Lehigh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 Army | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Cassell (5–3) LP: Carroll (8–4) Sv: McNamara (3) Attendance: 347 Notes: Game 3, if necessary Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Final
[edit]| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Lehigh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Bucknell | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 5 | 11 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Hough (8–3) LP: Long (4–5) Sv: Hammond (3) Attendance: 178 Notes: Game 1 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Bucknell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 Lehigh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Weigel (7–4) LP: Burke (3–4) Attendance: 375 Notes: Game 2 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
[edit]The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]
| Name | School |
|---|---|
| Tyler Brong | Lehigh |
| Nick Cassell | Lehigh |
| Robert Currie | Navy |
| Xavier Hammond | Bucknell |
| Bryson Hough | Bucknell |
| Kash Manzelli | Navy |
| Justin Meier | Bucknell |
| Joe Ogren | Bucknell |
| Justin Pacchioli | Lehigh |
| Jacob Page | Army |
| Alex Robinett | Army |
Most Valuable Player
[edit]Joe Ogren was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Ogren was an outfielder for Bucknell.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Patriot League Baseball". Patriot League. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
- ^ "Patriot League Baseball Championship". Patriot League. Archived from the original on August 11, 2014. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
- ^ a b c "Bucknell Wins 2014 Patriot League Baseball Championship". Patriot League. May 16, 2014. Archived from the original on May 18, 2014. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
- ^ "Field of Four Set for Patriot League Baseball Tournament". Patriot League. April 26, 2014. Archived from the original on April 28, 2014. Retrieved April 27, 2014.