1982 NCAA Division III baseball tournament explained

Year:1982
Division:Division III
Teams:24
Collegeworldseriesballpark:Pioneer Park
City:Marietta, Ohio
Titlecount:1st
Tournament Link:NCAA Division III Baseball Championship

The 1982 NCAA Division III baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1982 NCAA Division III baseball season to determine the seventh national champion of college baseball at the NCAA Division III level. The tournament concluded with six teams, for the first time, 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, 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
2nd 1 Regional Fifth place (1979)
6th 1 World Series Runner-Up (1977)
6th 1 National Champion (1976, 1977)
7th 7 Regional Runner-Up (1979, 1981)
3rd 3 Regional Runner-Up (1981)
7th 7 National Champion (1980)
7th 7 National Champion (1981)
3rd 1 Regional Fifth place (1976, 1977)
3rd 1 World Series Third place (1976)
Independent/Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference(NAIA) 2nd 1 Regional third place(1976)
2nd 2 World Series Fourth place (1981)
1st Debut 1 Debut
4th 3 Regional third place (1980)
1st Debut 1 Debut
2nd 2 Regional third place (1981)
3rd 3 Regional third place (1980, 1981)
6th 6 Regional third place (1977, 1979)
7th 7 Regional Runner-Up (1977, 1978, 1981)
6th 5 World Series Third place (1980)
1st Debut 1 Debut
4th 1 Regional Runner-Up (1977)
3rd 2 Regional Fourth place (1977)
4th 4 World Series Third place (1981)
3rd 2 Regional third place (1981)

Regionals

Northeast Regional

World Series

Participants

SchoolNicknameLocationConferencedata-sort-type="number"World Series
appearance
data-sort-type="number"Last
appearance
Consecutive
World Series
appearances
Previous best
performance
1st Debut 1 Debut
5th 1 National Champion (1976, 1977)
5th 3 National Champion (1981)
2nd 2 Fourth place (1981)
3rd 3 Third place (1981)
1st Debut 1 Debut

Bracket

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

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Eastern Connecticut breaks through for title. d3baseball.com. n.d.. January 17, 2018.