Ivy League baseball tournament

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Ivy League Baseball Tournament
Conference Baseball Championship
SportBaseball
Conference Ivy League
Number of teams4
FormatDouble Elimination
Current stadiumRegular Season Champion
Last contest 2023
Current champion Penn (2)
Most championships Princeton (8)
Host stadiums
Meiklejohn Stadium (2022–2023)
Joseph J. O'Donnell Field (1997, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2019)
Yale Field (1995, 1998, 2017, 2018)
Bill Clarke Field (1996, 2000, 2002–2003, 2011, 2016)
Robertson Field at Satow Stadium (2010,2013–2015)
Hoy Field (2012)
Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park (2001, 2004, 2008–2009)
Murray Stadium (2007)
Palmer Field (1993–1994)
Host locations
Philadelphia, PA (2022–2023)
Boston, MA (1997, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2019)
New Haven, CT (1995, 1998, 2017, 2018)
Princeton, NJ (1996, 2000, 2002–2003, 2011, 2016)
New York, NY (2010,2013–2015)
Ithaca, NY (2012)
Hanover, NH (2001, 2004, 2008–2009)
Providence, RI (2007)
Middletown, CT (1993–1994)

The Ivy League Baseball Tournament is the conference baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Ivy League. The top four finishers from the round-robin regular season participate in a double elimination tournament held at the site of the regular season champion, with the winner earning the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship. Penn won the inaugural Ivy League tournament in 2023.

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From 1993 until 2022 (except for 2020 and 2021 when the series was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [1] ), the league's top two teams would play in a best-of-three series at the end of the regular season, which was known as the Ivy League Championship Series.

History

In 1930, six of the eight Ivy League teams formed the Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League. Harvard joined in 1934, while Brown, Army and Navy joined in 1948. When Army and Navy joined the Patriot League for the 1993 season, the Ivy League began sponsoring baseball.

From 1993 to 2017, the teams are split into two divisions; the Mid-Atlantic members are in the Lou Gehrig Division, and the New England members are in the Red Rolfe Division. The winners of each division would meet in a best-of-three championship series to determine the Ivy League's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

The divisions were dissolved in 2018, with the top two teams from the regular season meeting in the championship series. The team with the best regular season record is named the Ivy League champion. However, the winner of the championship series still gained the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The event was canceled for 2020 and 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. [1]

Starting in 2023, the Ivy League would replace the series format with a four-team double elimination tournament held at the site of the regular season champion. The winner of the tournament would receive an automatic berth to the NCAA tournament. [2]

Champions

For a list of EIBL champions, see List of Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League Champions

By year

The following is a list of conference champions and sites by year. [3]

Championship Series

YearWinnerRunner-upGamesSite
1993 Yale Columbia 2 Palmer FieldMiddletown, CT
1994 Yale Penn 3Palmer Field • Middletown, CT
1995 Penn Yale 2 Yale FieldNew Haven, CT
1996 Princeton Harvard 2 Bill Clarke FieldPrinceton, NJ
1997 Harvard Princeton 3 Joseph J. O'Donnell FieldBoston, MA
1998 Harvard Princeton 2Yale Field • New Haven, CT
1999 Harvard Princeton 3Joseph J. O'Donnell Field • Boston, MA
2000 Princeton Dartmouth 2Bill Clarke Field • Princeton, NJ
2001 Princeton Dartmouth 3 Red Rolfe Field at Biondi ParkHanover, NH
2002 Harvard Princeton 2Bill Clarke Field • Princeton, NJ
2003 Princeton Harvard 3Bill Clarke Field • Princeton, NJ
2004 Princeton Dartmouth 2Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park • Hanover, NH
2005 Harvard Cornell 2Joseph J. O'Donnell Field • Boston, MA
2006 Princeton Harvard 2Joseph J. O'Donnell Field • Boston, MA
2007 Brown Penn 2 Murray StadiumProvidence, RI
2008 Columbia Dartmouth 3Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park • Hanover, NH
2009 Dartmouth Cornell 3Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park • Hanover, NH
2010 Dartmouth Columbia 3 Robertson Field at Satow StadiumNew York, NY
2011 Princeton Dartmouth 3Bill Clarke Field • Princeton, NJ
2012 Cornell Dartmouth 3 Hoy FieldIthaca, NY
2013 Columbia Dartmouth 2Robertson Field at Satow Stadium • New York, NY
2014 Columbia Dartmouth 2Robertson Field at Satow Stadium • New York, NY
2015 Columbia Dartmouth 3Robertson Field at Satow Stadium • New York, NY
2016 Princeton Yale 3Bill Clarke Field • Princeton, NJ
2017 Yale Penn 2Yale Field • New Haven, CT
2018 Columbia Yale 2Yale Field • New Haven, CT
2019 Harvard Columbia 2Joseph J. O'Donnell Field • Boston, MA
2020Canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021Canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic [1]
2022 Columbia Penn 3Meiklejohn Stadium • Philadelphia, PA

Tournament

YearWinnerRunner-upSite
2023 Penn Princeton Meiklejohn Stadium • Philadelphia, PA

By school

The following is a list of conference champions listed by school.

ProgramNo. of appearancesNo. of titlesTitle years
Princeton 138 1996, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2011, 2016
Harvard 106 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2019
Columbia 106 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2022
Yale 63 1993, 1994, 2017
Dartmouth 112 2009, 2010
Penn 62 1995, 2023
Brown 11 2007
Cornell 31 2012

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