2008 NCAA Division III baseball tournament

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2008 NCAA Division III
baseball tournament
Season2008
Teams54
Finals site
Champions Trinity (CT)  (1st title)
Runner-up Johns Hopkins

The 2008 NCAA Division III baseball tournament was played at the end of the 2008 NCAA Division III baseball season to determine the 33rd national champion of college baseball at the NCAA Division III level. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing at Time Warner Cable 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 five regions consisting of six teams and three consisting of eight, for a total of 54 teams participating in the tournament, up from 53 in 2007. The tournament champion was Trinity (CT), who defeated Johns Hopkins for the championship. [1]

Contents

Bids

The 54 competing teams were: [2]

Regionals

Mid-Atlantic Regional

Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium-Newark, NJ (Host: Kean University)

First round/elimination round 1Second round/elimination round 2Semifinals/elimination semifinalsFinals
4Penn State-Behrend1
5Messiah8
Messiah1
Kean7
1Kean8
8Gwynedd-Mercy6
Kean12
TCNJ8
3TCNJ3
6DeSales0
TCNJ5
Rowan2
2Rowan14
7Keystone9Kean8--
Rowan2--
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
Rowan17
Penn State-Behrend3Gwynedd-Mercy2TCNJ2
Gwynedd-Mercy5Rowan9Rowan5
Keystone2
Messiah3
DeSales5Keystone9
Keystone11

West Regional

Walt Driggers Field-Abilene, TX (Host: McMurry University)

First roundSecond round/elimination round 1Semifinals/elimination round 2Elimination finalFinal
1Chapman4
6La Verne3Chapman5
McMurry312
2George Fox1Chapman10
5Trinity (TX)8Trinity (TX)9
Trinity (TX)8Chapman4--
Cal State East Bay3Trinity (TX)3--
3McMurry7Trinity (TX)9
4Cal State East Bay14Cal State East Bay6Cal State East Bay5
La Verne11La Verne4
George Fox6

South Regional

American Legion Field-Danville, GA (Host: USA South Athletic Conference/Old Dominion Athletic Conference)

First roundSecond round/elimination round 1Third round/elimination round 2Elimination finalFinal
Salisbury6
Piedmont10
1Salisbury7Piedmont6
6Randolph-Macon4Johns Hopkins13Johns Hopkins7
Randolph-Macon8
Lynchburg5
Johns Hopkins13
2Johns Hopkins5
Johns Hopkins9
5Christopher Newport810
Christopher Newport1Salisbury4
Lynchburg12
3Piedmont1Lynchburg3
4Lynchburg9Salisbury5
Salisbury5
Christopher Newport1

Mideast Regional

Art Nehf Field-Terre Haute, IN (Host: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology)

First roundSecond round/elimination round 1Semifinals/elimination round 2Elimination finalFinal
1Heidelberg10
6Transylvania3Heidelberg4
Calvin1
2Wooster3Heidelberg1
5Adrian4Adrian4
Adrian4Adrian28
Rose-Hulman3Heidelberg87
3Calvin0Heidelberg1
4Rose-Hulman4Rose-Hulman8Wooster0
Wooster6Wooster1113
Transylvania3

Central Regional

Brunner Field in the Duane R. Swanson Stadium-Moline, IL (Host: Augustana College)

First roundSecond round/elimination round 1Third round/elimination round 2Elimination finalFinal
Webster0
Wartburg2
1Illinois Wesleyan0Wartburg5
6Webster7Linfield7Linfield10
Illinois Wesleyan4
Augustana1
Linfield5
2Wisconsin-Stevens Point2
Linfield4
5Linfield110
Wisconsin-Stevens Point3Webster310
Augustana4
3Augustana6Augustana13
4Wartburg5Webster14
Webster9
Wisconsin-Stevens Point7

Midwest Regional

E.J. Schneider Field-Oshkosh, WI (Host: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh)

First roundSecond round/elimination round 1Semifinals/elimination round 2Elimination finalFinal
1St. Thomas (MN)15
6Knox1St. Thomas (MN)3
Wisconsin-Oshkosh1
2Wisconsin-Whitewater7St. Thomas (MN)1
5St. Scholastica4Wisconsin-Whitewater410
Wisconsin-Whitewater24Wisconsin-Whitewater21--
Carthage3St. Scholastica13--
3Carthage6St. Thomas (MN)1
4Wisconsin-Oshkosh3Carthage4St. Scholastica7
Knox2St. Scholastica9
St. Scholastica15

New England Regional

Whitehouse Field-Harwich, MA (Host: Eastern College Athletic Conference)

First round/elimination round 1Second round/elimination round 2Semifinals/elimination semifinalsFinals
4Southern Maine6
5Western New England812
Western New England2
Trinity (CT)7
1Trinity (CT)9
8Castleton State5
Trinity (CT)6
Wheaton (MA)2
3Keene State6
6St. Joseph's (ME)1
Keene State2
Wheaton (MA)12
2Wheaton (MA)4
7Worcester State312Trinity (CT)10--
Southern Maine3--
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
Keene State0
Southern Maine16Southern Maine8Wheaton (MA)3
Castleton State7Southern Maine11Southern Maine9
Western New England0
Western New England8
St. Joseph's (ME)4Worcester State3
Worcester State14

New York Regional

Leo Pinckney Field at Falcon Park-Auburn, NY (Host: Ithaca College)

First round/elimination round 1Second round/elimination round 2Semifinals/elimination semifinalsFinals
4Montclair State8
5Eastern Connecticut State7
Montclair State2
Cortland State9
1Cortland State10
8Grove City1
Cortland State9
Rensselaer5
3Rensselaer7
6Farmingdale State6
Rensselaer9
Ohio Wesleyan6
2Ithaca3
7Ohio Wesleyan5Cortland State6--
Rensselaer2--
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
Ohio Wesleyan1
Eastern Connecticut State10Eastern Connecticut State5Rensselaer14
Grove City5Eastern Connecticut State14Eastern Connecticut State1310
Montclair State0
Montclair State7
Farmingdale State0Ithaca6
Ithaca4

World Series

Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium-Grand Chute, WI (Host: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh/Lawrence University/Fox Cities Convention and Visitors Bureau)

First round/elimination round 1Second round/elimination round 2Semifinals/elimination semifinalsFinals
MA1Kean2
W1Chapman4
Chapman4
Johns Hopkins5
S2Johns Hopkins3
ME5Adrian214
Johns Hopkins5
Trinity (CT)8
C5Linfield5
MW2Wisconsin-Whitewater1
Linfield5
Trinity (CT)6
NE1Trinity (CT)2
NY1Cortland State1Trinity (CT)35
Johns Hopkins44
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
Linfield2
Kean6Adrian3Johns Hopkins12
Adrian712Adrian11Wisconsin-Whitewater11
Wisconsin-Whitewater13
Chapman4
Wisconsin-Whitewater10Wisconsin-Whitewater7
Cortland State2

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