Ivy League baseball tournament explained

Ivy League Baseball Tournament
Optional Subheader:Conference Baseball Championship
Sport:Baseball
Conference:Ivy League
Number Of Teams:4
Format:Double Elimination
Current Stadium:Regular Season Champion
Most Recent:2023
Current Champion: (2)
Most Championships:Princeton (8)
All Stadiums:Meiklejohn Stadium (2022–2023)
Joseph J. O'Donnell Field (1997, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2019)
Yale Field (1995, 1998, 2017, 2018)
Bill Clarke Field (1996, 2000, 2002–2003, 2011, 2016)
Robertson Field at Satow Stadium (2010,2013–2015)
Hoy Field (2012)
Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park (2001, 2004, 2008–2009)
Murray Stadium (2007)
Palmer Field (1993–1994)
All Locations:Philadelphia, PA (2022–2023)
Boston, MA (1997, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2019)
New Haven, CT (1995, 1998, 2017, 2018)
Princeton, NJ (1996, 2000, 2002–2003, 2011, 2016)
New York, NY (2010,2013–2015)
Ithaca, NY (2012)
Hanover, NH (2001, 2004, 2008–2009)
Providence, RI (2007)
Middletown, CT (1993–1994)

The Ivy League Baseball Tournament is the conference baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Ivy League. The top four finishers from the round-robin regular season participate in a double elimination tournament held at the site of the regular season champion, with the winner earning the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship. won the inaugural Ivy League tournament in 2023.

From 1993 until 2022 (except for 2020 and 2021 when the series was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic), the league's top two teams would play in a best-of-three series at the end of the regular season, which was known as the Ivy League Championship Series.

History

In 1930, six of the eight Ivy League teams formed the Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League. Harvard joined in 1934, while Brown, Army and Navy joined in 1948. When Army and Navy joined the Patriot League for the 1993 season, the Ivy League began sponsoring baseball.

From 1993 to 2017, the teams are split into two divisions; the Mid-Atlantic members are in the Lou Gehrig Division, and the New England members are in the Red Rolfe Division. The winners of each division would meet in a best-of-three championship series to determine the Ivy League's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

The divisions were dissolved in 2018, with the top two teams from the regular season meeting in the championship series. The team with the best regular season record is named the Ivy League champion. However, the winner of the championship series still gained the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The event was canceled for 2020 and 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.[1]

Starting in 2023, the Ivy League would replace the series format with a four-team double elimination tournament held at the site of the regular season champion. The winner of the tournament would receive an automatic berth to the NCAA tournament.[2]

Champions

For a list of EIBL champions, see List of Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League Champions

By year

The following is a list of conference champions and sites by year.[3]

Championship Series

Year Winner Runner-up Games Site
2 Palmer FieldMiddletown, CT
3 Palmer Field • Middletown, CT
2 Yale FieldNew Haven, CT
2 Bill Clarke FieldPrinceton, NJ
3 Joseph J. O'Donnell FieldBoston, MA
2 Yale Field • New Haven, CT
3 Joseph J. O'Donnell Field • Boston, MA
2 Bill Clarke Field • Princeton, NJ
3 Red Rolfe Field at Biondi ParkHanover, NH
2 Bill Clarke Field • Princeton, NJ
3 Bill Clarke Field • Princeton, NJ
2 Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park • Hanover, NH
2 Joseph J. O'Donnell Field • Boston, MA
2 Joseph J. O'Donnell Field • Boston, MA
2 Murray StadiumProvidence, RI
3 Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park • Hanover, NH
3 Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park • Hanover, NH
3 Robertson Field at Satow Stadium • New York, NY
3 Bill Clarke Field • Princeton, NJ
3 Hoy FieldIthaca, NY
2 Robertson Field at Satow Stadium • New York, NY
2 Robertson Field at Satow Stadium • New York, NY
3 Robertson Field at Satow Stadium • New York, NY
3 Bill Clarke Field • Princeton, NJ
2 Yale Field • New Haven, CT
2 Yale Field • New Haven, CT
2 Joseph J. O'Donnell Field • Boston, MA
2020 Canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021 Canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic
3 Meiklejohn Stadium • Philadelphia, PA

Tournament

By school

The following is a list of conference champions listed by school.

Program No. of appearances No. of titles Title years
13 8 1996, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2011, 2016
10 6 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2019
10 6 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2022
6 3 1993, 1994, 2017
11 2 2009, 2010
6 2 1995, 2023
1 1 2007
3 1 2012

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ivy League Updates Intercollegiate Athletics Plan for Spring Competition and Training. Ivy League. February 18, 2021. February 18, 2021.
  2. Web site: Harvard, Penn, Princeton Secure Ivy Baseball Tournament Spots . Ivy League . 23 May 2023.
  3. Book: The Ivy League Baseball Records Book 2011-12. 17. Ivy League. June 6, 2012.