2012 Patriot League baseball tournament


The 2012 Patriot League baseball tournament was held on consecutive weekends, with the semifinals held May 12–13 and the finals May 19-20. The higher seeded teams hosted each best of three series. Top seeded Army won their sixth championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]

2012 Patriot League
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatBest of three series
ChampionsArmy (6th title)
Winning coachJoe Sottolano (5th title)
MVPZach Price (Army)
2012 Patriot League baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Army  ‍y 18 2 0   .900 41 15 0   .732
Holy Cross  ‍‍‍ 13 7 0   .650 33 22 0   .600
Navy  ‍‍‍ 9 11 0   .450 23 29 0   .442
Lafayette  ‍‍‍ 7 13 0   .350 14 37 1   .279
Bucknell  ‍‍‍ 7 13 0   .350 21 28 0   .429
Lehigh  ‍‍‍ 6 14 0   .300 18 31 1   .370
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2012[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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 Lafayette, while Holy Cross hosted Navy in the semifinals. Holy Cross traveled to Army for the final.[4]

Team Wins Losses Pct. GB Seed
Army 18 2 .900 1
Holy Cross 13 7 .650 5 2
Navy 9 11 .650 9 3
Lafayette 7 13 .350 11 4
Bucknell 7 13 .350 11
Lehigh 6 14 .300 12

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Results

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Semifinals Finals
          
4 Lafayette 7 3
1 Army 8 6
2 Holy Cross 0 7 4
1 Army 4 4 8
3 Navy 0 2
2 Holy Cross 1 4

Semifinals

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Lafayette vs. Army

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May 12, 2012 12:11 pm at Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field, West Point, NY
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
4 Lafayette 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 9 1
1 Army 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 0 X 8 10 0
WP: Rowley   LP: Boyce   Sv: Carroll
Home runs:
Lafayette: None
Army: McCants, Watkins
Notes: Game 1
Boxscore
May 12, 2012 4:01 pm at Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field, West Point, NY
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
1 Army 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 6 10 2
4 Lafayette 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 11 1
WP: Lee   LP: Schwartz   Sv: Carroll
Home runs:
Army: None
Lafayette: Dunleavy
Attendance: 419
Notes: Game 2
Boxscore
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May 12, 2012 2:04 pm at Fitton Field, Worcester, MA
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
3 Navy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Holy Cross 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 1 7 0
WP: Koneski   LP: Gainey   Sv: Colella
Attendance: 524
Notes: Game 1
Boxscore
May 12, 2012 5:05 pm at Fitton Field, Worceser, MA
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
2 Holy Cross 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 0
3 Navy 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0
WP: Colella   LP: Rinehart
Home runs:
Holy Cross: None
Navy: Simonsen
Attendance: 522
Notes: Game 2
Boxscore

Final

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May 20, 2012 12:09 pm at Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field, West Point, NY
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
2 Holy Cross 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1 Army 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 X 4 8 0
WP: Lee   LP: Koneski
Notes: Game 1
Boxscore
May 20, 2012 at Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field, West Point, NY
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
1 Army 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 6 3
2 Holy Cross 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 X 7 10 5
WP: Colella   LP: Fernandez
Home runs:
Army: None
Holy Cross: Enos, Cipolla
Attendance: 617
Notes: Game 2
Boxscore
May 21, 2012 12:00 pm at Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field, West Point, NY
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
2 Holy Cross 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 6 2
1 Army 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 0 X 8 12 1
WP: Carroll   LP: Murray
Home runs:
Holy Cross: Puentes
Army: Watkins
Attendance: 519
Notes: Game suspended after 6 innings, tied at 4. Resumed Tuesday, May 22.

All-Tournament Team

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

POS Name School Class
SP Logan Lee Army Sr.
1B Kevin McKague Army Sr.
2B Zach Price Army Sr.
C J.T. Watkins Army Sr.
3B Mike Ahmed Holy Cross So.
CF Brandon Cipolla Holy Cross So.
1B Jordan Enos Holy Cross Jr.
C Parker Hills Lafayette Fr.
CF Andrew Santomauro Lafayette So.
SP Preston Gainey Navy So.
SP Ben Nelson Navy Jr.

Most Valuable Player

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Zach Price was named tournament Most Valuable Player. Price was a senior second baseman for Army.[3]

References

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  1. ^ 2013 Patriot League Baseball Record Book (PDF). Patriot League. p. 12. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  2. ^ "Patriot League Championships". patriotleague.org. Archived from the original on June 9, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
  3. ^ a b c "Army claims Patriot League Championship with 8–4 win in game 3". Patriot League. May 22, 2012. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  4. ^ "ACC, SEC and Pac-12 dominate bracketology projections". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
  5. ^ "Patriot League Baseball Standings". patriotleague.org. Archived from the original on June 9, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2012.