2012 Patriot League Baseball Tournament

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 Army won their sixth championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

2012 Patriot League
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatBest of three series
ChampionsArmy (6th title)
Winning coachJoe Sottolano (5th title)
MVPZach Price, Army
2012 Patriot League baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Army  ‍†‍‡‍y 18–2–0 .900  41–15–0 .732
Holy Cross  ‍‍‍ 13–7–0 .650  33–22–0 .600
Navy  ‍‍‍ 9–11–0 .450  23–29–0 .442
Lafayette  ‍‍‍ 7–13–0 .350  14–37–1 .279
Bucknell  ‍‍‍ 7–13–0 .350  21–28–0 .429
Lehigh  ‍‍‍ 6–14–0 .300  18–31–1 .370
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2012[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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.[4]

TeamWinsLossesPct.GBSeed
Army182.900
–
1
Holy Cross137.650
5
2
Navy911.650
9
3
Lafayette713.350
11
4
Bucknell713.350
11
–
Lehigh614.300
12
–

[5]

Results
Semifinals Final
          
4 Lafayette 7 3 –
1 Army 8 6 –
2 Holy Cross 0 7 4
1 Army 4 4 8
3 Navy 0 2 –
2 Holy Cross 1 4 –

Final

May 20, 2012 12:09 pm at Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field, West Point, NY
Team123456789RHE
2 Holy Cross000000000031
1 Army00002200X480
WP: Lee   LP: Koneski
Notes: Game 1
Boxscore
May 20, 2012 at Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field, West Point, NY
Team123456789RHE
1 Army001002100463
2 Holy Cross00021022X7105
WP: Colella   LP: Fernandez
Home runs:
Army: None
Holy Cross: Enos, Cipolla
Attendance: 617
Notes: Game 2
Boxscore
May 21, 2012 12:00 pm at Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field, West Point, NY
Team123456789RHE
2 Holy Cross001111000462
1 Army00200240X8121
WP: Carroll   LP: Murray
Home runs:
: Puentes
: Watkins
Attendance: 519
Notes: Game suspended after 6 innings, tied at 4. Resumed Tuesday, May 22.

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]

POSNameSchoolClass
SPLogan LeeArmySr.
1BKevin McKagueArmySr.
2BZach PriceArmySr.
CJ.T. WatkinsArmySr.
3BMike AhmedHoly CrossSo.
CFBrandon CipollaHoly CrossSo.
1BJordan EnosHoly CrossJr.
CParker HillsLafayetteFr.
CFAndrew SantomauroLafayetteSo.
SPPreston GaineyNavySo.
SPBen NelsonNavyJr.

Most Valuable Player

Zach Price was named tournament Most Valuable Player. Price was a senior second baseman for Army.[3]

References
  1. 2013 Patriot League Baseball Record Book (PDF). Patriot League. p. 12. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  2. "Patriot League Championships". patriotleague.org. Retrieved 2012-05-01.
  3. "Army claims Patriot League Championship with 8-4 win in Game 3". Patriot League. May 22, 2012. Archived from the original on May 26, 2012. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  4. "ACC, SEC and Pac-12 dominate bracketology projections". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2012-05-01.
  5. "Patriot League Baseball Standings". patriotleague.org. Archived from the original on 2012-06-09. Retrieved 2012-05-01.
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