1962 NCAA University Division Baseball Tournament

Regionals[]

College World Series[]

Notes[]

References[]

District 1 at Springfield, MA[]

District 2 at University Park, PA[]

District 3 at Gastonia, NC[]

District 4 at Kalamazoo, MI[]

District 5 at Columbia, MO[]

District 6 at Tucson, AZ[]

District 7 at Greeley, CO[]

District 8 at Santa Clara, CA[]

Participants[]

Results[]

All-Tournament Team[]

Notable players[]

Bracket[]

Game results[]

1962 NCAA University Division
Baseball Tournament
Season	1962
Teams	27
Finals site	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium; Omaha, NE;
Champions	Michigan (2nd title)
Runner-up	Santa Clara (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Don Lund (1st title)
	()
	← 1961 ; NCAA Division I Baseball Championship; 1963 →;

The 1962 NCAA University Division Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 1962 NCAA University Division baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its sixteenth year. Eight regional districts sent representatives to the College World Series with preliminary rounds within each district serving to determine each representative. These events would later become known as regionals. Each district had its own format for selecting teams, resulting in 27 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament.^[1] The College World Series was held in Omaha, NE from June 11 to June 16. The sixteenth tournament's champion was Michigan, coached by Don Lund. The Most Outstanding Player was Bob Garibaldi of runner-up Santa Clara.

The opening rounds of the tournament were played across eight district sites across the country, each consisting of a field of two to four teams. Each district tournament, except District 2, was double-elimination. The winners of each district advanced to the College World Series.

Bold indicates winner. * indicates extra innings.



Holy Cross	7
Vermont	5
		Holy Cross	5

		Bridgeport	2
Bridgeport	4

Boston College	3
				Holy Cross	12	—

				Vermont	5	—
Vermont	3

Boston College	2
		Bridgeport	4*

		Vermont	5*

* Indicates game required 13 innings.

Semifinals		Finals

Ithaca	7

Penn State	6
		Ithaca	7

		Gettysburg	4
Gettysburg	7

St. John's	5



Wake Forest	8
West Virginia	3
		Wake Forest	7

		Florida	1
Florida	1

Florida State	0
				Wake Forest	8	2

				Florida State	10	3¹¹
West Virginia	5

Florida State	6
		Florida	1

		Florida State	3⁵



Illinois	2
Detroit	1
		Illinois	2

		Western Michigan	10
Western Michigan	6¹⁰

Michigan	5
				Western Michigan	2	6

				Michigan	3¹⁰	7¹⁰
Detroit	6

Michigan	12
		Illinois	1

		Michigan	5



New Mexico	9
BYU	2
		New Mexico	2

		Colorado State College	11
Colorado State College	7

Air Force	2
				Colorado State College	6¹¹	—

				Air Force	5	—
BYU	2

Air Force	4
		New Mexico	1

		Air Force	2

Note: Colorado State College of Education became Northern Colorado University in 1970.

Semifinals				Finals

				Oregon State	1	5	—

				Santa Clara	8	7	—
Fresno State	1	3	2

Santa Clara	6	1	4

School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS Record
Colorado State College^[a]	RMC	22–9 (10–2)	Pete Butler	8 (last: 1961)	5th (1955)	2–16
Florida State	Independent	21–12	Danny Litwhiler	1 (last: 1957)	7th (1957)	0–2
Holy Cross	Independent	20–3		2 (last: 1958)	1st (1952)	8–3
Ithaca	Independent	17–0	Bucky Freeman	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Michigan	Big 10	27–12 (12–3)	Don Lund	1 (last: 1953)	1st (1953)	4–1
Missouri	Big 8	22–3 (16–5)	Hi Simmons	3 (last: 1958)	1st (1954)	12–5
Santa Clara	CIBA	35–6 (12–4)		0 (last: none)	none	0-0
Texas	SWC	19–5 (12–2)	Bibb Falk	6 (last: 1961)	1st (1949, 1950)	14–9

First Round			Second Round			Third Round

Winner's Bracket
	Holy Cross	4
	Colorado State College	3
				Michigan	11
				Holy Cross	4
	Michigan	3
	Texas	1
							Michigan	10
							Florida State	7
	Ithaca	5
	Missouri	1
				Florida State	5
				Ithaca	4
	Florida State	5
	Santa Clara	1
			Loser's Bracket
				Texas	12
				Colorado State College	2		Ithaca	2
							Texas	3
				Santa Clara	7¹²
				Missouri	4		Holy Cross	7
							Santa Clara	12

Semifinals

Finals

if needed

Re-ordered Semi-finals

Santa Clara

11

Michigan

5¹⁵

Florida State

6

Santa Clara

4

Santa Clara

4¹⁰

Texas

3

Michigan

0

Texas

7

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 11	Game 1	Holy Cross	4–3	Colorado State College
	Game 2	Michigan	3–1	Texas
	Game 3	Ithaca	5–1	Missouri
	Game 4	Florida State	5–1	Santa Clara
June 12	Game 5	Texas	12–2	Colorado State College	Colorado State College eliminated
	Game 6	Santa Clara	7–4 (12 innings)	Missouri	Missouri eliminated
	Game 7	Michigan	11–4	Holy Cross
	Game 8	Florida State	5–4	Ithaca
June 13	Game 9	Santa Clara	12–7	Holy Cross	Holy Cross eliminated
	Game 10	Texas	3–2	Ithaca	Ithaca eliminated
	Game 11	Michigan	10–7	Florida State
June 14	Game 12	Santa Clara	11–6	Florida State	Florida State eliminated
June 14	Game 13	Texas	7–0	Michigan
June 15	Game 14	Santa Clara	4–3 (10 innings)	Texas	Texas eliminated
June 16	Final	Michigan	5–4 (15 innings)	Santa Clara	Michigan wins CWS

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.

Position	Player	Class	School
Pitcher	Tom Belcher	Senior	Texas
Pitcher	Bob Garibaldi		Santa Clara
Catcher		Senior	Michigan
First baseman		Sophomore	Michigan
Second baseman		Senior	Texas
Third baseman		Sophomore	Michigan
Shortstop	Ernie Fazio		Santa Clara
Outfielder			Santa Clara
	Mickey McDermott		Santa Clara
		Sophomore	Michigan

Colorado State College:
Florida State: Woody Woodward
Holy Cross: Dick Joyce, John Peterman
Ithaca:
Michigan: , Fritz Fisher
Missouri: Byron Browne, John Sevcik
Santa Clara: John Boccabella, Nelson Briles, Tim Cullen, Ernie Fazio, Bob Garibaldi, Larry Loughlin, Pete Magrini
Texas: Bill Bethea, Chuck Hartenstein

^ Colorado State College of Education became the University of Northern Colorado in 1970. Colorado State University in Fort Collins was known as Colorado A&M until 1957.

Missouri

^ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 193. Retrieved April 9, 2014.

[2] Colorado State College of Education became the University of Northern Colorado in 1970. Colorado State University in Fort Collins was known as Colorado A&M until 1957.

[NCAA-1] "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 193. Retrieved April 9, 2014.

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