2022 Ivy League baseball season

2022 Ivy League baseball season
LeagueIvy League
SportBaseball
Number of teams8
Regular Season
Season championsPenn & Columbia
Championship Series
ChampionsColumbia
  Runners-upPenn
Seasons
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The 2022 Ivy League baseball season was the baseball season for the Ivy League as part of the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. Penn and Columbia were regular season co-champions;[1] however, Columbia defeated Penn in the Championship Series to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.[2]

The 2022 season marks the first season of Ivy League since 2019 since the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States forced the cancellation of the 2020 season and the conference decided to opt out of the 2021 season.[3]

Regular Season

Standings

Pos Team Pld CW CL CPCT GB W L PCT Qualification
1 Penn (C) 48 17 4 .810 — 33 15 .688 Qualification for the Championship Series
2 Columbia (C) 50 17 4 .810 — 32 18 .640 Qualification for the Championship Series & NCAA tournament
3 Dartmouth 43 14 7 .667 3 24 19 .558
4 Yale 38 10 11 .476 7 20 18 .526
5 Harvard 41 10 11 .476 7 19 22 .463
6 Brown 36 8 13 .381 9 13 23 .361
7 Cornell 36 5 14 .263 11 11 25 .306
8 Princeton 40 3 18 .143 14 7 33 .175
Source: Ivy League[4]
(C) Champion

Results

Home \ Away BROW COL CORN DART HARV PENN PRIN YALE
Brown 0–3 2–1 3–0
Columbia 3–0 1–2 3–0 3–0
Cornell 0–3 1–2 0–3 2–1
Dartmouth 2–1 2–1 3–0
Harvard 2–1 1–2 1–2
Penn 3–0 3–0 2–1
Princeton 2–1 1–2 0–3 0–3
Yale 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–2
Source: Ivy League[5]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Championship Series

The 2022 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series was held from May 21 and May 22 at Meiklejohn Stadium in Philadelphia.[6][1] Columbia defeated Penn in three games to win the championship series.[7][2]

Game 1

May 21, 2022 1:00 pm
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Columbia 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 8 1
Penn 1 1 4 4 1 0 2 0 X 13 13 2
WP: Seth DeVries (2–0)   LP: JD Ogden (2–3)
Home runs:
Columbia: None
Penn: Wyatt Henseler
Boxscore

Game 2

May 22, 2022 12:00 pm
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Penn 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 9 2
Columbia 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 X 4 6 1
WP: S Higgins (5–3)   LP: Joe Miller (6–4)   Sv: G Palfrey (1)
Boxscore

Game 3

May 22, 2022 3:25 pm
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Columbia 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 9 12 0
Penn 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 1
WP: A. Leon (4–0)   LP: Cole Zaffiro (2–1)   Sv: B. Black (2)
Boxscore

NCAA Tournament

Main article: 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

Columbia was the lone team selected for the NCAA tournament by receiving the automatic bid. Columbia was the No. 3 seed in the Blacksburg Regional. They upset ranked-opponent Gonzaga in their opening game,[8] but ultimately lost to host team Virginia Tech in the regional final.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Gordon, Patrick (May 16, 2022). "Penn to face Columbia in Ivy League Playoff Series". Philadelphia Baseball Review. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Spratling, Shotgun (May 23, 2022). "Columbia Rallies to Take Ivy League Championship • D1Baseball". D1Baseball. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  3. ^ Smart, Bradley (February 11, 2022). "2022 Ivy League College Baseball Preview". www.baseballamerica.com. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  4. ^ "Standings". Ivy League. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
  5. ^ "2022 Ivy League Baseball Statistics". static.ivyleague.com. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  6. ^ "2021-22 Dates & Sites". The Ivy League. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  7. ^ "2022 Ivy League Baseball Playoff Series - Ivy League". ivyleague.com. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  8. ^ Samulski, Eric (June 3, 2022). "Columbia University stuns 14th-ranked Gonzaga in NCAA Baseball Regionals | amNewYork". www.amny.com. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  9. ^ Johnson, Eric (June 6, 2022). "Moving on: No. 4 Virginia Tech advances to Super Regionals of NCAA Baseball Tournament". WSLS. Blacksburg, Virginia. Retrieved April 17, 2023.