2014 Patriot League Baseball Tournament

2014 Patriot League
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2014
Teams 4
Format Best of three series
Finals site Eugene B. Depew Field
Lewisburg, PA
Champions Bucknell (6th title)
Winning coach Scott Heather (1st title)
MVP Joe Ogren (Bucknell)
Patriot League
Baseball Tournament
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2014 Patriot League baseball standings
Conf     Overall
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

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

Semifinals Final
 
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  

Bucknell vs. Navy Semifinal

May 10, 2014 12:00 pm at Eugene B. Depew Field, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
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
May 10, 2014 4:00 pm at Eugene B. Depew Field, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
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 Semifinal

May 10, 2014 12:00 pm at Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field, West Point, New York
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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
May 10, 2014 4:00 pm at Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field, West Point, New York
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
May 11, 2014 12:00 pm at Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field, West Point, New York
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

Bucknell vs. Lehigh Final

May 17, 2014 12:07 pm at Eugene B. Depew Field, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
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
May 17, 2014 3:11 pm at Eugene B. Depew Field, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
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

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]

Name School
Brong, TylerTyler Brong Lehigh
Cassell, NickNick Cassell Lehigh
Currie, RobertRobert Currie Navy
Hammond, XavierXavier Hammond Bucknell
Hough, BrysonBryson Hough Bucknell
Manzelli, KashKash Manzelli Navy
Meier, JustinJustin Meier Bucknell
Ogren, JoeJoe Ogren Bucknell
Pacchioli, JustinJustin Pacchioli Lehigh
Page, JacobJacob Page Army
Robinett, AlexAlex Robinett Army

Most Valuable Player

Joe Ogren was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Ogren was an outfielder for Bucknell.[3]

References

  1. "Patriot League Baseball". Patriot League. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
  2. "Patriot League Baseball Championship". Patriot League. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Bucknell Wins 2014 Patriot League Baseball Championship". Patriot League. May 16, 2014. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
  4. "Field of Four Set for Patriot League Baseball Tournament". Patriot League. April 26, 2014. Retrieved April 27, 2014.