1981 NCAA Division III baseball tournament
This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (October 2023) |
Season | 1981 |
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Teams | 24 |
Finals site | |
Champions | Marietta (1st title) |
Runner-up | Ithaca |
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 Marietta, who defeated Ithaca for the championship.[1]
Bids
[edit]The 24 competing teams were:
Regionals
[edit]West Regional
[edit]Wisconsin-Oshkosh (4–0), Elmhurst (2–2), Otterbein (2–2), Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (1–2), St. Olaf (1–2), Buena Vista (0–2)
South Regional
[edit]North Carolina Wesleyan (4–1), Lynchburg (3–2), Ramapo (2–2), Upsala (2–2), William Paterson (1–2), Salisbury State (1–2)
- Records as listed on Baseball Reference. Either William Paterson or Salisbury State would have to have been 0–2 instead of 1–2 and either Ramapo or Upsala would have to have been 1–2 instead of 2-2.
Mideast Regional
[edit]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)
Northeast Regional
[edit]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)
World Series
[edit]Participants
[edit]School | Nickname | Location | Conference | World Series appearance |
Last appearance |
Consecutive World Series appearances |
Previous best performance |
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Marietta College | Pioneers | Marietta, OH | Ohio Athletic Conference | 4th | 1980 | 2 | Runner-Up (1978, 1980) |
Ithaca College | Bombers | Ithaca, NY | Inedependent College Athletic Conference | 4th | 1980 | 2 | National Champion (1980) |
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | Titans | Oshkosh, WI | Wisconsin State University Conference | 2nd | 1980 | 2 | Fourth place (1980) |
North Carolina Wesleyan College | Battling Bishops | Rocky Mount, NC | Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 1st | Debut | 1 | Debut |
Bracket
[edit]Pioneer Park-Marietta, OH (Host: Marietta College)
First round/elimination first round | Semifinal/elimination final | Final | ||||||||||||
Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 13 | |||||||||||||
North Carolina Wesleyan | 3 | |||||||||||||
Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 6 | |||||||||||||
Marietta | 12 | |||||||||||||
Marietta | 6 | |||||||||||||
Ithaca | 5 | |||||||||||||
Marietta | 14 | -- | ||||||||||||
Ithaca | 1212 | -- | ||||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower final | |||||||||||||
Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 3 | |||||||||||||
North Carolina Wesleyan | 6 | Ithaca | 11 | |||||||||||
Ithaca | 7 | |||||||||||||
See also
[edit]- 1981 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
- 1981 NCAA Division II baseball tournament
- 1981 NAIA World Series
References
[edit]- ^ "Marietta avenges loss in title game". d3baseball.com. May 30, 2006. Retrieved January 17, 2018.