2015 NCAA Division III baseball tournament

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2015 NCAA Division III
baseball tournament
Season2015
Teams56
Finals site
Champions SUNY Cortland  (1st title)
Runner-up Wisconsin–La Crosse
MOP Conrad Ziemendorf (Cortland)

The 2015 NCAA Division III baseball tournament was played at the end of the 2015 NCAA Division III baseball season to determine the 40th national champion of college baseball at the NCAA Division III level. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing at Neuroscience Group 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 four regions consisting of six teams, and four consisting of eight, for a total of 56 teams participating in the tournament. The tournament champion was SUNY Cortland, who defeated Wisconsin–La Crosse in the championship series in two games. [1]

Contents

Bids

The 56 competing teams were: [2]

By team

By conference

ConferenceTotalSchools
Northwest Conference 3 Linfield, Pacific Lutheran, Whitworth
Ohio Athletic Conference 3 Baldwin Wallace, Heidelberg, Marietta
Southern Athletic Association 3 Birmingham–Southern, Millsaps, Rhodes
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 3 Wisconsin–La Crosse, Wisconsin–Stevens Point, Wisconsin–Whitewater
Capital Athletic Conference 2 Frostburg State, Salisbury
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 2 Coe, Wartburg
New England Small College Athletic Conference 2 Amherst, Wesleyan (CT)
New Jersey Athletic Conference 2 Kean, Ramapo
St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 2 Greenville, Webster
State University of New York Athletic Conference 2 SUNY Cortland, Oswego State
University Athletic Association 2 Emory, Washington-St. Louis
Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference 1 La Roche
American Southwest Conference 1 Texas–Tyler
Centennial Conference 1 Johns Hopkins
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin 1 Carthage
Colonial States Athletic Conference 1 Keystone
Commonwealth Coast Conference 1 Curry
Great Northeast Athletic Conference 1 Suffolk
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference 1 Anderson (IN)
Landmark Conference 1 Catholic
Liberty League 1 Rensselaer
Little East Conference 1 Southern Maine
Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference 1 Salem State
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1 Adrian
MAC Commonwealth Conference 1 Alvernia
MAC Freedom Conference 1 Misericordia
Midwest Conference 1 Ripon
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1 Saint John's (MN)
New England Collegiate Conference 1 Mitchell
New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference 1 MIT
North Atlantic Conference 1 Castleton State
North Coast Athletic Conference 1 Oberlin
North Eastern Athletic Conference 1 Penn State–Berks
Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference 1 Concordia-Chicago
Old Dominion Athletic Conference 1 Shenandoah
Presidents' Athletic Conference 1 Washington & Jefferson
Skyline Conference 1 Old Westbury
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1 La Verne
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference 1 Trinity (TX)
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference 1 St. Scholastica
USA South Athletic Conference 1 Methodist
Empire 8 0none
Independents 0none

Regionals

Bold indicates winner. [3]

Mideast Regional

Ross Memorial Park-Washington, PA (Host: Washington & Jefferson College)

First roundSecond round/elimination round 1Third round/elimination round 2Elimination finalFinal
Frostburg State3
La Roche4
1Frostburg State7La Roche4
6Washington & Jefferson1Washington & Jefferson1La Roche6
Washington & Jefferson9
Heidelberg5
Adrian3
2Shenandoah5
La Roche4
5Adrian1
Shenandoah0Frostburg State8
Heidelberg5
3Heidelberg6Frostburg State9
4La Roche510Heidelberg6
Frostburg State7
Shenandoah2

New England Regional

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

First round/elimination round 1Second round/elimination round 2Semifinals/elimination semifinalsFinals
4Salem State6
5MIT2
Salem State10
Southern Maine1
1Southern Maine4
8Suffolk0
Salem State3
Ramapo6
3Ramapo4
6Castleton State311
Ramapo12
Curry4
2Curry4
7Wesleyan (CT)0Ramapo6--
MIT513--
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
MIT3
MIT4Curry0MIT2
Suffolk0MIT4Salem State112
Wesleyan (CT)1
Wesleyan (CT)4
Castleton State4Southern Maine1
Wesleyan (CT)7

New York Regional

Leo Pinckney Field at Falcon Park-Auburn, NY (Host: State University of New York at Cortland)

First round/elimination round 1Second round/elimination round 2Semifinals/elimination semifinalsFinals
4Amherst7
5Oswego State511
Amherst5
SUNY Cortland7
1SUNY Cortland6
8Oberlin4
SUNY Cortland7
Rensselaer5
3Rensselaer2
6Keystone0
Rensselaer12
Old Westbury2
2Old Westbury7
7Baldwin Wallace5SUNY Cortland7--
Rensselaer0--
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
Oberlin9
Oswego State2Old Westbury3Oberlin4
Oberlin7Oberlin5Rensselaer5
Keystone4
Keystone7
Keystone4Amherst2
Baldwin Wallace2

Central Regional

Riverfront Stadium-Waverly, IA (Host: Wartburg College)

First roundSecond round/elimination round 1Third round/elimination round 2Final
Wisconsin-Stevens Point2
Wartburg4
1Wisconsin-Stevens Point7Wartburg1
6Greenville4Carthage4
Greenville2
Carthage10
2Webster4Carthage1
5Carthage3Webster5
Webster4
Anderson (IN)3
3Anderson (IN)4Webster4
4Wartburg3Wisconsin-Stevens Point2
Wisconsin-Stevens Point7
Anderson (IN)4

West Regional

Irwin Field-Tyler, TX (Host: University of Texas at Tyler)

First roundSecond round/elimination round 1Semifinals/elimination round 2Elimination finalFinal
1La Verne2
6Texas-Tyler0La Verne10
Whitworth3
2Trinity (TX)5La Verne4
5Linfield1Trinity (TX)7
Trinity (TX)5Trinity (TX)7--
Millsaps3Linfield3--
3Millsaps7Linfield7
4Whitworth6Linfield6La Verne0
Texas-Tyler6Millsaps2
Linfield9

South Regional

Loudermilk Stadium-Demorest, GA (Host: Piedmont College)

First roundSecond round/elimination round 1Third round/elimination round 2Elimination finalFinal
Rhodes3
Marietta4
1Rhodes7Emory3
6Methodist4Marietta212Emory7
Methodist1
Pacific Lutheran6
Emory8
2Pacific Lutheran9
Emory8
5Emory6
Pacific Lutheran7Birmingham-Southern5
Birmingham-Southern2
3Birmingham-Southern3Pacific Lutheran1
4Marietta1Birmingham-Southern7
Rhodes2
Birmingham-Southern3

Midwest Regional

Copeland Park-La Crosse, WI (Host: University of Wisconsin-La Crosse)

First round/elimination round 1Second round/elimination round 2Semifinals/elimination semifinalsFinals
4Coe4
5St. John's (MN)2
Coe5
Ripon4
1Ripon15
8Wisconsin-Whitewater7
Coe11
Wisconsin-La Crosse5
3Washington-St. Louis2
6Concordia-Chicago0
Washington-St. Louis6
Wisconsin-La Crosse813
2Wisconsin-La Crosse10
7St. Scholastica3Coe44
Wisconsin-La Crosse515
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
Wisconsin-Whitewater3
St. John's (MN)0Washington-St. Louis0Concordia-Chicago3
Wisconsin-Whitewater2Wisconsin-Whitewater7Wisconsin-La Crosse10
Concordia-Chicago8
Concordia-Chicago6
Concordia-Chicago7Ripon5
St. Scholastica4

Mid-Atlantic Regional

Santander Stadium-York, PA (Host: York Revolution/Middle Atlantic Conferences)

First round/elimination round 1Second round/elimination round 2Semifinals/elimination semifinalsFinals
4Salisbury11
5Mitchell1
Salisbury16
Penn State-Berks5
1Penn State-Berks5
8Kean4
Salisbury13
Alvernia3
3Misericordia6
6Johns Hopkins4
Misericordia3
Alvernia6
2Alvernia3
7Catholic2Salisbury12--
Alvernia2--
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
Kean2
Mitchell3Misericordia6Johns Hopkins1
Kean11Misericordia5Alvernia8
Johns Hopkins7
Johns Hopkins10
Johns Hopkins15Penn State-Berks1
Catholic3

World Series

Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium-Grand Chute, WI (Host: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh/Lawrence University/Fox Cities Convention and Visitors Bureau) [4]

First round/elimination round 1 Second round/elimination finals Semifinals Championship Series
               
ME1 Frostburg State 3
NE3 Ramapo 1
Frostburg State 1
Cortland4
NY1 Cortland 12
C2 Webster 4
Cortland17
Frostburg State 4
Ramapo14
Webster 2
Ramapo 2
Frostburg State5
Cortland116
Wisconsin–La Crosse 3 2
W2 Trinity (TX) 7
S5 Emory 9
Emory 2
Wisconsin–La Crosse312
MW2 Wisconsin–La Crosse 7
MA4 Salisbury 3
Wisconsin–La Crosse6 10
Trinity (TX) 167
Trinity (TX)9
Salisbury 1
Trinity (TX)10
Emory 1

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