2009 Patriot League Baseball Tournament Teams 4 Format Best of three series Finals site Champions Army (5th title)Winning coach (4th title)MVP Ben Koenigsfeld (Army )
2009 Patriot League baseball standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
PCT
W
L
T
PCT
Bucknell †
13
–
7
–
0
.650
22
–
25
–
0
.468
Army † ‡ y
13
–
7
–
0
.650
34
–
19
–
0
.642
Holy Cross
11
–
7
–
0
.611
22
–
27
–
0
.449
Lafayette
9
–
11
–
0
.450
24
–
29
–
0
.453
Navy
8
–
12
–
0
.400
20
–
26
–
1
.436
Lehigh
4
–
14
–
0
.222
11
–
36
–
1
.240
‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2009[1] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
The 2009 Patriot League Baseball Tournament was held on consecutive weekends with the semifinals held May 9–10 and the finals May 16–17, 2009 to determine the champion of the Patriot League for baseball for the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball season . The event matched the top four finishers of the six team league in a double-elimination tournament . Second seeded Army won their fifth championship and claimed the Patriot's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament . Ben Koenigsfeld of Army 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. Bucknell hosted Lafayette while Holy Cross visited Army.
Team
W
L
Pct
GB
Seed
Bucknell
13
7
.650
—
1
Army
13
7
.650
—
2
Holy Cross
11
7
.611
1
3
Lafayette
9
11
.450
4
4
Navy
8
12
.400
5
—
Lehigh
4
14
.222
8
—
Results [ ]
Semifinals
Final
1
Bucknell
6
9
2
4
Lafayette
4
20
10
4
Lafayette
2
1
—
2
Army
6
8
—
2
Army
5
3
11
3
Holy Cross
1
5
0
All-Tournament Team [ ]
Name
School
Jeff Butler
Lafayette
Andy Ernesto
Army
Matt Fouch
Army
Rob Froio
Lafayette
Jake Gorman
Holy Cross
Ryan Hanna
Lafayette
Joey Henshaw
Army
Bobby Holmes
Holy Cross
Ben Koenigsfeld
Army
References [ ]