1983 NAIA World Series

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1983 NAIA
baseball tournament
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1983 NAIA World Series
Teams10
Format Double elimination
Finals site
Champions Lubbock Christian  (1st title)
Winning coach Larry Hays
MVP David Bulls (Lubbock Christian)
  • ← 1982
  • NAIA baseball tournament
  • 1984 →

The 1983 NAIA World Series was a double-elimination tournament to determine the baseball champion of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The tournament was held at Chaparral Stadium [note 1] on the campus of Lubbock Christian College [note 2] in Lubbock, Texas from May 30 through June 6. [1] The Lubbock Christian Chaparrals won the tournament, the team's first NAIA baseball championship. [2]

Contents

Participants

1983 NAIA World Series participants [2]
TeamRecordHead coachPrevious appearances
Coastal Carolina Larry Carr 3 (1978, 1980, 1982)
Lewis-Clark State 65–4 Ed Cheff 5 (1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982)
Liberty Al Worthington 2 (1981, 1982)
Lubbock Christian 50–26 Larry Hays 4 (1977, 1980, 1981, 1982)
Newman Paul Sanagorski None
Southern Arkansas Steve Goodheart None
Southwestern Jim Mallon None
St. Francis (IL) Gordie Gillespie 1 (1978)
Union David Blackstock None
William Jewell Fred Flook 8 (1957, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981)

Tournament

Bracket

To be added

Game results

1983 NAIA World Series game results [1] [2]
DateGameWinnerScoreLoserNotes
May 30Game 1 Union 13–12 William Jewell
Game 2 Lewis-Clark State 15–2 St. Francis (IL) 7 Innings
Game 3 Coastal Carolina 5–2 Liberty
Game 4 Lubbock Christian 7–1 Southwestern
May 31Game 5St. Francis (IL)10–0William JewellWilliam Jewell eliminated
Game 6Liberty5–3SouthwesternSouthwestern eliminated
Game 7Union7–2 Southern Arkansas
Game 8Lubbock Christian13–3 Newman
June 1Game 9Liberty4–3Southern ArkansasSouthern Arkansas eliminated
Game 10Newman12–10St. FrancisSt. Francis eliminated
Game 11Lewis-Clark22–6Union
Game 12Lubbock Christian14–9Coastal Carolina
June 2Game 13Newman23–12Coastal CarolinaCoastal Carolina eliminated
Game 14Union21–17LibertyLiberty eliminated
Game 15Lewis-Clark18–17Lubbock Christian10 Innings
June 3Game 16Lewis-Clark16–2NewmanNewman eliminated
Game 17Lubbock Christian4–0UnionUnion eliminated
June 5 [note 3] Game 18Lubbock Christian4–3Lewis-Clark
June 6FinalLubbock Christian12–4Lewis-ClarkLubbock Christian wins NAIA World Series

Notes

  1. ↑ Hays Field was named Chaparral Stadium 1978–1999.
  2. ↑ Lubbock Christian University was named Lubbock Christian College 1956–1988.
  3. ↑ Originally scheduled for June 4, Game 18 was postponed to June 5 due to rain delay. [1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Scorecard". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal . June 6, 1983. p. B3.
  2. 1 2 3 "Baseball Championship History" (PDF). National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 21, 2014. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
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