2006 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament

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2006 NCAA Division III
Baseball Tournament
Season2006
Teams53
Finals site
Champions Marietta  (4th title)
Runner-up Wheaton (MA)

The 2006 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 2006 NCAA Division III baseball season to determine the 31st national champion of college baseball at the NCAA Division III level. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute, Wisconsin for the championship. Eight regional tournaments were held to determine the participants in the World Series. Regional tournaments were contested in double-elimination format, with three regions consisting of six teams and five consisting of seven, for a total of 53 teams participating in the tournament, up from 42 in 2005. The tournament champion was Marietta, who defeated Wheaton (MA) for the championship. [1]

Contents

Bids

The 53 competing teams were:

Regionals

West Regional

W.O. Hart Field-Orange, CA (Host: Chapman University)

First RoundSecond Round/Elimination Round 1SemifinalsFinal
George Fox4
Cal State East Bay6
1Redlands3Cal State East Bay4
6George Fox10Texas Lutheran7
Redlands2
Texas Lutheran3
2Trinity (TX)11Texas Lutheran33
5Texas Lutheran4Chapman14
Trinity (TX)2
Chapman7
3Chapman7Chapman7
4Cal State East Bay2George Fox1
George Fox11
Trinity (TX)5

New York Regional

Leo Pinckney Field at Falcon Park-Auburn, NY (Host: Ithaca College)

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1Cortland State9
Eastern Connecticut State0
4Eastern Connecticut State4
5St. Lawrence3
Cortland State8
Ithaca3
3Ithaca7
6Endicott3
Ithaca8
Rensselaer711
2Rensselaer14
7Centenary (NJ)2
Cortland State57
Eastern Connecticut State910
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
Eastern Connecticut State16
Endicott4Centenary (NJ)3Ithaca3
Centenary (NJ)13Eastern Connecticut State4Eastern Connecticut State14
St. Lawrence1
Rensselaer12
St. Lawrence4

South Regional

Bauer Field-Rocky Mount, NC (Host: North Carolina Wesleyan College)

First RoundSecond Round/Elimination Round 1SemifinalsFinal
Virginia Wesleyan5
Rowan17
1Salisbury3Rowan9
6Virginia Wesleyan8Salisbury5
Salisbury9
Emory7
2Emory3Rowan22
5N.C. Wesleyan7N.C. Wesleyan0410
N.C. Wesleyan7
Bridgewater (VA)5
3Rowan2N.C. Wesleyan9
4Bridgewater (VA)4Virginia Wesleyan5
Virginia Wesleyan5
Bridgewater (VA)2

New England Regional

Whitehouse Field-Harwich, MA (Host: Eastern College Athletic Conference)

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
Salem State2
1 Wheaton (MA) 5
4 Salem State 8
5 Southern Maine 5
Wheaton (MA)6
Western New England0
3 St. Joseph's (ME) 9
6 Bowdoin 7
St. Joseph's (ME)10
Western New England1110
2 Middlebury 2
7 Western New England 14
Wheaton (MA)16--
Southern Maine5--
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
Salem State4
Bowdoin8Middlebury14Western New England3
Middlebury10Middlebury10Southern Maine6
Southern Maine12
St. Joseph's (ME)1
Southern Maine10

Mid-Atlantic Regional

Boyertown Bear Stadium-Boyertown, PA (Host: Alvernia University)

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1TCNJ3
Franklin & Marshall0
4Gwynedd-Mercy1
5Franklin & Marshall14
TCNJ3
Kean1
3Montclair State2
6Frostburg State6
Frostburg State5
Kean12
2Kean6
7Alvernia5
TCNJ11
Montclair State25
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
Franklin & Marshall10
Montclair State13Montclair State19Kean0
Alvernia8Montclair State7Montclair State7
Frostburg State2
Frostburg State3
Gwynedd-Mercy2

Central Regional

Kelly Field at Irv Utz Stadium-St. Louis, MO (Host: Washington University in St. Louis)

First RoundSecond Round/Elimination Round 1Semifinals/Elimination Round 2Elimination FinalFinal
1Carthage6
6Mt. St. Joseph7Mt. St. Joseph7
Washington-St. Louis6
2Millsaps15Mt. St. Joseph5
5Webster1Millsaps13
Millsaps11Millsaps611
Aurora3Aurora812
3Washington-St. Louis3Mt. St. Joseph10
4Aurora9Aurora5Aurora11
Carthage18Carthage4
Webster3

Midwest Regional

Witter Field-Wisconsin Rapids, WI (Host: University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point)

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
St. Scholastica8
1Ripon14
4St. Scholastica4
5Wisconsin-Stevens Point3
Ripon7
St. Olaf4
3St. Olaf17
6Dominican8
St. Olaf8
Coe2
2St. Thomas (MN)4
7Coe510
Ripon44
Wisconsin-Stevens Point76
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
St. Scholastica3
Dominican3St. Thomas (MN)13St. Olaf4
St. Thomas (MN)22St. Thomas (MN)2Wisconsin-Stevens Point11
Wisconsin-Stevens Point6
Coe5
Wisconsin-Stevens Point16

Mideast Regional

Art Nehf Field-Terre Haute, IN (Host: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology)

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
Manchester5
1Wooster4
4Manchester10
5Adrian5
Manchester9
Marietta10
3Otterbein3
6Elizabethtown710
Elizabethtown5
Marietta10
2Marietta11
7King's2
Marietta18
Otterbein4711
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
Wooster1
Otterbein7Otterbein4Manchester7
King's2Otterbein411Otterbein13
Adrian3
Elizabethtown2
Adrian3

World Series

Fox Cities Stadium-Grand Chute, WI (Host: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh/Lawrence University)

First Round/Elimination Round 1Second Round/Elimination Round 2Semifinals/Elimination SemifinalsFinals
W3Chapman6
NY4Eastern Connecticut State3
Chapman3
Wheaton (MA)0
S5N.C. Wesleyan0
NE1Wheaton (MA)2
Chapman4
Marietta10
MA3Montclair State7
C3Aurora2
Montclair State4
Marietta7
MW5Wisconsin-Stevens Point1
ME2Marietta2Marietta7--
Wheaton (MA)2--
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
Montclair State5
Eastern Connecticut State9Eastern Connecticut State411Chapman3
N.C. Wesleyan8Montclair State4Wheaton (MA)4
Wheaton (MA)13
Wheaton (MA)5
Aurora3Wisconsin-Stevens Point4
Wisconsin-Stevens Point12

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