Collegiate baseball tournament
| Teams | 3 |
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| Format | Best of three series |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Navy (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Bob MacDonald (2nd title) |
| MVP | Luke Braham (Navy) |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Navy †‡ | 15 | – | 5 | .750 | 26 | – | 17 | .605 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 13 | – | 7 | .650 | 31 | – | 17 | .646 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army | 12 | – | 8 | .600 | 26 | – | 29 | .473 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 8 | – | 12 | .400 | 10 | – | 26 | .278 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 7 | – | 13 | .350 | 13 | – | 26 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 5 | – | 15 | .250 | 7 | – | 29 | .194 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡ – Tournament champion As of June 30, 1998 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1998 Patriot League baseball tournament was held on May 2 and 3, 1998 to determine the champion of the Patriot League for baseball for the 1998 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 Navy won their second championship and advanced to a play-in round ahead of the 1998 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, where they lost to Monmouth in three games. Luke Braham of Navy 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 by 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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| Navy | 15 | 5 | .750 | — | 1 |
| Bucknell | 13 | 7 | .650 | 2 | 2 |
| Army | 12 | 8 | .600 | 3 | 3 |
| Lafayette | 8 | 12 | .400 | 7 | — |
| Lehigh | 7 | 13 | .350 | 8 | — |
| Holy Cross | 5 | 15 | .250 | 10 | — |
Results
| Semifinal | Final | ||||||||||
| 1 | Navy | 11 | 8 | — | |||||||
| 2 | Bucknell | 9 | 2 | Bucknell | 3 | 6 | — | ||||
| 3 | Army | 1 | |||||||||
References
- 2018 Patriot League Baseball Record Book (PDF). Patriot League. p. 4. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
- 2018 Patriot League Baseball Record Book (PDF). Patriot League. p. 4. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
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