1997 Patriot League baseball tournament

Collegiate baseball tournament

1997 Patriot League
baseball tournamentTeams| 3

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Format| Best of three series
Finals site|

* Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field
* West Point, New York

Champions| Army (1st title)
Winning coach| Danny Roberts (1st title)
MVP| Bryan Price (Army)

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1997 Patriot League baseball standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | T |  | PCT
Army ‍†‍‡‍ | 15 | - | 5 | - | 0 |  | .750 |  |  | 26 | - | 20 | - | 1 |  | .564
Navy ‍‍‍ | 12 | - | 6 | - | 0 |  | .667 |  |  | 19 | - | 27 | - | 0 |  | .413
Bucknell ‍‍‍ | 10 | - | 10 | - | 0 |  | .500 |  |  | 25 | - | 24 | - | 1 |  | .510
Lehigh ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 11 | - | 0 |  | .450 |  |  | 18 | - | 24 | - | 1 |  | .430
Lafayette ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 12 | - | 0 |  | .368 |  |  | 11 | - | 26 | - | 0 |  | .297
Holy Cross ‍‍‍ | 5 | - | 14 | - | 0 |  | .263 |  |  | 11 | - | 25 | - | 0 |  | .306
‡ - Tournament champion
As of June 30, 1997[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1997 Patriot League baseball tournament was held on May 4 and 5, 1997 to determine the champion of the Patriot League for baseball for the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball season. The event matched the top three finishers of the six-team league in a double-elimination tournament. Regular season champion Army won their first championship and advanced to a play-in round ahead of the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, where they lost to Harvard in three games. Bryan Price of the Army was named Tournament Most Valuable Player.[2]

## Format and seeding

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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 bye 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

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Army | 15 | 5 | .750 | — | 1
Navy | 12 | 6 | .667 | 2 | 2
Bucknell | 10 | 10 | .500 | 5 | 3
Lehigh | 9 | 11 | .450 | 6 | —
Lafayette | 7 | 12 | .368 | 7.5 | —
Holy Cross | 5 | 14 | .263 | 9 | —

## Results

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| Semifinal | | | Final |

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| | | | 1 | Army | 16 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | Navy | 4 | | | 3 | Bucknell | 14 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Bucknell | 9 | | | |

## References

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1. ^ 2018 Patriot League Baseball Record Book (PDF). Patriot League. p. 3. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
2. ^ 2018 Patriot League Baseball Record Book (PDF). Patriot League. p. 3. Retrieved May 5, 2018.

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