2008 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series

The 2008 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series took place at Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park in Hanover, New Hampshire on May 6 and 7, 2008.[2] The series matched the regular season champions of each of the league's two divisions. Columbia, the winner of the series, claimed the Ivy League's automatic berth in the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. It was Columbia's first Championship Series victory.[3]

2008 Ivy League
Baseball Tournament
Teams2
FormatBest of three series
Finals site
ChampionsColumbia (1st title)
Winning coachBrett Boretti (1st title)
MVP,
2008 Ivy League baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Lou Gehrig
Columbia  xy 1550 .750  22300 .423
Princeton   1190 .550  20220 .476
Penn   6131 .325  15231 .397
Cornell   6140 .300  12270 .308
Red Rolfe
Dartmouth  x 1550 .750  25170 .595
Yale   9101 .475  20241 .456
Brown   9110 .450  20240 .455
Harvard   8120 .400  10300 .250
x Division champion
Championship Series champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2008[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Dartmouth made their fourth appearance in the Championship Series, and first since 2004. They had yet to win the event.

Results

 
           
   Columbia 11 15 7
   Dartmouth 7 16 5

References

  1. "2018 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Ivy League. Retrieved June 2, 2018.
  2. "2009 Baseball Schedule". Cornell Big Red. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
  3. 2018 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Ivy League. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
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