The Patriot League baseball tournament is the conference baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Patriot League. The top four finishers in the regular season of the conference's six teams advance to the best of three championship series, with each series hosted by the higher seeded team. The winner of the tournament receives an automatic berth to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.
Format For the first two seasons, the tournament matched the winners of the Patriot League's two divisions in a best-of-three series. After the end of divisional play (which coincided with Colgate's departure) for the 1995 season, no event was held. The new incarnation in 1996 featured the top three teams meeting at the home of the regular season champion. The second and third seeds played a single game to determine who would face the top seed in a best of three series. In 2008, the format expanded to four teams and returned to the best of three series format for both the semifinal and final rounds.
Champions
By year The following is a list of conference champions listed by year. Year Champion Runner-up Venue MVP 1993 Houlihan Park • The Bronx, NY Joe Schultz, Fordham 1994 Army Max Bishop Stadium • Annapolis, MD Steve Mauro, Navy 1995 No tournament held 1996 Navy Bucknell Field • Lewisburg, PA Pete Cann, Bucknell 1997 Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field • West Point, NY Bryan Price, Army 1998 Bucknell Max Bishop Stadium • Annapolis, MD Luke Braham, Navy 1999 Bucknell Bucknell Field • Lewisburg, PAPat Klokow, Navy 2000 Navy Max Bishop Stadium • Annapolis, MD Josh Minney, Army 2001 Navy Max Bishop Stadium • Annapolis, MD Brad Gething, Bucknell 2002 Lehigh Max Bishop Stadium • Annapolis, MD Matt Foster, Navy 2003 Navy Eugene B. Depew Field • Lewisburg, PA Brian Day, Bucknell 2004 Lafayette Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field • West Point, NY Justin Long, Army 2005 Lehigh Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field • West Point, NY Walker Gorham, Army 2006 Bucknell Lehigh Baseball Field • Bethlehem, PA Kyle Collina, LehighJoe Matteo, Lehigh 2007 Army Kamine Stadium • Easton, PA Mike Raible, Lafayette 2008 Navy Max Bishop Stadium • Annapolis, MD Jason Buursma, Bucknell 2009 Lafayette Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field • West Point, NY Ben Koenigsfield, Army 2010 Holy Cross Fitton Field • Worcester, MA Doug Shribman, Bucknell 2011 Army Max Bishop Stadium • Annapolis, MD Ben Nelson, Navy 2012 Holy Cross Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field • West Point, NY Zach Price, Army 2013 Holy Cross Fitton Field • Worcester, MA Chris Rowley, Army 2014 Lehigh Eugene B. Depew Field • Lewisburg, PA Joe Ogren, Bucknell 2015 Navy Max Bishop Stadium • Annapolis, MD Mike Garzillo, Lehigh 2016 Holy Cross Max Bishop Stadium • Annapolis, MD Leland Saile, Navy 2017 Bucknell Fitton Field • Worcester, MA Brendan King, Holy Cross 2018 Navy Max Bishop Stadium • Annapolis, MD Anthony Giachin, Army 2019 Navy Max Bishop Stadium • Annapolis, MD Jacob Hurtubise, Army 2020 Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic 2021 Army Lehigh Lehigh Baseball Field • Bethlehem, PA Ross Friedrick, Army 2022 Army Bucknell Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field • West Point, NY Sam Ruta, Army 2023 Army Bucknell Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field • West Point, NYKevin Dubrule, Army 2024 Army Navy Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field • West Point, NY Matthew Ronnebaum, Army 2025 Army Fitton Field • Worcester, MA Danny Macchiarola, Holy Cross 2026 Bucknell Eugene B. Depew Field • Lewisburg, PA Jaden Wywoda, Holy Cross
By school The following is a list of conference champions listed by school. Program Championships Years Army 13 1997, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 Bucknell 6 1996, 2001, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2014 Navy 6 1994, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2011, 2016 Holy Cross 3 2017, 2025, 2026 Lehigh 2 2006, 2015 Fordham 1 1993 Lafayette 1 2007 Italics indicate that the program no longer fields a baseball team in the Patriot League.
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