2026 Patriot League baseball tournament
Collegiate baseball tournament
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The 2026 Patriot League baseball tournament took place on consecutive weekends, with the semifinals held on May 9–11 and the finals on May 18–20. The higher seeded teams, Army and Bucknell, hosted the semifinals. Bucknell is hosting the finals series. Holy Cross won the conference's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
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| Teams | 4 |
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| Format | Best-of-three series |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Holy Cross (3rd title) |
| Winning coach | Ed Kahovec (2nd title) |
| MVP | Jaden Wywoda (Holy Cross) |
| Television | ESPN+ |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army † | 17 | – | 9 | .654 | 28 | – | 20 | .583 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell † | 17 | – | 9 | .654 | 28 | – | 23 | .549 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Navy | 16 | – | 10 | .615 | 30 | – | 19 | .612 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross ‡y | 13 | – | 13 | .500 | 25 | – | 28 | .472 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 8 | – | 18 | .308 | 14 | – | 31 | .311 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 7 | – | 19 | .269 | 12 | – | 33 | .267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 20, 2026[1] Rankings from D1Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeding and format
The top four finishers from the regular season are seeded one through four, with the top seed hosting the fourth seed and second seed hosting the third. The higher seeded team was designated as the home team for each game of the series.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tie-breaker #1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Army | 17–9 | 3–1 vs Bucknell |
| 2 | Bucknell | 17–9 | 1–3 vs Army |
| 3 | Navy | 16–10 | |
| 4 | Holy Cross | 13–13 | |
Note: Lehigh and Lafayette failed to qualify. American, Boston University, Colgate, and Loyola-Maryland do not sponsor a baseball team.
Bracket
| Semifinals | Championship | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Army | 3 | 2 | – | |||||||||
| 4 | Holy Cross | 5 | 6 | – | |||||||||
| 4 | Holy Cross | 11 | 5 | 14 | |||||||||
| 2 | Bucknell | 2 | 9 | 11 | |||||||||
| 2 | Bucknell | 16 | 6 | – | |||||||||
| 3 | Navy | 4 | 4 | – | |||||||||
Results
Semifinal Series
#4 Holy Cross at #1 Army
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Cross | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Army | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Thomas Skrobe (3–1) LP: Andrew Berg (6–3) Home runs: Holy Cross: Nick Andersen (3) Army: Josiah Overbeek (16) Attendance: 907 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Cross | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Army | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Jake Lenahan (3–5) LP: Kevin Reavy (3–6) Home runs: Holy Cross: Gianni Royer (6) Army: Josiah Overbeek (17) Attendance: 917 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#3 Navy at #2 Bucknell
Championship Series
#4 Holy Cross at #2 Bucknell
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Cross | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Jaden Wywoda (6–4) LP: Jake Schultz (3–1) Home runs: Holy Cross: CJ Egrie (3), Braden Connors (3) Bucknell: None Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Cross | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | X | 9 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Everett Garber (4–3) LP: Jake Lenahan (3–6) Home runs: Holy Cross: Braden Connors (4) Bucknell: Ty Lagoni (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Cross | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Aidan Gilbert (2–1) LP: Bryce Mitchell (2–2) Sv: Jaden Wywoda (1) Home runs: Holy Cross: Ryan Gundy (5) Bucknell: None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All–Tournament Team
| Player | Team |
|---|---|
| Jaden Wywoda | Holy Cross |
| CJ Egrie | |
| Braden Connors | |
| Ryan Grundy | |
| Deacon Bowne | Bucknell |
| Everett Garber | |
| Michael Trommer | |
| Chris Barr | Army |
| Thomas Schreck | |
| Evan Brown | Navy |
| Andrew Manning |
MVP in bold
