1996 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series

The 1996 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series took place at Bill Clarke Field in Princeton, New Jersey on May 11, 1996. The series matched the regular season champions of each of the league's two divisions. Princeton, the winner of the series, claimed their first title and the Ivy League's automatic berth in the 1996 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The Tigers first defeated Penn, 5–4, on May 9 to win the Gehrig Division. It was Princeton's first appearance in the Championship Series.[2]

1996 Ivy League
Baseball Tournament
Teams2
FormatBest of three series
Finals site
ChampionsPrinceton (1st title)
Winning coachTom O'Connell (1st title)
MVP,
1996 Ivy League baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Lou Gehrig
Princeton  xy 137 .650  2621 .553
Penn   137 .650  2517 .595
Cornell   812 .400  1727 .386
Columbia   713 .350  1329 .310
Red Rolfe
Harvard  x 146 .700  2317 .575
Yale   119 .550  2418 .571
Dartmouth   812 .400  1225 .324
Brown   614 .300  1225 .324
x Division champion
Championship Series champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1996[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Harvard also made their first appearance in the Championship Series. It was the first time in the four year old event that Yale did not participate.

Results

 
           
   Harvard 6 0
   Princeton 15 1

References

  1. "2018 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Ivy League. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
  2. 2018 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Ivy League. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
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