1997 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series

The 1997 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series took place at Joseph J. O'Donnell Field in Cambridge, Massachusetts on May 10 and 11, 1997. The series matched the regular season champions of each of the league's two divisions. Harvard, the winner of the series, claimed their first title and the Ivy League's automatic berth in the 1997 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. It was Harvard's second appearance in the Championship Series, both of which were consecutive, and both of which matched them against Princeton.[2]

1997 Ivy League
Baseball Tournament
Teams2
FormatBest of three series
Finals site
ChampionsHarvard (1st title)
Winning coachJoe Walsh (1st title)
MVP,
1997 Ivy League baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Lou Gehrig
Princeton xy 10100 .500  20250 .444
Penn x 10100 .500  19210 .475
Cornell   7130 .350  13260 .333
Columbia   6140 .300  12251 .329
Red Rolfe
Harvard x 1820 .900  34160 .680
Yale   1640 .800  24190 .558
Dartmouth   1190 .550  22160 .579
Brown   2180 .100  5370 .119
x Division champion
Championship Series champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1997[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Princeton defeated Penn, 11–3, on May 7 in a one-game playoff for the Gehrig Division. The Tigers also made their second appearance in the Championship Series. Princeton won the event in 1996.

Results

 
           
   Princeton 2 2 4
   Harvard 1 4 22

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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