2009 NCAA Division III baseball tournament

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2009 NCAA Division III
baseball tournament
Season2009
Teams54
Finals site
Champions St. Thomas (MN)  (2nd title)
Runner-up Wooster

The 2009 NCAA Division III baseball tournament was played at the end of the 2009 NCAA Division III baseball season to determine the 34th national champion of college baseball at the NCAA Division III level. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing at Time Warner Cable Field 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 five regions consisting of six teams and three consisting of eight, for a total of 54 teams participating in the tournament. The tournament champion was St. Thomas (MN), who defeated Wooster for the championship. [1]

Contents

Bids

The 54 competing teams were:

Central Regional

Brunner Field in the Duane R. Swanson Stadium-Moline, IL (Host: Augustana College)

First roundSecond round/elimination round 1Semifinals/elimination round 2Elimination finalFinal
1Carthage8
6Fontbonne7Carthage21
Washington-St. Louis3
2Millsaps5Carthage12
5Wartburg3Millsaps5
Millsaps12Carthage28
Wisconsin-Whitewater4Wisconsin-Whitewater43
3Wisconsin-Whitewater3Millsaps4
4Washington-St. Louis2Wisconsin-Whitewater8Wisconsin-Whitewater10
Fontbonne2Wartburg3
Wartburg4

Mideast Regional

Nicolay Field-Adrian, MI (Host: Adrian College)

First roundSecond round/elimination round 1Third round/elimination round 2Elimination finalFinal
Rose-Hulman8
Adrian910
1Heidelberg2Adrian3
6Rose-Hulman12Heidelberg1Adrian2
Heidelberg14
Wooster8
Concordia-Chicago2
2Wooster5
Wooster4
5Concordia-Chicago1
Wooster13Marietta3
Marietta3
3Marietta14Wooster2
4Adrian3Marietta6
Rose-Hulman2
Marietta5

Mid-Atlantic Regional

FirstEnergy Park-Lakewood, NJ (Host: Kean University)

First round/elimination round 1Second round/elimination round 2Semifinals/elimination semifinalsFinals
4Penn State-Behrend1
5TCNJ13
TCNJ5
Kean7
1Kean10
8Penn State-Berks1
Kean6
Keystone3
3Montclair State2
6Elizabethtown5
Elizabethtown8
Keystone10
2Keystone2
7Alvernia1Kean12--
Keystone6--
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
Elizabethtown9
Penn State-Behrend5Penn State-Berks2Keystone11
Penn State-Berks8Elizabethtown3TCNJ3
TCNJ5
TCNJ8
Montclair State1Alvernia2
Alvernia10

New England Regional

Eastern Baseball Stadium-Mansfield, CT (Host: Eastern Connecticut State University/Little East Conference)

First round/elimination round 1Second round/elimination round 2Semifinals/elimination semifinalsFinals
4WPI7
5Suffolk6
WPI15
Babson5
1Eastern Connecticut State6
8Babson10
WPI0
Trinity (CT)14
3Trinity (CT)6
6Westfield State4
Trinity (CT)6
Southern Maine0
2Southern Maine5
7Husson410Trinity (CT)5--
Eastern Connecticut State4--
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
Southern Maine2
Suffolk2Eastern Connecticut State7WPI5
Eastern Connecticut State13Eastern Connecticut State18Eastern Connecticut State6
Husson3
Babson6
Westfield State3Husson10
Husson10

South Regional

Arthur W. Perdue Stadium-Salisbury, MD (Host: Salisbury University)

First round/elimination round 1Second round/elimination round 2Semifinals/elimination semifinalsFinals
4Christopher Newport5
5Washington & Jefferson3
Christopher Newport5
Salisbury410
1Salisbury3
8Washington & Lee2
Christopher Newport4
Shenandoah8
3N.C. Wesleyan1
6York (PA)12
York (PA)2
Shenandoah11
2Shenandoah8
7Johns Hopkins2Shenandoah11--
Christopher Newport7--
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
York (PA)1
Washington & Jefferson8Washington & Jefferson4Christopher Newport5
Washington & Lee3Washington & Jefferson2Johns Hopkins12
Johns Hopkins10
Salisbury6
N.C. Wesleyan2Johns Hopkins11
Johns Hopkins14

New York Regional

Farmingdale State Baseball Stadium-East Farmingdale, NY (Host: State University of New York at Farmingdale/Skyline Conference)

First roundSecond round/elimination round 1SemifinalsFinal
Clarkson10
Farmingdale State19
1Cortland State10Farmingdale State6
6Clarkson15Cortland State4
Cortland State3
Ithaca2
2Ithaca5Farmingdale State138
5Western New England16Rensselaer90
Western New England1
Ithaca3
3Rensselaer5Rensselaer11
4Farmingdale State4Clarkson10
Clarkson5
Western New England2

West Regional

Roy Helser Field and Jim Wright Stadium-McMinnville, OR (Host: Linfield College)

First roundSecond round/elimination round 1SemifinalsFinal
Pomona-Pitzer6
George Fox12
1Pomona-Pitzer8George Fox10
6Hendrix3Texas-Tyler4
Hendrix3
Texas-Tyler5
2Texas-Tyler2George Fox54
5Chapman16Chapman4107
Chapman7
Cal Lutheran6
3Cal Lutheran2Chapman5
4George Fox1Pomona-Pitzer2
Pomona-Pitzer16
Cal Lutheran4

Midwest Regional

E.J. Schneider Field-Oshkosh, WI (Host: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh)

First roundSecond round/elimination round 1Semifinals/elimination round 2Elimination finalFinal
1St. Olaf2
6Beloit111St. Olaf8
St. Norbert4
2St. Thomas (MN)5St. Olaf5
5Wisconsin-Stevens Point417St. Thomas (MN)2
St. Thomas (MN)8St. Olaf20
St. Scholastica4St. Thomas (MN)115
3St. Scholastica7St. Thomas (MN)6
4St. Norbert611St. Scholastica3Wisconsin-Stevens Point0
Beloit2Wisconsin-Stevens Point9
Wisconsin-Stevens Point8

World Series

Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium-Grand Chute, WI (Host: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh/Lawrence University/Fox Cities Convention and Visitors Bureau)

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsFinal
C1Carthage1
ME2Wooster8
Wooster14
Kean1
MA1Kean8
NE3Trinity (CT)5
Wooster3
St. Thomas (MN)0
S2Shenandoah12
Wooster11
NY4Farmingdale State2
Shenandoah5Chapman7
St. Thomas (MN)16
W5Chapman1
MW2St. Thomas (MN)9
Wooster4212
Lower round 1Lower round 2St. Thomas (MN)63
Shenandoah8
Carthage10Carthage911
St. Thomas (MN)3
Trinity (CT)1
Carthage1
Kean5
Farmingdale State2Chapman7
Chapman4

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