1974 NCAA Division II baseball tournament explained

Year:	1974
Division:	Division II
Teams:	25
Collegeworldseriesballpark:	Lanphier Park
City:	Springfield, Illinois
Titlecount:	2nd
Cwscount:	1st
Coach:	Gary Adams
Coachcount:	2nd
Mop:	Jeff Malinoff
Mopteam:	UC Irvine
Different Previous:	1973
Tournament Link:	NCAA Division II Baseball Championship

The 1974 NCAA Division II baseball tournament decided the champion of baseball at the NCAA Division II level for the 1974 season. This was the seventh such tournament for the Division, having separated from the University Division in 1957, and further dividing into Division II and Division III for the 1974 season. The won the championship by defeating the .^[1]

Regionals

Northeast Region

Team	Wins	Losses
	4	1
	4	2
	2	2
	1	2
	0	2
	0	2

South Atlantic Region

Team	Wins	Losses
	3	1
	3	2
	1	2
	0	2

Mideast Region

Team	Wins	Losses
	3	1
	3	2
	1	2
	0	2

South Region

Team	Wins	Losses
	4	1
	2	2
	1	2
	0	2

Midwest Region

Team	Wins	Losses
	3	1
	2	2
	0	2

West Region

Team	Wins	Losses
	3	0
	2	2
	1	2
	0	2

Finals

Participants

Conference	Record (conference)	Previous finals appearances	Best finals finish	Finals record
MIAA	27–13 (9–3)	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
Independent	26–8	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
Independent	34–14	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
	23–9 (12–1)	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
Independent	48–8	2 (last: 1973)	1st	4 - 2
	38–13 (16–2)	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0

Results

Game results

Game	Score	Notes
Game 1	6–2
Game 2	13–9
Game 3	2–0
Game 4	1–0	Valdosta State eliminated
Game 5	8–1	Ohio Northern eliminated
Game 6	6–2
Game 7	4–0	Central Missouri eliminated
Game 8	12–6
Game 9	9–2	New Haven eliminated
Game 10	7–6
Game 11	14–1	UC Irvine wins National Championship

Notes and References

Web site: Division II Baseball Championships Record Book. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220213/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/baseball_champs_records/2019/D2.pdf . 2022-02-13 . live. NCAA. February 11, 2022.