1987 NAIA World Series

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1987 NAIA
baseball tournament
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1987 NAIA World Series
Teams10
Format Double elimination
Page playoff
Finals site
Champions Lewis–Clark State  (3rd title)
Winning coach Ed Cheff
MVP Pat Mackey (OF) (Lewis–Clark State)
  • 1986
  • NAIA Baseball Tournament
  • 1988

The 1987 NAIA World Series was the 31st annual tournament hosted by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics to determine the national champion of baseball among its member colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. [1]

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The tournament was played at Harris Field in Lewiston, Idaho.

Hometown team Lewis–Clark State (55–10) defeated Emporia State (55–11) in a single-game championship series, 11–4, to win the Warriors' third NAIA World Series. Not only was this Lewis–Clark State's third title in four seasons but it would also go on to be the first of six consecutive World Series championships for the program.

Lewis–Clark State outfielder Pat Mackey was named tournament MVP.

Bracket

Preliminary bracket

First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round
(both teams to Semifinals )
Hawaii–Hilo 1
Point Park 3Southern Arkansas11
Southern Arkansas23
Southern Arkansas 13
Grand Canyon22
Grand Canyon 19
Huntingdon 8
Southern Arkansas3
Lewis–Clark State23
Elon 5
Anderson (IN) 0Lewis–Clark State17
Lewis–Clark State13
Lewis–Clark State 13
Emporia State10
Emporia State 8
Missouri Southern State 5
Consolation First RoundConsolation Second RoundConsolation Third Round
(both teams to Semifinals )
Grand Canyon12
Hawaii–Hilo1Missouri Southern State6
Missouri Southern State6Missouri Southern State10
Anderson (IN)4
Emporia State18
Elon9Elon5
Huntingdon12Point Park2
Point Park13

Championship bracket

SemifinalsChampionship
    
Lewis–Clark State 25
Grand Canyon 11
Lewis–Clark State 11
Emporia State 4
Southern Arkansas 7
Emporia State 14

See also

Reference

  1. "Championship History" (PDF). NAIA.org. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved 30 August 2022.

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