2015 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series

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2015 Ivy League
baseball tournament
Teams2
FormatBest of three series
Finals site
Champions Columbia  (4th title)
Winning coach Brett Boretti  (4th title)
2015 Ivy League baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Lou Gehrig
Columbia  xy164 .8003417 .667
Penn  x164 .8002215 .595
Cornell  911 .4501327 .325
Princeton  416 .200732 .179
Red Rolfe
Dartmouth  x164 .8002122 .488
Harvard  713 .3501824 .429
Yale  614 .3001523 .395
Brown  614 .3001128 .282
Championship Series champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 3, 2015 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2015 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series was held at Robertson Field at Satow Stadium, the home field of Columbia in New York, NY. The series matches the regular season champions of each of the league's two divisions, Columbia and Dartmouth. Columbia won the series for the third consecutive year to claim the Ivy League's automatic berth in the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [2]

Dartmouth claimed their eighth straight Rolfe Division title, while Columbia and Penn tied for the Gehrig Division lead. The two teams met in a one-game playoff on May 2, with Columbia winning 4–2 to clinch a berth in the Championship Series. The two teams face each other for the Ivy League championship for the third consecutive year. [3]

Results

Game One

May 9, 2015 Noon
Team123456789 R H E
Dartmouth 002302000783
Columbia 0000130116101
WP: D. Robinson   LP: G. Thanopoulos   Sv: P. Peterson
Home runs:
Dar: M. Parisi
Col: R. Paller
Attendance: 778
Notes: Dar. leads 1–0 [4] [5]
Boxscore

Game Two

May 9, 2015 3:45 p.m.
Team123456789 R H E
Columbia1001101217120
Dartmouth020000000280
WP: K. Roy   LP: M. Concato   Sv: A. Cline
Home runs:
Col: N. Maguire
Dar: None
Attendance: 778
Notes: Series Tied 1–1 [6] [5]
Boxscore

Game Three

May 10, 2015 1:00 pm
Team123456789 R H E
Dartmouth0131100107120
Columbia24201100X10143
WP: H. Egly   LP: L. Concato
Home runs:
Dar: Purritano
Col: Falcone (2), Vandercook, Boyher
Attendance: 508
Boxscore

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