2014 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series Explained

Year:	2014
Conference:	Ivy League
Teams:	2
Format:	Best of three series
Ballpark:	Robertson Field at Satow Stadium
City:	New York, NY
Titlecount:	3rd
Coach:	Brett Boretti
Coachcount:	3rd
Attendance:	707
Different Previous:	2013
Different Next:	2015

The 2014 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series was held at Robertson Field at Satow Stadium on the campus of Columbia in New York, NY on May 10. The series matched the regular season champions of each of the league's two divisions, and in a rematch of the 2013 edition. Columbia again won the series in two games to claim the Ivy League's automatic berth in the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^{[1] [2]}

With the ties for both division leads, tiebreakers were played on the originally scheduled weekend of May 3 and 4 and the Championship series was delayed one week. Tiebreakers were played between Penn and Columbia for the Lou Gehrig Division title and between Yale and Dartmouth to decide the Red Rolfe Division.^[3]

Columbia defeated Penn by a score of 4–0 in the tiebreaker for the Lou Gehrig Division. The game was held on May 3 at Meiklejohn Stadium on Penn's campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with Lions senior David Speer extending his scoreless innings streak to 23, recording 9 strikeouts, and allowing just five hits and two walks. Columbia appears in the championship series for the second year in a row and fifth overall.^[4]

In the tiebreaker for the Red Rolfe Division, Dartmouth defeated Yale by a score of 11–4. The game was held on May 4 at Dartmouth's home field, Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park in Hanover, New Hampshire. Big Green starter Beau Sulser exited in the second inning due to an apparent elbow injury, and was replaced by sophomore Duncan Robinson. Robinson completed 5.1 innings to earn his seventh win, tied for most in the Ivy League in 2014. Dartmouth extended its winning streak to eight games and represents the Red Rolfe Division in the Championship Series for the seventh year in a row.^[5]

As Columbia compiled the best record in the Ivy League in 2014, they hosted the series at Robertson Field at Satow Stadium in New York, NY.

Results

Game One

Game Two

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ivy League Baseball Championship Series. The Ivy League. April 27, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140515183510/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/championships/bsb/2013-14/index. May 15, 2014. dead. mdy-all.
2. Web site: Columbia Wins Second-Straight Baseball Title in Doubleheader Sweep. The Ivy League. May 10, 2014. May 10, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140512225450/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/bsb/2013-14/releases/Columbia_Wins_Second-Straight_Baseball_Title_in_Doubleheader_Sweep. May 12, 2014. dead. mdy-all.
3. Web site: Baseball Weekly Release - Week 9. Ivy League. April 22, 2014. April 27, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140428015547/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/bsb/2013-14/releases/Baseball_Weekly_Release_-_Week_9. April 28, 2014. dead. mdy-all.
4. Web site: Columbia Defeats Penn In Gehrig Division Playoff To Advance To Championship Series. Ivy League. May 3, 2014. May 5, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140505162006/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/bsb/2013-14/releases/Columbia_Wins_Gehrig_Division_Playoff_To_Advance_To_Championship_Series. May 5, 2014. dead. mdy-all.
5. Web site: Seven Straight Division Titles for Dartmouth Baseball. May 4, 2014. May 5, 2014. Ivy League. https://web.archive.org/web/20140505171319/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/bsb/2013-14/releases/Dartmouth_Claims_Rolfe_Title_With_Win_Over_Yale. May 5, 2014. dead. mdy-all.