1998 Ivy League
baseball tournament
Teams2
FormatBest of three series
Finals site
ChampionsHarvard (2nd title)
Winning coachJoe Walsh (2nd title)
1998 Ivy League baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Lou Gehrig
Princeton  x 1370 .65025140 .641
Cornell   1280 .60018181 .500
Penn   9110 .45014211 .403
Columbia   5150 .25010310 .244
Red Rolfe
Harvard  xy 1640 .80036120 .750
Yale   1190 .55021210 .500
Dartmouth   7130 .35023180 .561
Brown   7130 .35012340 .261
x Division champion
Championship Series champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1998[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1998 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series took place at Yale Field in New Haven, Connecticut, on May 12, 1998. The series matched the regular season champions of each of the league's two divisions. Harvard, the winner of the series, claimed their second consecutive, and second overall, title and the Ivy League's automatic berth in the 1998 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. It was Harvard's third appearance in the Championship Series, all of which were consecutive, and all of which matched them against Princeton.[2]

Princeton also made their third appearance in the Championship Series. The Tigers won the event in 1996.

Results

Finals
    
Princeton 6 4
Harvard 13 13

References

  1. "2018 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Ivy League. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
  2. 2018 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Ivy League. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
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