2011 Patriot League baseball tournament


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]

2011 Patriot League
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatBest of three series
ChampionsNavy (5th title)
Winning coachPaul Kostacopoulos (1st title)
MVPBen Nelson (Navy)
2011 Patriot League baseball standings
Conf Overall
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

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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. 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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ 2018 Patriot League Baseball Record Book (PDF). Patriot League. p. 10. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  2. ^ 2018 Patriot League Baseball Record Book (PDF). Patriot League. p. 10. Retrieved May 8, 2018.