2008 Patriot League Baseball Tournament Teams 4 Format Best of three series Finals site Champions Bucknell (4th title)Winning coach (4th title)MVP Jason Buursma (Bucknell )
2008 Patriot League baseball standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
PCT
W
L
T
PCT
Army †
13
–
7
–
0
.650
25
–
25
–
0
.500
Navy
11
–
9
–
0
.550
32
–
25
–
1
.560
Holy Cross
11
–
9
–
0
.550
21
–
28
–
0
.429
Bucknell ‡ y
10
–
10
–
0
.500
30
–
24
–
2
.554
Lafayette
8
–
12
–
0
.400
25
–
23
–
0
.521
Lehigh
7
–
13
–
0
.350
23
–
27
–
0
.460
‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2008[1] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
The 2008 Patriot League Baseball Tournament was held on consecutive weekends with the semifinals held May 10–11 and the finals May 16–17, 2008 to determine the champion of the Patriot League for baseball for the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball season . The event matched the top four finishers of the six team league in a double-elimination tournament . Fourth seeded Bucknell won their fourth championship and claimed the Patriot's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament . Jason Buursma of Bucknell was named Tournament Most Valuable Player.[2]
Format and 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 Bucknell while Holy Cross visited Navy.
Team
W
L
Pct
GB
Seed
Army
13
7
.650
—
1
Navy
11
9
.550
2
2
Holy Cross
11
9
.550
2
3
Bucknell
10
10
.500
3
4
Lafayette
8
12
.400
5
—
Lehigh
7
13
.350
6
—
Results [ ]
Semifinals
Final
1
Army
4
12
0
4
Bucknell
5 10
3
1
4
Bucknell
7
8
—
2
Navy
6
7
—
2
Navy
0
12
9
3
Holy Cross
6
1
5
All-Tournament Team [ ]
Name
School
Ben Allen
Bucknell
Kendall Bolt
Navy
Jason Buursma
Bucknell
Oliver Drake
Navy
Gil Gomez
Holy Cross
Thomas Hamilton
Navy
Shawn Hirsch
Bucknell
Bobby Holmes
Holy Cross
Ed Rubbo
Bucknell
Chris Simmons
Army
Cole White
Army
References [ ]