1972 NAIA World Series

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1972 NAIA
baseball tournament
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics logo.svg
1972 NAIA World Series
Teams8
Format Double elimination
Finals site
Champions La Verne  (1st title)
Winning coach Ben Hines
MVP Ben Ochoa (P) (La Verne)
  • ← 1971
  • NAIA baseball tournament
  • 1973 →

The 1972 NAIA World Series was the 16th 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.

La Verne (44-9) defeated David Lipscomb (35-9) in the first game of the championship series, 4–1, to win the Leopards' first NAIA World Series. La Verne finished the tournament undefeated, 5-0.

La Verne pitcher Ben Ochoa was named tournament MVP.

Bracket

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsFinal
Frostburg State 1
Oklahoma Christian 0
Frostburg State6
La Verne7
La Verne 4
Winona State 3
La Verne5
David Lipscomb4
David Lipscomb 13
David Lipscomb7
High Point 1
David Lipscomb3Oklahoma Christian1
Lewis2
Lewis (IL) 4
Sam Houston State 3
David Lipscomb1–
Lower round 1Lower round 2La Verne4–
Lewis4
Oklahoma Christian5Oklahoma Christian5
La Verne8
Winona State3
Sam Houston State6
Frostburg State3
High Point4Sam Houston State16
Sam Houston State9

See also

References

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