1988 NAIA World Series

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1988 NAIA
baseball tournament
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1988 NAIA World Series
Teams10
Format Double elimination
Page playoff
Finals site
Champions Lewis–Clark State  (4th title)
Winning coach Ed Cheff
MVP Steve Callahan (P) (Lewis–Clark State)
  • 1987
  • NAIA Baseball Tournament
  • 1989

The 1988 NAIA World Series was the 32nd 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 Harris Field in Lewiston, Idaho.

Hometown team and defending champions Lewis–Clark State (45–20) defeated Grand Canyon (49–20) in a single-game championship series, 9–3, to win the Warriors' fourth NAIA World Series. This would go on to be the second of six consecutive World Series championships for the program.

Lewis–Clark State pitcher Steve Callahan was named tournament MVP.

Bracket

Preliminary bracket

First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round
(both teams to Semifinals )
Grand Canyon 10
Central Washington 8Central Washington4
Grand Canyon2
Dallas Baptist 7
Oklahoma City7
Cumberland (TN) 4
Oklahoma City 6
Oklahoma City4
Lewis–Clark State7
Point Park 0
Georgetown (KY) 6Lewis–Clark State4
Lewis–Clark State15
Lewis–Clark State 8
Saint Xavier2
Saint Xavier 9
Winona State 5
Consolation First RoundConsolation Second RoundConsolation Third Round
(both teams to Semifinals )
Grand Canyon15
Central Washington4Georgetown (KY)5
Winona State3Georgetown (KY)5
Georgetown (KY)10
Saint Xavier5
Point Park5Dallas Baptist4
Cumberland (TN)4Dallas Baptist7
Dallas Baptist9

Championship bracket

SemifinalsThird place finalChampionship final
1Lewis–Clark State121Lewis–Clark State9
Grand Canyon13Grand Canyon3
Grand Canyon12
Saint Xavier4
2Oklahoma City5
Saint Xavier8

See also

Reference

  1. "Championship History" (PDF). NAIA.org. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved 30 August 2022.

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