1970 NAIA World Series

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1970 NAIA
baseball tournament
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics logo.svg
1970 NAIA World Series
Teams8
Format Double elimination
Finals site
Champions Eastern Michigan  (1st title)
Winning coach Ron Oestrike
MVP Jeff Peck (3B) (Eastern Michigan)
  • ← 1969
  • NAIA baseball tournament
  • 1971 →

The 1970 NAIA World Series was the 14th 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.

Eastern Michigan (41-11) defeated Northeast Louisiana (35-19) in the second game of the championship series, 1–0, to win the Hurons' first NAIA World Series.

Eastern Michigan third baseman Jeff Peck was named tournament MVP.

Bracket

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsFinal
Livingston 4
New Haven 5
New Haven2
Eastern Michigan4
Eastern Michigan 2
Kansas State Teachers 1
Eastern Michigan6
Northeast Louisiana4
Central Washington State 3
Eastern Michigan3
William Jewell 4
William Jewell0Livingston2
Northeast Louisiana8
Northeast Louisiana 8
Pembroke State 3
Eastern Michigan61
Lower round 1Lower round 2Northeast Louisiana70
William Jewell2
Livingston2Livingston5
Northeast Louisiana8
Kansas State Teachers1
New Haven7
New Haven7
Central Washington State2Pembroke State6
Pembroke State2

See also

References

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