Centennial Conference baseball tournament

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Centennial Conference baseball tournament
Conference baseball championship
Sport Baseball
Conference Centennial Conference
Format Double-elimination tournament check
Played1994–present
Current champion Johns Hopkins (18th)
Most championships Johns Hopkins (18)
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.

Contents

Results

YearChampionsScoreRunners-UpWebsiteRefs
1994 Johns Hopkins
1995 Franklin & Marshall
1996 Ursinus
1997Johns Hopkins
1998Johns Hopkins
1999Ursinus
2000Ursinus
2001Johns Hopkins [1] [2]
2002Johns Hopkins3-1
5-4 (10)
Muhlenberg Final release [3] [4] [5]
2003Johns Hopkins9-2
6-4
MuhlenbergFinal release [6] [7] [8]
2004Johns Hopkins18-15
17-9
Franklin & MarshallFinal release [9] [10] [11]
2005Franklin & Marshall1-0
1-9
4-3
Johns HopkinsFinal release [12] [13] [14]
2006Franklin & Marshall10-0
7-4
HarverfordFinal release [15] [16] [17]
2007Johns Hopkins21-4
16-4
Ursinus [18]
2008Johns Hopkins5-4HarverfordFinal release [19] [20]
2009Johns HopkinsIncomplete (rain)Final release [21] [22]
2010Johns Hopkins13-6HarverfordFinal release [23] [24] [25] [26]
2011Johns Hopkins10-6HarverfordChampionship [27]
Final release [28]
[29] [30] [31]
2012 Haverford 9-1 Washington College 2012 [32] [33] [34]
2013Franklin & Marshall16-1Johns Hopkins 2013 [35] [36] [37]
2014Harverford2-1 (12)Gettysburg 2014 [38] [39] [40]
2015Johns Hopkins20-1Franklin & Marshall 2015 [41] [42] [43]
2016Harverford7-4Johns Hopkins 2016 [44] [45] [46]
2017Johns Hopkins4-3Ursinus 2017 [47] [48] [49]
2018Swarthmore4-3 (11)Johns Hopkins 2018 [50] [51] [52]
2019Johns Hopkins11-1Harverford 2019 [53] [54] [55]
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2020 [56]
2021Johns HopkinsNo tournament 2021 [57]
2022SwarthmoreIncomplete 2022 [58]
2023Johns Hopkins6-11
13-8
Dickinson 2023 [59]
2024Johns Hopkins15-10 Dickinson 2024 [60]

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