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2017 Patriot League baseball tournament

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2017 Patriot League
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatBest of three series
ChampionsHoly Cross
Winning coachGreg DiCenzo (1st title)
MVPBrendan King (Holy Cross)
2017 Patriot League baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Navy  ‍‍‍ 16 4   .800 37 17   .685
Holy Cross  ‍‍ 12 8   .600 24 29   .453
Army  ‍‍‍ 10 10   .500 25 31   .446
Bucknell  ‍‍‍ 10 10   .500 21 28   .429
Lehigh  ‍‍‍ 8 12   .400 21 29   .420
Lafayette  ‍‍‍ 4 16   .200 8 44   .154
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
As of June 30, 2017[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 2017 Patriot League baseball tournament took place on consecutive weekends, with the semifinals held May 13–14 and the finals May 19–21. The higher seeded teams hosted each best of three series. Holy Cross won their first tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3][4]

Seeding

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The top four finishers from the regular season are seeded one through four, with the top seed hosting the fourth seed and second seed hosting the third. The visiting team will be designated as the home team in the second game of each series.

Results

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Semifinals Finals
          
1 Navy 1 0
4 Bucknell 4 5
4 Bucknell 3 7
2 Holy Cross 4 11
2 Holy Cross 8 5
3 Army 2 4

All-Tournament team

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The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]

POS Name Class School
P Mike Castellani Sr. Bucknell
Kyle Condry Sr. Navy
Tyler Giovinco So. Army
Noah Song So. Navy
C Jon Rosoff Jr. Army
1B Anthony Critelli Sr. Holy Cross
Danny Rafferty Sr. Bucknell
3B Sam Clark Sr. Bucknell
OF Josh Hassell Sr. Holy Cross
Bill Schlich Sr. Holy Cross

Most Outstanding Player

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Brendan King was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. King was a senior pitcher for Holy Cross who won two games in the tournament with 14.1 IP and a 1.88 ERA.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Conference Standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  2. ^ "2016-2017 Patriot League Championship Dates and Sites" (PDF). Patriot League. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  3. ^ "2017 Division I baseball conference tournaments, automatic qualifiers". NCAA. May 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  4. ^ a b c "2017 Baseball Championship". Patriot League. Retrieved April 17, 2018.