American college baseball tournament
Collegiate baseball tournament
1983 NCAA Division III Season 1983 Teams 24 Finals site Champions Marietta (2nd title)Runner-up Otterbein
The 1983 NCAA Division III baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1983 NCAA Division III baseball season to determine the eighth national champion of college baseball at the NCAA Division III level. The tournament concluded with six teams competing at Pioneer Park in Marietta, Ohio , for the championship. Six regional tournaments were held to determine the participants in the World Series. Regional tournaments were contested in double-elimination format, with one region consisting of six teams, four regions consisting of four teams, and one region consisting of two teams, which was played as best-of-five, for a total of 24 teams participating in the tournament. The tournament champion was Marietta , who defeated Otterbein for the championship.[ 1]
Bids
The 24 competing teams were:
School
Nickname
Location
Conference
Tournament
Last
Consecutive
Previous best
Stanislaus State College Warriors Turlock, CA Independent 7th
1982 2
National Champion (1976 , 1977 )
Concordia College Cobbers Moorhead, MN Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1st
Debut
1
Debut
Eastern Connecticut State College Warriors Willimantic, CT Independent 8th
1982 8
National Champion (1982 )
Elizabethtown College Blue Jays Elizabethtown, PA Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conference 1st
Debut
1
Debut
Ithaca College Bombers Ithaca, NY Inedependent College Athletic Conference 8th
1982 8
National Champion (1980 )
University of La Verne Leopards La Verne, CA Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1st
Debut
1
Debut
Luther College Norse Decorah, IA Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1st
Debut
1
Debut
Marietta College Pioneers Marietta, OH Ohio Athletic Conference 8th
1982 8
National Champion (1981 )
Methodist College Monarchs Fayetteville, NC Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 4th
1982 2
Regional Runner-Up (1982 )
Monmouth College Fighting Scots Monmouth, IL Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference 3rd
1981 1
Regional Runner-Up (1976 )
Montclair State College Indians Montclair, NJ New Jersey State Athletic Conference 4th
1982 2
World Series Third place (1976 )
North Carolina Wesleyan College Battling Bishops Rocky Mount, NC Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 3rd
1982 3
World Series Fourth place (1981 , 1982 )
North Park College Vikings Chicago, IL College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin 1st
Debut
1
Debut
Ohio Northern University Polar Bears Ada, OH Ohio Athletic Conference 5th
1982 4
Regional Runner-Up (1982 )
Otterbein College Cardinals Westerville, OH Ohio Athletic Conference 3rd
1982 3
Regional Third place (1981 )
Ramapo College of New Jersey Roadrunners Mahwah, NJ New Jersey State Athletic Conference 4th
1982 4
Regional Third place (1980 , 1981 )
Salem State College Vikings Salem, MA Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference 1st
Debut
1
Debut
Salisbury State College Sea Gulls Salisbury, MD Independent 5th
1981 1
Regional Runner-Up (1980 )
Lynchburg College Hornets Lynchburg, VA Old Dominion Athletic Conference 8th
1982 8
Regional Runner-Up (1977 , 1978 , 1981 )
Upsala College Vikings East Orange, NJ Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conference 7th
1982 6
World Series Third Place (1980 )
Washington University in St. Louis Bears St. Louis, MO Independent 2nd
1982 2
Regional Third Place (1982 )
William Paterson University of New Jersey Pioneers Wayne Township, NJ New Jersey State Athletic Conference 4th
1982 3
World Series Sixth place (1982 )
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Titans Oshkosh, WI Wisconsin State University Conference 5th
1982 5
World Series Third place (1981 )
Worcester State College Lancers Worcester, MA Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference 1st
Debut
1
Debut
Regionals
West Regional
Turlock, CA (Host: Stanislaus State College )
Stanislaus State (3–2),
La Verne (2–3)
Mid-Atlantic Regional
Montclair, NJ (Host: Montclair State College )
Montclair State (3–1),
William Paterson (3–2),
Upsala (1–2),
Salem State (0–2)
South Regional
North Carolina Wesleyan (4–1),
Lynchburg (2–2),
Methodist (1–2),
Salisbury State (0–2)
Northeast Regional
Ithaca, NY (Host: Ithaca College )
Eastern Connecticut State (3–0),
Ithaca (2–2),
Ramapo (1–2),
Worcester State (0–2)
Midwest Regional
Oshkosh, WI (Host: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh )
Otterbein (3–1),
Wisconsin-Oshkosh (3–2),
Concordia (MN) (1–2),
Washington-St. Louis (0–2)
Mideast Regional
Burlington, IA
Marietta (4–0),
North Park (3–2),
Ohio Northern (2–2),
Luther (1–2),
Elizabethtown (0–2),
Monmouth (IL) (0–2)
World Series
Participants
Bracket
Pioneer Park -Marietta, OH (Host: Marietta College )
First round Second round/elimination round 1 Third round/elimination round 2 Elimination final Final Stanislaus State 12 Marietta 13 1 Stanislaus State 6 Marietta 12 6 Montclair State 5 Eastern Conn. St. 6 Marietta 6 Montclair State 5 NC Wesleyan 4 Eastern Conn. St. 6 2 NC Wesleyan 5 Marietta 36 5 Eastern Conn. St. 4 NC Wesleyan 17 Otterbein 8 Otterbein 4 3 Otterbein 5 NC Wesleyan 9 4 Marietta 4 Otterbein 10 Stanislaus State 8 Otterbein 9
See also
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