1973 NCAA College Division baseball tournament

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1973 NCAA College Division
baseball tournament
Season1973
Teams21
Finals site
Champions UC Irvine  (1st title)
Runner-up Ithaca (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning coach Gary Adams  (1st title)
MOP Terry Stupy (UC Irvine)

The 1973 NCAA College Division baseball tournament decided the champion of baseball at the NCAA College Division level for the 1973 season. This was the sixth such tournament for the College Division, having separated from the University Division in 1957. The UC Irvine Anteaters won the championship by defeating the Ithaca Bombers. [1]

Contents

Regionals

Northeast Region

TeamWinsLosses
Ithaca 51
Central Connecticut 32
Springfield 22
Rowan 12
New Haven 02
Shippensburg 02

Mideast Region

TeamWinsLosses
Eastern Illinois 40
Marietta 32
Indianapolis 22
Cleveland State 12
North Central 02
SIU Edwardsville 02

Midwest Region

TeamWinsLosses
UMSL 30
Northern Colorado 22
South Dakota State 12
Northwest Missouri State 02

South Region

TeamWinsLosses
Jacksonville State 30
New Orleans 22
Tuskegee 12
Bellarmine 02

South Atlantic Region

TeamWinsLosses
Florida Southern 30
Rollins 22
Eckerd 12
Baltimore 02

West Region

TeamWinsLosses
UC Irvine 31
Cal State Northridge 12
Puget Sound 12

Finals

Participants

SchoolConferenceRecord (conference)Head coachPrevious finals appearancesBest finals finishFinals record
Eastern Illinois Independent27–13 Bill McCabe 0
(last: none)
none00
Florida Southern Independent27–8 Hal Smeltzly 3
(last: 1972)
1st84
Ithaca ICAC 24–7 (2–0) Carp Wood 0
(last: none)
none00
Jacksonville State Gulf South 25–8 (11–2) Rudy Abbott 0
(last: none)
none00
UC Irvine Independent44–12 Gary Adams 0
(last: none)
none00
UMSL Independent24–7 Fred Nelson 1
(last: 1972)
4th02

Results

Bracket

First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsFinal
Ithaca 3
Jacksonville State 2Ithaca4
Florida Southern1
UC Irvine 6Ithaca0
UMSL 2UC Irvine5
UC Irvine6UC Irvine9
Eastern Illinois2Ithaca6
Eastern Illinois 9Ithaca3
Florida Southern 1Eastern Illinois7Eastern Illinois2
Jacksonville State1UMSL5
UMSL2

Game results

GameWinnerScoreLoserNotes
Game 1 Ithaca 3–2 Jacksonville State
Game 2 UC Irvine 6–2 UMSL
Game 3 Eastern Illinois 9–1 Florida Southern
Game 4 UMSL 2–1 Jacksonville State Jacksonville State eliminated
Game 5 Ithaca 4–1 Florida Southern Florida Southern eliminated
Game 6 UC Irvine 6–2 Eastern Illinois
Game 7 Eastern Illinois 7–5 UMSL UMSL eliminated
Game 8 UC Irvine 5–0 Ithaca
Game 9 Ithaca 3–2 Eastern Illinois Eastern Illinois eliminated
Game 10 UC Irvine 9–6 Ithaca UC Irvine wins National Championship

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References

  1. "Division II Baseball Championships Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved October 7, 2021.