2012 NCAA Division III baseball tournament explained

Year:2012
Division:Division III
Teams:56
Collegeworldseriesballpark:Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium
City:Grand Chute, Wisconsin
Titlecount:6th
Tournament Link:NCAA Division III Baseball Championship

The 2012 NCAA Division III baseball tournament was played at the end of the 2012 NCAA Division III baseball season to determine the 37th national champion of college baseball at the NCAA Division III level. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing at Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute, Wisconsin for the championship. Eight regional tournaments were held to determine the participants in the World Series. Regional tournaments were contested in double-elimination format, with four regions consisting of six teams, and four consisting of eight, for a total of 56 teams participating in the tournament, up from 55 in 2011. The tournament champion was, who defeated for the championship.[1]

Bids

The 56 competing teams were:[2] [3]

Regionals

Bold indicates winner.

Central Regional

USA Stadium-Millington, TN (Host: Rhodes College)

New England Regional

Eastern Baseball Stadium-Mansfield, CT (Host: Eastern Connecticut State University)

New York Regional

Farmingdale State Baseball Stadium-East Farmingdale, NY (Host: State University of New York at Farmingdale)

Mid-Atlantic Regional

FirstEnergy Park-Lakewood, NJ (Host: Kean University)

Midwest Regional

Prucha Field at James B. Miller Stadium-Whitewater, WI (Host: University of Wisconsin-Whitewater)

South Regional

Captains Park-Newport News, VA (Host: Christopher Newport University)

Mideast Regional

Don Schaly Stadium-Marietta, OH (Host: Marietta College)

West Regional

Roy Helser Field and Jim Wright Stadium-McMinnville, OR (Host: Linfield College)

World Series

Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium-Grand Chute, WI (Host: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh/Lawrence University/Fox Cities Convention and Visitors Bureau)

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: For Marietta, the repeat was sweet. d3baseball.com. June 2, 2012. January 4, 2018.
  2. Web site: DIII field chosen for championship. NCAA. May 14, 2012. February 13, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20180102073656/http://www.ncaa.com/news/baseball/article/2012-05-13/diii-field-chosen-championship. January 2, 2018. dead.
  3. Web site: 2012 Playoff Central. d3baseball.com. n.d.. January 1, 2018.