| Teams | 4 |
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| Format | Double elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Penn (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | John Yurkow (1st title) |
| MVP | Jarrett Pokrovsky (Penn) |
| Television | ESPN+ |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn †‡y | 16 | – | 5 | .762 | 32 | – | 14 | .696 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 15 | – | 6 | .714 | 20 | – | 24 | .455 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 13 | – | 8 | .619 | 24 | – | 23 | .511 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 11 | – | 10 | .524 | 23 | – | 22 | .511 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale | 10 | – | 11 | .476 | 17 | – | 23 | .425 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 9 | – | 12 | .429 | 12 | – | 26 | .316 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 8 | – | 13 | .381 | 9 | – | 27 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 2 | – | 19 | .095 | 3 | – | 38 | .073 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 27, 2023 [1] Rankings from D1Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2023 Ivy League Baseball Tournament was held at Meiklejohn Stadium from May 19 through May 22, 2023. For the first time, the Ivy League would have a tournament to determine the postseason champion. Until 2023, the Ivy League used a best-of-three championship series between the top two teams to determine the league's automatic berth.
The regular season champion, Penn won all three games in the tournament and earned the automatic berth to the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [2] This was Penn's first Ivy League series/tournament title since 1995.
The top four teams in the Ivy League were seeded based on their records in league play. The tournament was a double elimination tournament played at the site of the regular season champion.
| First Round | Semifinal | Final | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Penn | 10 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Columbia | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Penn | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Winner's bracket | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | Harvard | 7 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Harvard | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Princeton | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Penn | 16 | - | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Princeton | 3 | - | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Columbia | 11 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Princeton | 13 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Princeton | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Loser's bracket | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | Harvard | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Princeton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | 3 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Stovern (5–2) LP: Faulkner (2–3) Sv: Fang (5) Home runs: Princeton: Bandura Harvard: None Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Columbia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | X | 10 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Zeldin (2–1) LP: Sheets (3–4) Home runs: Columbia: Hage Penn: Henseler Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Columbia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | X | 13 | 13 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Faulkner (3–3) LP: Palfrey (2–3) Sv: Rabin (1) Home runs: Columbia: Lazits Princeton: Bandura, DiPietranton, Vinci Notes: Columbia eliminated Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Harvard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 10 | 15 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Trop (4–0) LP: Driver (3–3) Sv: Ozmer (6) Home runs: Harvard: Rounds Penn: None Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Harvard | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | X | 10 | 15 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Kim (7–2) LP: Matson (3–5) Home runs: Harvard: Berger Princeton: DiPietranton, Cumming, Bandura Notes: Harvard eliminated Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Penn | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Zaffiro (5–2) LP: Chmielewski (6–6) Home runs: Penn: Pokrovsky, Baker Princeton: Scannell Notes: Penn wins Ivy League tournament Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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