2008 Patriot League baseball tournament


The 2008 Patriot League baseball tournament was held on consecutive weekends with the semifinals held May 10–11 and the finals May 16–17, 2008 to determine the champion of the Patriot League for baseball for the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball season. The event matched the top four finishers of the six team league in a double-elimination tournament. Fourth seeded Bucknell won their fourth championship and claimed the Patriot's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Jason Buursma of Bucknell was named Tournament Most Valuable Player.[2]

2008 Patriot League
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatBest of three series
Finals site
ChampionsBucknell (4th title)
Winning coachGene Depew (4th title)
MVPJason Buursma (Bucknell)
2008 Patriot League baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Army  ‍‍‍ 13 7 0   .650 25 25 0   .500
Navy  ‍‍‍ 11 9 0   .550 32 25 1   .560
Holy Cross  ‍‍‍ 11 9 0   .550 21 28 0   .429
Bucknell  ‍‍y 10 10 0   .500 30 24 2   .554
Lafayette  ‍‍‍ 8 12 0   .400 25 23 0   .521
Lehigh  ‍‍‍ 7 13 0   .350 23 27 0   .460
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2008[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

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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. Army hosted Bucknell while Holy Cross visited Navy.

Team W L Pct GB Seed
Army 13 7 .650 1
Navy 11 9 .550 2 2
Holy Cross 11 9 .550 2 3
Bucknell 10 10 .500 3 4
Lafayette 8 12 .400 5
Lehigh 7 13 .350 6

Results

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Semifinals Finals
          
1 Army 4 12 0
4 Bucknell 510 3 1
4 Bucknell 7 8
2 Navy 6 7
2 Navy 0 12 9
3 Holy Cross 6 1 5

All-Tournament Team

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Name School
Ben Allen Bucknell
Kendall Bolt Navy
Jason Buursma Bucknell
Oliver Drake Navy
Gil Gomez Holy Cross
Thomas Hamilton Navy
Shawn Hirsch Bucknell
Bobby Holmes Holy Cross
Ed Rubbo Bucknell
Chris Simmons Army
Cole White Army

References

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  1. ^ 2018 Patriot League Baseball Record Book (PDF). Patriot League. p. 9. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  2. ^ 2018 Patriot League Baseball Record Book (PDF). Patriot League. p. 9. Retrieved May 8, 2018.