Collegiate baseball tournament
| Teams | 3 |
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| Format | Best of three series |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Army (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Danny Roberts (1st title) |
| MVP | Bryan Price (Army) |
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| Army †‡ | 15 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .750 | 26 | – | 20 | – | 1 | .564 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Navy | 12 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .667 | 19 | – | 27 | – | 0 | .413 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 10 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .500 | 25 | – | 24 | – | 1 | .510 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 9 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .450 | 18 | – | 24 | – | 1 | .430 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 7 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .368 | 11 | – | 26 | – | 0 | .297 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 5 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .263 | 11 | – | 25 | – | 0 | .306 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡ – Tournament champion As of June 30, 1997 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1997 Patriot League baseball tournament was held on May 4 and 5, 1997 to determine the champion of the Patriot League for baseball for the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball season. The event matched the top three finishers of the six-team league in a double-elimination tournament. Regular season champion Army won their first championship and advanced to a play-in round ahead of the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, where they lost to Harvard in three games. Bryan Price of the Army was named Tournament Most Valuable Player.
Format and seeding
The top three finishers by conference winning percentage from the league's regular season advanced to the tournament. The top seed earned a first-round bye and the right to host the event. The second and third seeds played an elimination game, with the winner meeting the top seed in a best-of-three series.
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Seed |
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| Army | 15 | 5 | .750 | — | 1 |
| Navy | 12 | 6 | .667 | 2 | 2 |
| Bucknell | 10 | 10 | .500 | 5 | 3 |
| Lehigh | 9 | 11 | .450 | 6 | — |
| Lafayette | 7 | 12 | .368 | 7.5 | — |
| Holy Cross | 5 | 14 | .263 | 9 | — |
Results
| Semifinal | Final | ||||||||||
| 1 | Army | 16 | 5 | 11 | |||||||
| 2 | Navy | 4 | 3 | Bucknell | 14 | 6 | 10 | ||||
| 3 | Bucknell | 9 | |||||||||
References
- 2018 Patriot League Baseball Record Book (PDF). Patriot League. p. 3. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
- 2018 Patriot League Baseball Record Book (PDF). Patriot League. p. 3. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
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