Centennial Conference Baseball Tournament | |
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Conference Baseball Championship | |
Sport | Baseball |
Conference | Centennial Conference |
Format | Double-elimination tournament check |
Played | 1994–present |
Current champion | Johns Hopkins (16th) |
Most championships | Johns Hopkins (16) |
Official website | Centennial baseball |
The Centennial Conference Baseball Tournament is the annual conference baseball championship tournament for the NCAA Division III Centennial Conference. The tournament has been held annually since 1994. It is a double-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The tournament champion receives the Centennial's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Baseball Championship.
Year | Champions | Score | Runners-Up | Website | Refs |
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1994 | Johns Hopkins | ||||
1995 | Franklin & Marshall | ||||
1996 | Ursinus | ||||
1997 | Johns Hopkins | ||||
1998 | Johns Hopkins | ||||
1999 | Ursinus | ||||
2000 | Ursinus | ||||
2001 | Johns Hopkins | [1] | [2] | ||
2002 | Johns Hopkins | 3-1 5-4 (10) | Muhlenberg | Final release [3] | [4] [5] |
2003 | Johns Hopkins | 9-2 6-4 | Muhlenberg | Final release [6] | [7] [8] |
2004 | Johns Hopkins | 18-15 17-9 | Franklin & Marshall | Final release [9] | [10] [11] |
2005 | Franklin & Marshall | 1-0 1-9 4-3 | Johns Hopkins | Final release [12] | [13] [14] |
2006 | Franklin & Marshall | 10-0 7-4 | Harverford | Final release [15] | [16] [17] |
2007 | Johns Hopkins | 21-4 16-4 | Ursinus | [18] | |
2008 | Johns Hopkins | 5-4 | Harverford | Final release [19] | [20] |
2009 | Johns Hopkins | Incomplete (rain) | Final release [21] | [22] | |
2010 | Johns Hopkins | 13-6 | Harverford | Final release [23] | [24] [25] [26] |
2011 | Johns Hopkins | 10-6 | Harverford | Championship [27] Final release [28] | [29] [30] [31] |
2012 | Haverford | 9-1 | Washington College | 2012 | [32] [33] [34] |
2013 | Franklin & Marshall | 16-1 | Johns Hopkins | 2013 | [35] [36] [37] |
2014 | Harverford | 2-1 (12) | Gettysburg | 2014 | [38] [39] [40] |
2015 | Johns Hopkins | 20-1 | Franklin & Marshall | 2015 | [41] [42] [43] |
2016 | Harverford | 7-4 | Johns Hopkins | 2016 | [44] [45] [46] |
2017 | Johns Hopkins | 4-3 | Ursinus | 2017 | [47] [48] [49] |
2018 | Swarthmore | 4-3 (11) | Johns Hopkins | 2018 | [50] [51] [52] |
2019 | Johns Hopkins | 11-1 | Harverford | 2019 | [53] [54] [55] |
2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | 2020 | [56] | ||
2021 | Johns Hopkins | No tournament | 2021 | [57] | |
2022 | Swarthmore | Incomplete | 2022 | [58] |
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