2002 Patriot League baseball tournament
| Teams | 3 |
|---|---|
| Format | Best of three series |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Navy (4th title) |
| Winning coach | Steve Whitmyer (1st title) |
| MVP | Matt Foster (Navy) |
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Navy †‡y | 13 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .650 | 23 | – | 25 | – | 0 | .479 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh † | 13 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .650 | 29 | – | 21 | – | 1 | .578 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 12 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .600 | 23 | – | 22 | – | 0 | .511 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army | 11 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .550 | 22 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .512 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 6 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .300 | 15 | – | 35 | – | 0 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 5 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .250 | 11 | – | 28 | – | 0 | .282 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2002[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2002 Patriot League baseball tournament was held on May 11 and 12, 2002 to determine the champion of the Patriot League for baseball for the 2002 NCAA Division I baseball season. The event matched the top three finishers of the six team league in a double-elimination tournament. Top seeded Navy won their fourth championship and claimed the Patriot's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Matt Foster of Navy was named Tournament Most Valuable Player.[2]
Format and seeding
[edit]The top three finishers by conference winning percentage from the league's regular season advanced to the tournament. The top seed earned a first round by and the right to host the event. The second and third seeds played an elimination game, with the winner meeting the top seed in a best-of-three series.
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Navy | 13 | 7 | .650 | — | 1 |
| Lehigh | 13 | 7 | .650 | — | 2 |
| Lafayette | 12 | 8 | .600 | 1 | 3 |
| Army | 11 | 9 | .550 | 2 | — |
| Bucknell | 6 | 14 | .300 | 7 | — |
| Holy Cross | 5 | 15 | .250 | 8 | — |
Results
[edit]| Semifinal | Final | ||||||||||
| 1 | Navy | 5 | 11 | — | |||||||
| 2 | Lehigh | 12 | 2 | Lehigh | 3 | 7 | — | ||||
| 3 | Lafayette | 6 | |||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ 2018 Patriot League Baseball Record Book (PDF). Patriot League. p. 6. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
- ^ 2018 Patriot League Baseball Record Book (PDF). Patriot League. p. 6. Retrieved May 6, 2018.