1971 NAIA World Series

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1971 NAIA
baseball tournament
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1971 NAIA World Series
Teams8
Format Double elimination
Finals site
Champions Linfield  (2nd title)
Winning coach Ad Rutschman
MVP Rob Webb (C) (Linfield)
  • 1970
  • NAIA Baseball Tournament
  • 1972

The 1971 NAIA World Series was the 15th annual tournament hosted by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics to determine the national champion of baseball among its member colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. [1]

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The tournament was played at Phoenix Municipal Stadium in Phoenix, Arizona.

Linfield (28-11) defeated David Lipscomb (44-15) in the first game of the championship series, 9–8, to win the Wildcats' second NAIA World Series (the first team to win a second) and first since 1966.

Linfield catcher Rob Webb was named tournament MVP.

Bracket

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsFinal
Southwestern State 9
Oshkosh State 6
Southwestern State6
Linfield9
Grand Canyon 9
Linfield 10
Linfield6
Indiana (PA)5
Appalachian State 5
Linfield7
Indiana (PA) 7
Indiana (PA)11Lewis (IL)2
Lewis (IL)9
David Lipscomb 4
Lewis (IL) 13
Linfield9
Lower round 1Lower round 2David Lipscomb8
Lewis (IL)7
Oshkosh State7Oshkosh State3
Indiana (PA)6
Grand Canyon3
David Lipscomb7
Southwestern State3
Appalachian State13David Lipscomb4
David Lipscomb14

See also

Reference

  1. "Championship History" (PDF). NAIA.org. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved 21 August 2022.

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