2015 NCAA Division III baseball tournament explained
| Year: | 2015 |
| Division: | Division III |
| Teams: | 56 |
| Collegeworldseriesballpark: | Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium |
| City: | Grand Chute, Wisconsin |
| Titlecount: | 1st |
| Mop: | Conrad Ziemendorf |
| Mopteam: | Cortland |
| Tournament Link: | NCAA Division III Baseball Championship |
The 2015 NCAA Division III baseball tournament was played at the end of the 2015 NCAA Division III baseball season to determine the 40th national champion of college baseball at the NCAA Division III level. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing at Neuroscience Group 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. The tournament champion was, who defeated in the championship series in two games.[1]
Bids
The 56 competing teams were:[2]
By conference
| Conference | Total | Schools |
|---|
| Northwest Conference | 3 | ,, |
| Ohio Athletic Conference | 3 | ,, |
| Southern Athletic Association | 3 | ,, |
| Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 3 | ,, |
| Capital Athletic Conference | 2 | , |
| Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 2 | , |
| New England Small College Athletic Conference | 2 | , |
| New Jersey Athletic Conference | 2 | , |
| St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 2 | , |
| State University of New York Athletic Conference | 2 | , |
| University Athletic Association | 2 | , |
| Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference | 1 | |
| American Southwest Conference | 1 | |
| Centennial Conference | 1 | |
| College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin | 1 | |
| Colonial States Athletic Conference | 1 | |
| Commonwealth Coast Conference | 1 | |
| Great Northeast Athletic Conference | 1 | |
| Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference | 1 | |
| Landmark Conference | 1 | |
| Liberty League | 1 | |
| Little East Conference | 1 | |
| Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference | 1 | |
| Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 1 | |
| MAC Commonwealth Conference | 1 | |
| MAC Freedom Conference | 1 | |
| Midwest Conference | 1 | |
| Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 1 | |
| New England Collegiate Conference | 1 | |
| New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference | 1 | |
| North Atlantic Conference | 1 | |
| North Coast Athletic Conference | 1 | |
| North Eastern Athletic Conference | 1 | |
| Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference | 1 | |
| Old Dominion Athletic Conference | 1 | |
| Presidents' Athletic Conference | 1 | |
| Skyline Conference | 1 | |
| Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 1 | |
| Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference | 1 | |
| Upper Midwest Athletic Conference | 1 | |
| USA South Athletic Conference | 1 | |
| Empire 8 | 0 | none |
| Independents | 0 | none | |
Regionals
Bold indicates winner.[3]
Mideast Regional
Ross Memorial Park-Washington, PA (Host: Washington & Jefferson College)
New England Regional
Whitehouse Field-Harwich, MA (Host: Eastern College Athletic Conference)
New York Regional
Leo Pinckney Field at Falcon Park-Auburn, NY (Host: State University of New York at Cortland)
Central Regional
Riverfront Stadium-Waverly, IA (Host: Wartburg College)
West Regional
Irwin Field-Tyler, TX (Host: University of Texas at Tyler)
South Regional
Loudermilk Stadium-Demorest, GA (Host: Piedmont College)
Midwest Regional
Copeland Park-La Crosse, WI (Host: University of Wisconsin-La Crosse)
Mid-Atlantic Regional
Santander Stadium-York, PA (Host: York Revolution/Middle Atlantic Conferences)
World Series
Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium-Grand Chute, WI (Host: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh/Lawrence University/Fox Cities Convention and Visitors Bureau)[4]
Notes and References
- Web site: Cortland celebrates finally winning one. d3baseball.com. May 27, 2015. January 4, 2018.
- Web site: Field of 56, regionals announced for 2015 DIII Baseball Championship. NCAA. May 11, 2015. January 30, 2017.
- Web site: 2015 Division III Baseball Regionals. NCAA. May 17, 2015. January 30, 2017.
- Web site: no title. NCAA. nd. December 31, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20180101135633/http://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/baseball/d3/2014. January 1, 2018. dead.
