2012 Patriot League baseball tournament explained

Year:2012
Conference:Patriot League
Teams:4
Format:Best of three series
Finalballpark:Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field
Finalcity:West Point, NY
Titlecount:6th
Coach:Joe Sottolano
Coachcount:5th
Mvp:Zach Price
Mvpteam:Army

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 won their sixth championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1] [2]

Seeding

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.[3]

Team Wins Losses Pct. GB Seed
18 2 .900 1
13 7 .650 5 2
9 11 .650 9 3
7 13 .350 11 4
7 13 .350 11
6 14 .300 12
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Results

Semifinals

Navy vs. Holy Cross

Final

All-Tournament Team

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

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

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Patriot League Championships. patriotleague.org. 2012-05-01. 2012-06-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20120609010710/http://www.patriotleague.org/ot/championships/m-basebl-12-champs.html. dead.
  2. Web site: Army claims Patriot League Championship with 8–4 win in game 3. May 22, 2012. April 29, 2013. Patriot League. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231827/http://www.patriotleague.org/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/052112aaa.html. March 3, 2016. dead.
  3. Web site: ACC, SEC and Pac-12 dominate bracketology projections. ESPN.com. 2012-05-01.
  4. Web site: Patriot League Baseball Standings. patriotleague.org. 2012-05-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20120609013620/http://www.patriotleague.org/sports/m-basebl/patr-m-basebl-body.html. 2012-06-09. dead.