2021 NAIA baseball tournament

2021 NAIA
baseball tournament
Teams	46
Finals site	Harris Field ; Lewiston, Idaho ;
Champions	Georgia Gwinnett (1st title)
Winning coach	Jeremy Sheetinger
MVP	Hunter Dollander (Georgia Gwinnett)
	← 2019 ; NAIA baseball tournament; 2022 →;

Last updated June 14, 2024

The 2021 NAIA baseball tournament was the 64th edition of the NAIA baseball championship. The 46-team tournament began on May 17 with Opening Round games across nine different sites and concluded with the 2021 NAIA World Series in Lewiston, Idaho that began on May 28 and ended on June 3. Georgia Gwinnett defeated Central Methodist (MO) 8–4 in the championship game for their first title in program history. This was the most recent championship game(s) in which both teams would be vying for their first national title.

The 46 participating teams were selected from all eligible NAIA teams with the World Series host receiving an automatic bid to the NAIA World Series. The remaining 45 teams participated in the Opening Round with 30 teams being awarded automatic bids as either champions and/or runners-up of their conferences, and 15 teams were selected at-large by the National Selection Committee. Teams were then placed into one of nine pre-determined Opening Round sites of five teams a piece, each of which is conducted via a double-elimination tournament. The winners of each of the Opening Round sites plus the World Series host team participated in the NAIA World Series.

This would be the final year in which the team hosting the NAIA World Series would bypass the Opening Round and directly receive an automatic bid to the World Series.

Tournament procedure

A total of 46 teams entered the tournament. As World Series host, Lewis–Clark State received an automatic bid into the NAIA World Series. 30 automatic bids were determined by either winning their conference's regular season championship, conference tournament, and/or conference tournament runner-up. The other 15 bids were at-large, with selections determined by the NAIA Baseball National Selection Committee.

Opening round hosts

On May 3, the NAIA announced the nine opening round host sites, which were played from May 17–20.^[1]

Venue(s)	Location(s)	Host(s)
Brown Park Don Roddy Field	Omaha, NE Bellevue, NE	Bellevue University
CarShield Field	O'Fallon, MO	Central Methodist University
Doyle Buhl Stadium	Williamsburg, KY	University of the Cumberlands
Harrison Field	Montgomery, AL	Faulkner University
Wildcat Field	Marion, IN	Indiana Wesleyan University
Segnette Field	Westwego, LA	Loyola University New Orleans
Chain of Lakes Park	Winter Haven, FL	Southeastern University
Hunter Wright Stadium	Kingsport, TN	Visit Kingsport Appalachian Athletic Conference
Russell Carr Field	Santa Barbara, CA	Westmont College

Bids

Automatic

School	Conference	Record	Berth	Last NAIA Appearance
Bryan (TN)	Appalachian	35–16	Pool B champion	2019 (Miami Gardens Bracket)
Central Methodist (MO)	Heart	42–6	Tournament champion	2019 (Montgomery Bracket)
Columbia (MO)	American Midwest	36–9	Tournament champion	2019 (Shreveport Bracket)
Concordia (NE)	Great Plains	38–9	Regular season champion	2019 (Henderson Bracket)
Corban (OR)	Cascade	22–29	Tournament runner-up	First appearance
Cumberlands (KY)	Mid-South	46–6	Tournament champion	2019 (Williamsburg Bracket)
Doane (NE)	Great Plains	35–17–1	Regular season runner-up	2014 (Hutchinson Bracket)
Fisher (MA)	A.I.I.	31–20	Tournament runner-up	First appearance
Freed–Hardeman (TN)	Mid-South	26–23	Tournament runner-up	2019 NAIA World Series
Georgia Gwinnett	A.I.I.	42–9	Tournament champion	2019 NAIA World Series
Indiana Tech	Wolverine-Hoosier	31–25	Regular season champion	2019 NAIA World Series
Indiana Wesleyan	Crossroads	43–12	Regular season champion	2018 (Lawrenceville Bracket)
IU–Southeast	River States	45–14	Tournament champion	2019 (Lawrenceville Bracket)
Lewis-Clark State (ID)	Cascade	41–4	World Series host	2019 NAIA World Series
LSU–Shreveport	Red River	40–13	Tournament champion	2019 (Shreveport Bracket)
Mayville State (ND)	North Star	35–16	Tournament champion	2017 (Oklahoma City Bracket)
MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)	Heart	39–14	Tournament runner-up	2017 (Lima Bracket)
Mount Vernon Nazarene (OH)	Crossroads	32–19	Tournament runner-up	2015 (Grand Rapids Bracket)
Northwestern Ohio	Wolverine-Hoosier	29–17	Tournament champion	2018 NAIA World Series
Oklahoma Wesleyan	Kansas	46–8	Regular season champion	2019 (Henderson Bracket)
Olivet Nazarene (IL)	Chicagoland	36–18	Regular season champion	2019 (Montgomery Bracket)
Ottawa (KS)	Kansas	35–18	Tournament champion	First appearance
Our Lady of the Lake (TX)	Red River	34–17	Regular season champion	First appearance
Point Park (PA)	River States	37–14	Tournament runner-up	2018 (Williamsburg Bracket)
Saint Katherine (CA)	Cal Pac	29–16	Tournament champion	First appearance
Saint Xavier (IL)	Chicagoland	32–25	Tournament runner-up	2019 (Lawrenceville Bracket)
Science & Arts (OK)	Sooner	34–10	Tournament champion	2019 NAIA World Series
Southeastern (FL)	The Sun	47–7	Tournament champion	2019 NAIA World Series
Tennessee Wesleyan	Appalachian	51–4	Pool A champion	2019 NAIA World Series
Vanugard (CA)	Golden State	37–14	Tournament champion	2016 (Faulkner Bracket)
William Carey (MS)	Southern States	34–10	Tournament champion	2018 (Hattiesburg Bracket)

At–Large

School	Conference	Record	Last NAIA Appearance
Bellevue (NE)	North Star	38–16	2019 NAIA World Series
Benedictine (KS)	Kansas	34–14	First appearance
Benedictine–Mesa (AZ)	Cal Pac	31–14	First appearance
Faulkner (AL)	Southern States	35–9	2019 NAIA World Series
Hope International (CA)	Golden State	27–13	2019 (Montgomery Bracket)
Keiser (FL)	The Sun	33–16	2018 (Lawrenceville Bracket)
Loyola (LA)	Southern States	36–13	First appearance
McPherson (KS)	Kansas	36–13	First appearance
Middle Georgia State	Southern States	34–19	2019 (Macon Bracket)
Oklahoma City	Sooner	33–17	2019 (Shreveport Bracket)
Reinhardt (GA)	Appalachian	32–19	2018 NAIA World Series
St. Thomas (FL)	The Sun	33–19	2019 NAIA World Series
USC–Beaufort	The Sun	31–21	2016 (Savannah Bracket)
Warner (FL)	The Sun	33–21	2009 (Group 4 Bracket)
Westmont (CA)	Golden State	27–18	2019 (Santa Barbara Bracket)

Opening Round

Source:^[2]

Bellevue Bracket

Hosted by Bellevue (NE) at Don Roddy Field in Bellevue, NE and Brown Park in Omaha, NE


First round			Second round			Semifinals			Finals



			1	Science & Arts (OK)	2

4	Bellevue (NE)	8	4	Bellevue	4

5	Saint Xavier (IL)	3				4	Bellevue	7

						3	Concordia (NE)	3

			2	MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)	2

			3	Concordia (NE)	4
									4	Bellevue	8	5

									3	Concordia (NE)	13	7
First round			Second round			Semifinals



						3	Concordia (NE)	11

			1	Science & Arts	4	2	MidAmerica Nazarene	10

5	Saint Xavier (IL)	3	2	MidAmerica Nazarene	6

2	MidAmerica Nazarene	9

Kingsport Bracket

Hosted by Visit Kingsport/Appalachian Athletic Conference at Hunter Wright Stadium


First round			Second round			Semifinals			Finals



			1	Tennessee Wesleyan	12

4	Northwestern Ohio	4	5	Mount Vernon Nazarene	3

5	Mount Vernon Nazarene (OH)	5				1	Tennessee Wesleyan	3

						2	IU–Southeast	4

			2	IU–Southeast	10

			3	Warner (FL)	9
									2	IU–Southeast	16	–

									1	Tennessee Wesleyan	10	–
First round			Second round			Semifinals



						1	Tennessee Wesleyan	5

			5	Mount Vernon Nazarene	20	5	Mount Vernon Nazarene	3

4	Northwestern Ohio	7	4	Northwestern Ohio	1

3	Warner	3

Lakeland Bracket

Hosted by Southeastern (FL) at Chain of Lakes Park in Winter Haven, FL


First round			Second round			Semifinals			Finals



			1	Southeastern (FL)	10

4	USC–Beaufort	7	4	USC–Beaufort	5

5	Fisher (MA)	4				1	Southeastern (FL)	5

						2	Middle Georgia State	4

			2	Middle Georgia State	2

			3	Bryan (TN)	1
									1	Southeastern (FL)	18	–

									2	Middle Georgia State	4	–
First round			Second round			Semifinals



						2	Middle Georgia State	5¹¹

			4	USC–Beaufort	6	3	Bryan	2

5	Fisher	5	3	Bryan	11

3	Bryan	13

Marion Bracket

Hosted by Indiana Wesleyan at Wildcat Field


First round			Second round			Semifinals			Finals



			1	Oklahoma Wesleyan	7

4	Olivet Nazarene (IL)	2	5	Indiana Tech	3

5	Indiana Tech	5				1	Oklahoma Wesleyan	14

						2	Indiana Wesleyan	6

			2	Indiana Wesleyan	2

			3	Columbia (MO)	1
									1	Oklahoma Wesleyan	11	12

									5	Indiana Tech	13	4
First round			Second round			Semifinals



						2	Indiana Wesleyan	6

			5	Indiana Tech	6	5	Indiana Tech	11

4	Olivet Nazarene	4	3	Columbia (MO)	2

3	Columbia (MO)	14

Montgomery Bracket

Hosted by Faulkner (AL) at Harrison Field


First round			Second round			Semifinals			Finals



			1	Vanguard (CA)	6

4	Freed–Hardeman (TN)	11	4	Freed–Hardeman	1

5	Our Lady of the Lake (TX)	2				1	Vanguard	3

						2	Faulkner	7

			2	Faulkner (AL)	4

			3	St. Thomas (FL)	3
									2	Faulkner	5	20

									1	Vanguard	6¹⁰	10
First round			Second round			Semifinals



						1	Vanguard	11

			4	Freed–Hardeman	7	4	Freed–Hardeman	9

5	Our Lady of the Lake	7	3	St. Thomas (FL)	6

3	St. Thomas (FL)	14

New Orleans Bracket

Hosted by Loyola (LA) at Segnette Field


First round			Second round			Semifinals			Finals



			1	Loyola (LA)	1

4	Benedictine (KS)	2	5	Ottawa (KS)	4

5	Ottawa (KS)	5				5	Ottawa (KS)	5

						2	Keiser	19

			2	Keiser (FL)	8

			3	Oklahoma City	0
									2	Keiser	7	–

									3	Oklahoma City	3	–
First round			Second round			Semifinals



						5	Ottawa (KS)	0

			1	Loyola (LA)	3	3	Oklahoma City	7

4	Benedictine (KS)	3	3	Oklahoma City	4¹²

3	Oklahoma City	4¹³

O'Fallon Bracket

Hosted by Central Methodist (MO) at CarShield Field


First round			Second round			Semifinals			Finals



			1	Central Methodist (MO)	17

4	McPherson (KS)	7	4	McPherson	8

5	Doane (NE)	2				1	Central Methodist	6

						2	William Carey	4

			2	William Carey (MS)	2

			3	Benedictine–Mesa (AZ)	1
									1	Central Methodist	7	–

									2	William Carey	2	–
First round			Second round			Semifinals



						2	William Carey	10

			4	McPherson	8	4	McPherson	2

5	Doane	1	3	Benedictine–Mesa	1

3	Benedictine–Mesa	7

Santa Barbara Bracket

Hosted by Westmont (CA) at Russell Carr Field


First round			Second round			Semifinals			Finals



			1	Georgia Gwinnett	13

4	Saint Katherine (CA)	3	4	Saint Katherine	6

5	Corban (OR)	0				1	Georgia Gwinnett	5

						2	Hope International	8

			2	Hope International (CA)	10

			3	Westmont (CA)	5
									2	Hope International	4	2

									1	Georgia Gwinnett	12	5
First round			Second round			Semifinals



						1	Georgia Gwinnett	14

			4	Saint Katherine	5	3	Westmont	4

5	Corban	4	3	Westmont	12

3	Westmont	11

Williamsburg Bracket

Hosted by Cumberlands (KY) at Doyle Buhl Stadium


First round			Second round			Semifinals			Finals



			1	Cumberlands (KY)	2

4	Point Park (PA)	9	4	Point Park	6

5	Mayville State (ND)	3				4	Point Park	9

						2	LSU–Shreveport	7

			2	LSU–Shreveport	7

			3	Reinhardt (GA)	3
									4	Point Park	1	1

									2	LSU–Shreveport	8	6
First round			Second round			Semifinals



						2	LSU–Shreveport	15

			1	Cumberlands (KY)	1	3	Reinhardt	6

5	Mayville State	1	3	Reinhardt	5

3	Reinhardt	2

NAIA World Series

The NAIA World Series was held at Harris Field in Lewiston, Idaho.

Participants

School	Conference	Record	Head Coach	Bracket	Previous NAIA WS Appearances	Best NAIA WS Finish	NAIA WS Record
Central Methodist (MO)	Heart	45–6	Nate Breland	O'Fallon	none	none	0–0
Concordia (NE)	Great Plains	42–10	Ryan Dupic	Bellevue	none	none	0–0
Faulkner (AL)	Southern States	38–10	Patrick McCarthy	Montgomery	8 (last: 2019)	1st (2013)	18–14
Georgia Gwinnett	A.I.I.	46–10	Jeremy Sheetinger	Santa Barbara	3 (last: 2019)	3rd (2018, 2019)	5–6
IU–Southeast	River States	48–14	Ben Reel	Kingsport	none	none	0–0
Keiser (FL)	The Sun	36–16	Brook Fordyce	New Orleans	1 (last: 2017)	T-7th (2017)	1–2
Lewis–Clark State (ID)	Cascade	41–4	Jake Taylor	n/a	38 (last: 2019)	1st (1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2015, 2016, 2017)	145–50
LSU–Shreveport	Red River	44–14	Brad Neffendorf	Williamsburg	3 (last: 2012)	3rd (2003, 2012)	8–6
Oklahoma Wesleyan	Kansas	49–9	Kirk Kelley	Marion	2 (last: 2017)	3rd (2014)	3–4
Southeastern (FL)	The Sun	50–7	Adrian Dinkel	Lakeland	2 (last: 2019)	1st (2018)	7–2

Bracket

Source:^[3]

Preliminary Bracket


First round Friday, May 28			First round Friday, May 28 Second round Saturday, May 29			Third round Monday, May 31 Winners to Championship Bracket			Fourth Round Tuesday, June 1



			1	Southeastern	25

8	Keiser	3	9	LSU–Shreveport	13
						1	Southeastern	7
9	LSU–Shreveport	10
						5	Georgia Gwinnett	11
			4	Oklahoma Wesleyan	6

			5	Georgia Gwinnett	9
									5	Georgia Gwinnett	9

									2	Central Methodist	3
			2	Central Methodist	11

7	IU–Southeast	4	7	IU–Southeast	5
						2	Central Methodist	4
10	Concordia (NE)	2
						6	Faulkner	3
			3	Lewis–Clark State	0

			6	Faulkner	4



First round Saturday, May 29 Losers eliminated			Second round Monday, May 31 Losers eliminated			Third round^{[lower-alpha 1]} Tuesday, June 1 Winners to Championship Bracket



						1	Southeastern	6

			9	LSU–Shreveport	6	3	Lewis–Clark State	10

10	Concordia (NE)	0	3	Lewis–Clark State	9

3	Lewis–Clark State	10

						6	Faulkner	14

			7	IU–Southeast	9	7	IU–Southeast	10

8	Keiser	8	8	Keiser	7

4	Oklahoma Wesleyan	3

Championship Bracket

Semifinals Wednesday, June 2			Final Thursday, June 3

5	Georgia Gwinnett	15

6	Faulkner	10
			5	Georgia Gwinnett	8	–

			2	Central Methodist	4	–
3	Lewis–Clark State	5

2	Central Methodist	8

Game Results

All game times are listed in Pacific Daylight Time (UTC–07:00).^[4]

Preliminary Bracket

Friday, May 28 8:30 am Game 1	(9) LSU–Shreveport	10–3	(8) Keiser	Harris Field Attendance: 440 Umpires: HP: Nicholas Katchur, 1B: Colin Price, 2B: Scott Jones, 3B: Bill Gannaway
	WP: Sebastian Selway (7–3) Sv: Kevin Miranda (1)	Boxscore	LP: James Reynolds (7–4)
	HR: Payton Robertson (8)

Friday, May 28 11:30 am Game 2	(5) Georgia Gwinnett	9–6	(4) Oklahoma Wesleyan	Harris Field Attendance: 480 Umpires: HP: Tyler Schmidt, 1B: Daniel Rios, 2B: Jeff Kopecky, 3B: Creal Waddell
	WP: Hunter Dollander (11–1)	Boxscore	LP: Billy Wall (3–2)
	HR: Griffin Keller (17), Livingston Morris (13), Chase Evans (6)		HR: Cody Muncy (27)

Friday, May 28 3:00 pm Game 3	(10) Concordia (NE)	2–4	(7) IU–Southeast	Harris Field Attendance: 520 Umpires: HP: Colin Price, 1B: Scott Jones, 2B: Bill Gannaway, 3B: Nicholas Katchur
	LP: Jake Fosgett (9–1)	Boxscore	WP: Gavin Knust (2–0)
			HR: Marco Romero (7)

Friday, May 28 7:00 pm Game 4	(6) Faulkner	4–0	(3) Lewis–Clark State	Harris Field Umpires: HP: Daniel Rios, 1B: Jeff Kopecky, 2B: Creal Waddell, 3B: Tyler Schmidt
	WP: Antonio Frias (12–0)	Boxscore	LP: Eric Chavarria (8–2)
	HR: Shawn Ross (14), Isaac Phillips (4)

Saturday, May 29 8:30 am Game 5	(8) Keiser	8–3	(4) Oklahoma Wesleyan	Harris Field Umpires: HP: Jeff Kopecky, 1B: Bill Gannaway, 2B: Tyler Schmidt, 3B: Colin Price
	WP: Pablo Arevalo (10–3)	Boxscore	LP: Crosby Bringhurst (9–1)
			HR: Danny Perez (20), Seth Delgado (13)

Saturday, May 29 11:30 am Game 6	(3) Lewis–Clark State	10–0	(10) Concordia (NE)	Harris Field Attendance: 340 Umpires: HP: Scott Jones, 1B: Creal Waddell, 2B: Nicholas Katchur, 3B: Daniel Rios
	WP: Trent Sellers (7–1)	Boxscore	LP: Alex Johnson (2–1)
	HR: Dalton Harum (7)

Saturday, May 29 3:00 pm Game 7	(9) LSU–Shreveport	13–25	(1) Southeastern	Harris Field Attendance: 210 Umpires: HP: Bill Gannaway, 1B: Tyler Schmidt, 2B: Colin Price, 3B: Jeff Kopecky
	LP: Nathan Cachu (2–1)	Boxscore	WP: Christian Camacho (11–1)
	HR: Austin McNicholas (5), Kody Kolb (5), Carlos Pineyro (6)		HR: Nick Bottari (22), Carter Bridge (8), Anthony Carrera 2 (14), Austin James (8)

Saturday, May 29 6:30 pm Game 8	(7) IU–Southeast	5–11	(2) Central Methodist	Harris Field Attendance: 380 Umpires: HP: Creal Waddell, 1B: Nicholas Katchur, 2B: Daniel Rios, 3B: Scott Jones
	LP: Trevor Reynolds (9–2)	Boxscore	WP: Nick Merkel (13–0)
			HR: Kenny Otero (8), Logan Haring (20), Sergio Macias 2 (20)

Monday, May 31 8:30 am Game 9	(3) Lewis–Clark State	9–6	(9) LSU–Shreveport	Harris Field Attendance: 2510 Umpires: HP: Creal Waddell, 1B: Daniel Rios, 2B: Scott Jones, 3B: Tyler Schmidt
	WP: Jesse Parker (3–1) Sv: Greg Blackman (2)	Boxscore	LP: Luisdiego Quintana (4–4)
	HR: Jack Johnson (7), Brock Ephan (19), Luke White (11)		HR: Carlos Pineyro (7), Taylor Fajardo (16), Miguel Morgan (7)

Monday, May 31 11:30 am Game 10	(7) IU–Southeast	9–7	(8) Keiser	Harris Field Umpires: HP: Colin Price, 1B: Nicholas Katchur, 2B: Bill Gannaway, 3B: Jeff Kopecky
	WP: Drew Hensley (9–3) Sv: Jacob Frankel (6)	Boxscore	LP: Deykel Reyes (8–2)
			HR: Tim Bouchard (17)

Monday, May 31 3:00 pm Game 11	(1) Southeastern	7–11	(5) Georgia Gwinnett	Harris Field Attendance: 175 Umpires: HP: Daniel Rios, 1B: Scott Jones, 2B: Tyler Schmidt, 3B: Creal Waddell
	LP: Ryan Munoz (11–1)	Boxscore	WP: Adam McKillican (7–3)
	HR: Nick Bottari (23)		HR: Griffin Keller (18)

Monday, May 31 6:30 pm Game 12	(2) Central Methodist	4–3	(6) Faulkner	Harris Field Attendance: 390 Umpires: HP: Nicholas Katchur, 1B: Bill Gannaway, 2B: Jeff Kopecky, 3B: Colin Price
	WP: Mason Schwellenbach (14–1) Sv: Sergio Macias (6)	Boxscore	LP: July Sosa (7–3)
	HR: Mason Schwellenbach (12)

Tuesday, June 1 11:00 am Game 13	(1) Southeastern	6–10	(3) Lewis–Clark State	Harris Field Umpires: HP: Jeff Kopecky, 1B: Scott Jones, 2B: Creal Waddell, 3B: Nicholas Katchur
	LP: Jayden Hartle (2–2)	Boxscore	WP: Trent Sellers (8–1)
	HR: Nick Bottari (24), Carter Bridge (9)		HR: Jack Johnson (8)

Tuesday, June 1 3:00 pm Game 14	(6) Faulkner	14–10	(7) IU–Southeast	Harris Field Attendance: 120 Umpires: HP: Tyler Schmidt, 1B: Bill Gannaway, 2B: Creal Waddell, 3B: Colin Price
	WP: Antonio Frias (13–0)	Boxscore	LP: Brenden Bube (4–4)
	HR: Sam Anthony 2 (6), John Michael Mathews 2 (9)		HR: Clay Woeste (8)

Tuesday, June 1 6:30 pm Game 15	(5) Georgia Gwinnett	9–3	(2) Central Methodist	Harris Field Attendance: 540 Umpires: HP: Scott Jones, 1B: Daniel Rios, 2B: Nicholas Katchur, 3B: Jeff Kopecky
	WP: Tyler Clayton (5–3) Sv: Gage Williams (3)	Boxscore	LP: Kenny Otero (9–3)
	HR: Austin Bates (2), Gabe Howell (10)

Championship Bracket

Wednesday, June 2 3:00 pm Game 16	(2) Central Methodist	8–5	(3) Lewis–Clark State	Harris Field Attendance: 533 Umpires: HP: Bill Gannaway, 1B: Nicholas Katchur, 2B: Jeff Kopecky, 3B: Tyler Schmidt, LF: Colin Price, RF: Creal Waddell
	WP: Nick Merkel (14–0)	Boxscore	LP: Tallon Thomason (7–1)
	HR: Adrian Martinez (9)		HR: Brock Ephan (20)

Wednesday, June 2 6:30 pm Game 17	(5) Georgia Gwinnett	15–10	(6) Faulkner	Harris Field Attendance: 185 Umpires: HP: Daniel Rios, 1B: Jeff Kopecky, 2B: Scott Jones, 3B: Creal Waddell, LF: Nicholas Katchur, RF: Colin Price
	WP: Kevin Kyle (9–0)	Boxscore	LP: Tyberius Correa (3–3)
	HR: Nick Barnes (16), Myles McKisic (2)		HR: Sam Anthony (7), Shawn Ross 2 (16), Bo Seccombe (3)

Championship Game

Thursday, June 3 6:30 pm PDT at Harris Field
Game 18
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Central Methodist	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	7	2
Georgia Gwinnett	0	2	1	1	0	4	0	0	X	8	15	3
WP: Hunter Dollander (12–1) LP: Dylan Brister (6–2) Home runs: CMU: None GGC: J.D. Stubbs (4) Attendance: 1405 Umpires: HP: Jeff Kopecky, 1B: Scott Jones, 2B: Bill Gannaway, 3B: Tyler Schmidt, LF: Daniel Rios, RF: Nicholas Katchur Boxscore

Notes

↑ Bracket was adjusted after Game 12 to match teams in the loser's bracket who had not yet faced each other.

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References

↑ "Baseball Opening Round Hosts Set". NAIA. May 3, 2021. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
↑ "2021 NAIA Baseball Opening Round Schedule/Results". NAIA. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
↑ "2021_ws_bracket.pdf" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
↑ "2021 NAIA World Series Schedule/Results". NAIA. Retrieved May 22, 2024.

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[4] Bracket was adjusted after Game 12 to match teams in the loser's bracket who had not yet faced each other.

[1] "Baseball Opening Round Hosts Set". NAIA. May 3, 2021. Retrieved May 22, 2024.

[2] "2021 NAIA Baseball Opening Round Schedule/Results". NAIA. Retrieved May 21, 2024.

[3] "2021_ws_bracket.pdf" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved May 17, 2024.

[5] "2021 NAIA World Series Schedule/Results". NAIA. Retrieved May 22, 2024.

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Ballparks	Kokernot Field (1957–1959) Soos Park (1960–1961) Phil Welch Stadium (1962–1969, 1974–1978) Phoenix Municipal Stadium (1970–1973) Herschel Greer Stadium (1979–1980) Chaparral Stadium (1981–1983) Harris Field (1984–1991, 2000–present) Sec Taylor Stadium (1992–1994) Lewis and Clark Park (1995–1997) Drillers Stadium (1998) Roger Dean Stadium (1999)
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2021 NAIA baseball tournament

Contents

Tournament procedure

Opening round hosts

Bids

Automatic

At–Large

Opening Round

Bellevue Bracket

Kingsport Bracket

Lakeland Bracket

Marion Bracket

Montgomery Bracket

New Orleans Bracket

O'Fallon Bracket

Santa Barbara Bracket

Williamsburg Bracket

NAIA World Series

Participants

Bracket

Preliminary Bracket

Championship Bracket

Game Results

Preliminary Bracket

Championship Bracket

Championship Game

See also

Notes

Related Research Articles

References


Teams	46
Finals site	Harris Field Lewiston, Idaho
Champions	Georgia Gwinnett (1st title)
Winning coach	Jeremy Sheetinger
MVP	Hunter Dollander (Georgia Gwinnett)
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