1980 NCAA Division III baseball tournament explained

Year:1980
Division:Division III
Teams:24
Collegeworldseriesballpark:Pioneer Park
City:Marietta, Ohio, U.S.
Titlecount:1st
Tournament Link:NCAA Division III Baseball Championship

The 1980 NCAA Division III baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1980 NCAA Division III baseball season to determine the fifth national champion of college baseball at the NCAA Division III level. The tournament concluded with four teams competing at Pioneer Park in Marietta, Ohio, for the championship. Four regional tournaments were held to determine the participants in the World Series. Regional tournaments were contested in double-elimination format, with all four regions consisting of six teams, for a total of 24 teams participating in the tournament. The tournament champion was, who defeated for the championship.[1]

Bids

The 24 competing teams were:

SchoolNicknameLocationConferencedata-sort-type="number"Tournament
appearance
data-sort-type="number"Last
appearance
Consecutive
tournament
appearances
Previous best
performance
1st Debut 1 Debut
5th 5 World Series Runner-Up (1977)
1st Debut 1 Debut
5th 5 National Champion (1976, 1977)
5th 5 Regional Runner-Up (1979)
1st Debut 1 Debut
1st Debut 1 Debut
5th 5 World Series Runner-Up (1976)
2nd 1 Regional Fourth place (1976)
2nd 1 Regional Fifth place (1978)
Independent/Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference(NCAA D-II) 3rd 2 World Series Third place (1979)
5th 5 World Series Runner-Up (1978)
3rd 1 Regional Fourth place (1977)
2nd 1 Regional Fourth place (1976)
1st Debut 1 Debut
3rd 3 World Series Fourth place (1979)
1st Debut 1 Debut
5th 5 National Champion (1978, 1979)
3rd 1 Regional Third place (1977, 1978)
4th 4 Regional Third place (1977, 1979)
4th 4 Regional Runner-Up (1978, 1979)
5th 5 Regional Runner-Up (1977, 1978)
4th 3 Regional Third place (1976, 1979)
2nd 2 Regional Fourth place (1979)

Regionals

West Regional

World Series

Participants

SchoolNicknameLocationConferencedata-sort-type="number"World Series
appearance
data-sort-type="number"Last
appearance
Consecutive
World Series
appearances
Previous best
performance
3rd 1 Runner-Up (1976)
3rd 1 Runner-Up (1978)
1st Debut 1 Debut
1st Debut 1 Debut

Bracket

Pioneer Park-Marietta, OH (Host: Marietta College)

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ithaca comes back around to win 1980 title. d3baseball.com. n.d.. January 17, 2018.