1981 NCAA Division III baseball tournament

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1981 NCAA Division III
baseball tournament
Season1981
Teams24
Finals site
Champions Marietta  (1st title)
Runner-up Ithaca

The 1981 NCAA Division III baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1981 NCAA Division III baseball season to determine the sixth national champion of college baseball at the NCAA Division III level. The tournament concluded with four teams competing at Pioneer Park in Marietta, Ohio, for the championship. Four regional tournaments were held to determine the participants in the World Series. Regional tournaments were contested in double-elimination format, with all four regions consisting of six teams, for a total of 24 teams participating in the tournament. The tournament champion was Marietta, who defeated Ithaca for the championship. [1]

Contents

Bids

The 24 competing teams were:

SchoolNicknameLocationConferenceTournament
appearance
Last
appearance
Consecutive
tournament
appearances
Previous best
performance
Alma College Scots Alma, MI Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association 2nd 1980 2Regional Fifth Place (1980)
Buena Vista College Beavers Storm Lake, IA Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 2nd 1980 2Regional Third Place (1980)
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges Stags Claremont, CA Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 3rd 1979 1Regional Runner-Up (1979)
Eastern Connecticut State College Warriors Willimantic, CT Independent 6th 1980 6Regional Runner-Up (1979)
Elmhurst College Blue Jays Elmhurst, IL College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin 2nd 1980 2Regional Fourth place (1980)
Ithaca College Bombers Ithaca, NY Inedependent College Athletic Conference 6th 1980 6National Champion (1980)
Marietta College Pioneers Marietta, OH Ohio Athletic Conference 6th 1980 6World Series Runner-Up (1978, 1980)
Monmouth College Fighting Scots Monmouth, IL Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference 2nd 1976 1Regional Runner-Up (1976)
North Carolina Wesleyan College Battling Bishops Rocky Mount, NC Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1stDebut1Debut
Ohio Northern University Polar Bears Ada, OH Ohio Athletic Conference 3rd 1980 2Regional third place (1980)
Otterbein College Cardinals Westerville, OH Ohio Athletic Conference 1stDebut1Debut
Queens College Knights New York City, NY (Queens) Independent 2nd 1976 1Regional Fourth place (1976)
Ramapo College of New Jersey Roadrunners Mahwah, NJ New Jersey State Athletic Conference 2nd 1980 2Regional third place (1980)
Salisbury State College Sea Gulls Salisbury, MD Independent 4th 1980 2Regional Runner-Up (1980)
St. Olaf College Oles Northfield, MN Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 5th 1980 5Regional third place (1977, 1979)
State University of New York College at Cortland Red Dragons Cortland, NY State University of New York Athletic Conference 1stDebut1Debut
The College of Wooster Fighting Scots Wooster, OH Ohio Athletic Conference 5th 1980 5Regional Runner-Up (1978, 1979, 1980)
Lynchburg College Hornets Lynchburg, VA Old Dominion Athletic Conference 6th 1980 6Regional Runner-Up (1977, 1978)
Upsala College Vikings East Orange, NJ Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conference 5th 1980 4World Series Third place (1980)
Westfield State College Owls Westfield, MA Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference 5th 1980 1Regional Runner-Up (1977)
William Paterson University of New Jersey Pioneers Wayne Township, NJ New Jersey State Athletic Conference 2nd 1977 1Regional Fourth place (1977)
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Titans Oshkosh, WI Wisconsin State University Conference 3rd 1980 3World Series Fourth place (1980)
York College of Pennsylvania Spartans York, PA Independent 2nd 1977 1Regional Fifth place (1977)

Regionals

West Regional

Wisconsin-Oshkosh (4–0), Elmhurst (2–2), Otterbein (2–2), Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (1–2), St. Olaf (1–2), Buena Vista (0–2)

South Regional

North Carolina Wesleyan (4–1), Lynchburg (3–2), Ramapo (2–2), Upsala (2–2), William Paterson (1–2), Salisbury State (1–2)

Mideast Regional

Ada, OH (Host: Ohio Northern University)

Marietta (5–1), Alma (3–2), York (PA) (2–2), Wooster (1–2), Monmouth (IL) (0–2), Ohio Northern (0–2)

Northeast Regional

Willimantic, CT (Host: Eastern Connecticut State College)

Ithaca (5–1), Eastern Connecticut State (3–2), unknown (2–2), Westfield State (1–2), Queens (0–2), SUNY Cortland (0–2)

World Series

Participants

SchoolNicknameLocationConferenceWorld Series
appearance
Last
appearance
Consecutive
World Series
appearances
Previous best
performance
Marietta College Pioneers Marietta, OH Ohio Athletic Conference 4th 1980 2Runner-Up (1978, 1980)
Ithaca College Bombers Ithaca, NY Inedependent College Athletic Conference 4th 1980 2National Champion (1980)
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Titans Oshkosh, WI Wisconsin State University Conference 2nd 1980 2Fourth place (1980)
North Carolina Wesleyan College Battling Bishops Rocky Mount, NC Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1stDebut1Debut

Bracket

Pioneer Park-Marietta, OH (Host: Marietta College)

First round/elimination first roundSemifinal/elimination finalFinal
Wisconsin-Oshkosh13
North Carolina Wesleyan3
Wisconsin-Oshkosh6
Marietta12
Marietta6
Ithaca5
Marietta14--
Ithaca1212--
Lower round 1Lower final
Wisconsin-Oshkosh3
North Carolina Wesleyan6Ithaca11
Ithaca7

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