| Year: | 1981 |
| Division: | Division III |
| Teams: | 24 |
| Collegeworldseriesballpark: | Pioneer Park |
| City: | Marietta, Ohio |
| Titlecount: | 1st |
| Tournament Link: | NCAA Division III Baseball Championship |
The 1981 NCAA Division III baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1981 NCAA Division III baseball season to determine the sixth 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]
The 24 competing teams were:
| School | Nickname | Location | Conference | data-sort-type="number" | Tournament appearance | data-sort-type="number" | Last appearance | Consecutive tournament appearances | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 2 | Regional Fifth Place (1980) | |||||||
| 2nd | 2 | Regional Third Place (1980) | |||||||
| 3rd | 1 | Regional Runner-Up (1979) | |||||||
| 6th | 6 | Regional Runner-Up (1979) | |||||||
| 2nd | 2 | Regional Fourth place (1980) | |||||||
| 6th | 6 | National Champion (1980) | |||||||
| 6th | 6 | World Series Runner-Up (1978, 1980) | |||||||
| 2nd | 1 | Regional Runner-Up (1976) | |||||||
| 1st | Debut | 1 | Debut | ||||||
| 3rd | 2 | Regional third place (1980) | |||||||
| 1st | Debut | 1 | Debut | ||||||
| 2nd | 1 | Regional Fourth place (1976) | |||||||
| 2nd | 2 | Regional third place (1980) | |||||||
| 4th | 2 | Regional Runner-Up (1980) | |||||||
| 5th | 5 | Regional third place (1977, 1979) | |||||||
| 1st | Debut | 1 | Debut | ||||||
| 5th | 5 | Regional Runner-Up (1978, 1979, 1980) | |||||||
| 6th | 6 | Regional Runner-Up (1977, 1978) | |||||||
| 5th | 4 | World Series Third place (1980) | |||||||
| 5th | 1 | Regional Runner-Up (1977) | |||||||
| 2nd | 1 | Regional Fourth place (1977) | |||||||
| 3rd | 3 | World Series Fourth place (1980) | |||||||
| 2nd | 1 | Regional Fifth place (1977) |
Wisconsin-Oshkosh (4–0),Elmhurst (2–2),Otterbein (2–2),Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (1–2),St. Olaf (1–2),Buena Vista (0–2)
North Carolina Wesleyan (4–1),Lynchburg (3–2),Ramapo (2–2),Upsala (2–2),William Paterson (1–2),Salisbury State (1–2)
Ada, OH (Host: Ohio Northern University)
Marietta (5–1),Alma (3–2),York (PA) (2–2),Wooster (1–2),Monmouth (IL) (0–2),Ohio Northern (0–2)
Willimantic, CT (Host: Eastern Connecticut State College)
Ithaca (5–1),Eastern Connecticut State (3–2),unknown (2–2),Westfield State (1–2),Queens (0–2),SUNY Cortland (0–2)
| School | Nickname | Location | Conference | data-sort-type="number" | World Series appearance | data-sort-type="number" | Last appearance | Consecutive World Series appearances | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th | 2 | Runner-Up (1978, 1980) | |||||||
| 4th | 2 | National Champion (1980) | |||||||
| 2nd | 2 | Fourth place (1980) | |||||||
| 1st | Debut | 1 | Debut |
Pioneer Park-Marietta, OH (Host: Marietta College)