2008 NCAA Division II baseball tournament

2008 NCAA Division II
baseball tournament

Season	2008
Finals site	GCS Ballpark Sauget, Illinois
Champions	Mount Olive (1st title)
Runner-up	Ouachita Baptist (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Carl Lancaster (1st title)
MOP	Steve Smith, P (Ouachita Baptist)
Attendance	16,555

The 2008 NCAA Division II baseball tournament was the postseason tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of baseball among its Division II members at the end of the 2008 NCAA Division II baseball season.

The final, eight-team double elimination tournament, also known as the College World Series, was played at GCS Ballpark in Sauget, Illinois from May 24–31, 2008. This was the first Division II College World Series since 1984 to not be played in Montgomery, Alabama.

Mount Olive defeated Ouachita Baptist in the championship game, 6–2, to claim the Trojans' first Division II national title.

Bracket

College World Series

• Note: Losers of each round are shifted to the opposing bracket.

	First Rounds May 24–27, 2008				Second Rounds May 26–May 28, 2008				Semifinals May 29, 2008					Championship May 30–31, 2008
	Sonoma State	10
	Shippensburg	1
					Sonoma State	619
					Central Missouri	5
	Central Missouri	1311
	Franklin Pierce	12
									Sonoma State	1	1
	Bracket One
									Ouachita Baptist	2	2
	Ouachita Baptist	12
	Tampa	10
					Ashland	5
					Ouachita Baptist	12
														Ouachita Baptist	2
														Mount Olive	6
	Ouachita Baptist	5
	Mount Olive	6
					Mount Olive	18
					Ashland	7
	Tampa	5
	Ashland	6
									Mount Olive	5
	Bracket Two
									Central Missouri	3
	Shippensburg	9
	Franklin Pierce	2
					Central Missouri	5
					Shippensburg	1

See also

• 2008 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
• 2008 NCAA Division III baseball tournament
• 2008 NAIA World Series