1982 NCAA Division II baseball tournament

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1982 NCAA Division II
baseball tournament
Season1982
Finals site
Champions UC Riverside  (2nd title)
Runner-up Florida Southern (7th CWS Appearance)
Winning coach Jack Smitheran  (2nd title)
MOP Joe Sickles (OF) (Florida Southern)
Attendance10,925

The 1982 NCAA Division II baseball tournament was the postseason tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of baseball among its Division II colleges and universities at the end of the 1982 NCAA Division II baseball season. [1]

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For the third year, the tournament was played at the Riverside Sports Complex in Riverside, California.

UC Riverside defeated Florida Southern, 10–1, in the championship game of the double-elimination tournament, capturing the Highlanders' second national title and first since 1977. UC Riverside was coached by Jack Smitheran.

Regionals

The regionals consisted 18 teams in six groupings. Four regionals consisted of a 4-team bracket while the remaining two played a best of five series. All brackets were double elimination format. The top team in each bracket advanced to the 1982 Division II College World Series. [2]

Northeast Regional

TeamWinsLosses
New Haven 41
Le Moyne 22
Assumption 12
LIU Post 02

Central Regional

TeamWinsLosses
Delta State 30
Indianapolis 12
Jacksonville State 02

Midwest Regional

TeamWinsLosses
Southwest Missouri State 30
Minnesota State 22
Northwest Missouri State 12
SIU Edwardsville 02

South Regional

TeamWinsLosses
Florida Southern 32
FIU 23

South Atlantic Regional

TeamWinsLosses
Longwood 31
Valdosta State 32
West Georgia 12
Slippery Rock 02

West Regional

TeamWinsLosses
UC Riverside 31
Cal State Northridge 22
San Francisco State 02

Finals

Participants

SchoolConferenceRecord (conference)Head coachPrevious finals appearancesBest finals finishFinals record
Delta State Gulf South 41–19 (7–1) Boo Ferriss 3
(last: 1978)		2nd9–5
Florida Southern Sunshine State 50–11 (19–2) Joe Arnold 10
(last: 1981)		1st24–14
Longwood Independent 31–10–1 Buddy Bolding 0
(last: none)		None0–0
New Haven Independent 27–7 Frank Vieira 5
(last: 1980)		2nd10–10
Southwest Missouri State Independent 31–14Bill Rowe3
(last: 1978)		2nd3–6
UC Riverside CCAA 36–23 (19–10) Jack Smitheran 2
(last: 1981)		1st5–3

Results

Bracket

First RoundSecond RoundThird RoundSemifinalChampionship
Delta State 2
Florida Southern 18Florida Southern11
Longwood0
New Haven 6Florida Southern7
Southwest Missouri State 1UC Riverside8
New Haven3UC Riverside10
UC Riverside4Florida Southern1
UC Riverside 6Florida Southern13
Longwood 1New Haven1Delta State9
Delta State7Delta State5
Southwest Missouri State5

Game Results

DateGameWinnerScoreLoserNotes
May 22Game 1 Florida Southern 18–2 Delta State
Game 2 New Haven 6–1 Southwest Missouri State
Game 3 UC Riverside 6–1 Longwood
May 23Game 4 Delta State 7–5 Southwest Missouri State Southwest Missouri State eliminated
Game 5 Florida Southern 11–0 Longwood Longwood eliminated
Game 6 UC Riverside 4–3 New Haven
May 24Game 7 Delta State 5–1 New Haven New Haven eliminated
Game 8 UC Riverside 8–7 Florida Southern
Game 9 Florida Southern 13–9 Delta State Delta State eliminated
May 25Game 10 UC Riverside 10–1 Florida Southern UC Riverside wins National Championship

See also

References

  1. ↑ "DIVISION II BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). NCAA.org. NCAA. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Division II Baseball Championships Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. p. 13. Retrieved February 27, 2026.
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