1983 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament

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1983 NCAA Division III
Baseball Tournament
Season1983
Teams24
Finals site
Champions Marietta  (2nd title)
Runner-up Otterbein

The 1983 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 1983 NCAA Division III baseball season to determine the eighth national champion of college baseball at the NCAA Division III level. The tournament concluded with six teams competing at Pioneer Park in Marietta, Ohio for the championship. Six regional tournaments were held to determine the participants in the World Series. Regional tournaments were contested in double-elimination format, with one region consisting of six teams, four regions consisting of four teams, and one region consisting of two teams, which was played as best-of-five, for a total of 24 teams participating in the tournament. The tournament champion was Marietta, who defeated Otterbein for the championship. [1]

Contents

Bids

The 24 competing teams were:

SchoolNicknameLocationConferenceTournament
appearance		Last
appearance		Consecutive
tournament
appearances		Previous best
performance
Stanislaus State College Warriors Turlock, CA Independent 7th 1982 2National Champion (1976, 1977)
Concordia College Cobbers Moorhead, MN Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1stDebut1Debut
Eastern Connecticut State College Warriors Willimantic, CT Independent 8th 1982 8National Champion (1982)
Elizabethtown College Blue Jays Elizabethtown, PA Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conference 1stDebut1Debut
Ithaca College Bombers Ithaca, NY Inedependent College Athletic Conference 8th 1982 8National Champion (1980)
University of La Verne Leopards La Verne, CA Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1stDebut1Debut
Luther College Norse Decorah, IA Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1stDebut1Debut
Marietta College Pioneers Marietta, OH Ohio Athletic Conference 8th 1982 8National Champion (1981)
Methodist College Monarchs Fayetteville, NC Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 4th 1982 2Regional Runner-Up (1982)
Monmouth College Fighting Scots Monmouth, IL Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference 3rd 1981 1Regional Runner-Up (1976)
Montclair State College Indians Montclair, NJ New Jersey State Athletic Conference 4th 1982 2World Series Third place (1976)
North Carolina Wesleyan College Battling Bishops Rocky Mount, NC Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 3rd 1982 3World Series Fourth place (1981, 1982)
North Park College Vikings Chicago, IL College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin 1stDebut1Debut
Ohio Northern University Polar Bears Ada, OH Ohio Athletic Conference 5th 1982 4Regional Runner-Up (1982)
Otterbein College Cardinals Westerville, OH Ohio Athletic Conference 3rd 1982 3Regional Third place (1981)
Ramapo College of New Jersey Roadrunners Mahwah, NJ New Jersey State Athletic Conference 4th 1982 4Regional Third place (1980, 1981)
Salem State College Vikings Salem, MA Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference 1stDebut1Debut
Salisbury State College Sea Gulls Salisbury, MD Independent 5th 1981 1Regional Runner-Up (1980)
Lynchburg College Hornets Lynchburg, VA Old Dominion Athletic Conference 8th 1982 8Regional Runner-Up (1977, 1978, 1981)
Upsala College Vikings East Orange, NJ Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conference 7th 1982 6World Series Third Place (1980)
Washington University in St. Louis Bears St. Louis, MO Independent 2nd 1982 2Regional Third Place (1982)
William Paterson University of New Jersey Pioneers Wayne Township, NJ New Jersey State Athletic Conference 4th 1982 3World Series Sixth place (1982)
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Titans Oshkosh, WI Wisconsin State University Conference 5th 1982 5World Series Third place (1981)
Worcester State College Lancers Worcester, MA Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference 1stDebut1Debut

Regionals

West Regional

Turlock, CA (Host: Stanislaus State College)

Stanislaus State (3-2), La Verne (2-3)

Mid-Atlantic Regional

Montclair, NJ (Host: Montclair State College)

Montclair State (3-1), William Paterson (3-2), Upsala (1-2), Salem State (0-2)

South Regional

North Carolina Wesleyan (4-1), Lynchburg (2-2), Methodist (1-2), Salisbury State (0-2)

Northeast Regional

Ithaca, NY (Host: Ithaca College)

Eastern Connecticut State (3-0), Ithaca (2-2), Ramapo (1-2), Worcester State (0-2)

Midwest Regional

Oshkosh, WI (Host: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh)

Otterbein (3-1), Wisconsin-Oshkosh (3-2), Concordia (MN) (1-2), Washington-St. Louis (0-2)

Mideast Regional

Burlington, IA

Marietta (4-0), North Park (3-2), Ohio Northern (2-2), Luther (1-2), Elizabethtown (0-2), Monmouth (IL) (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 6th 1982 4National Champion (1981)
Otterbein College Cardinals Westerville, OH Ohio Athletic Conference 1stDebut1Debut
North Carolina Wesleyan College Battling Bishops Rocky Mount, NC Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 3rd 1982 3Fourth place (1981, 1982)
Eastern Connecticut State College Warriors Willimantic, CT Independent 2nd 1982 2National Champion (1982)
Stanislaus State College Warriors Turlock, CA Independent 6th 1982 2National Champion (1976, 1977)
Montclair State College Indians Montclair, NJ New Jersey State Athletic Conference 2nd 1976 1Third place (1976)

Bracket

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

First RoundSecond Round/Elimination Round 1Third Round/Elimination Round 2Elimination FinalFinal
Stanislaus State12
Marietta13
1Stanislaus State6Marietta12
6Montclair State5Eastern Conn. St.6Marietta6
Montclair State5
NC Wesleyan4
Eastern Conn. St.6
2NC Wesleyan5
Marietta36
5Eastern Conn. St.4
NC Wesleyan17Otterbein8
Otterbein4
3Otterbein5NC Wesleyan9
4Marietta4Otterbein10
Stanislaus State8
Otterbein9

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