1968 NCAA College Division Baseball Tournament

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1968 NCAA College Division
Baseball Tournament
Season1968
Teams16
Finals site
ChampionsChapman (1st title)
Runner-upDelta State (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning coach (1st title)
()
  • NCAA Division II Baseball Championship
  • 1969

The 1968 NCAA College Division Baseball Tournament decided the champion of baseball at the NCAA College Division level for the 1968 season. This was the first such tournament for the College Division, having separated from the University Division in 1957. The Chapman Panthers won the championship by defeating the Delta State Statesmen.[1]

Format[]

Sixteen teams were selected to participate, divided into four regions of four teams each. Each region completed a double-elimination round, with the winners advancing to the finals. The finals, made up of the four regional champions, also competed in a double-elimination format.

Regionals[]

East Regional[]

Team Wins Losses
Long Island 4 1
Springfield 2 2
Jacksonville 1 2
Belmont Abbey 0 2

Mideast Regional[]

Team Wins Losses
Delta State 3 1
Middle Tennessee 3 2
Illinois State 1 2
Wittenberg 0 2

Midwest Regional[]

Team Wins Losses
Arkansas State 2 0
Minnesota State 1 1
CSU–Pueblo 1 1
Northern Iowa 0 2

West Regional[]

Team Wins Losses
Chapman 3 0
Seattle Pacific 2 2
Sacramento State 1 2
Portland State 0 2

Finals[]

Participants[]

School Conference Record (Conference) Head Coach Previous Finals Appearances Best Finals Finish Finals Record
Arkansas State Southland Conference 22–12–1 0
(last: none)
none 0–0
Chapman CCAA 26–17 0
(last: none)
none 0–0
Delta State 20–22–1 0
(last: none)
none 0–0
Long Island Metropolitan Collegiate Conference 26–5 0
(last: none)
none 0–0

Results[]

Bracket[]

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
Chapman 11  
Long Island 8  
  Chapman 3  
  Delta State 0  
Arkansas State 1
Delta State 3  
  Chapman 11
  Delta State 0
Long Island 3  
Arkansas State 10  
  Delta State 4
  Arkansas State 3  

Game results[]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
Game 1 Chapman 11–8 Long Island
Game 2 Delta State 3–1 Arkansas State
Game 3 Arkansas State 10–3 Long Island Long Island eliminated
Game 4 Chapman 3–0 Delta State
Game 5 Delta State 4–3 Arkansas State Arkansas State eliminated
Game 6 Chapman 11–0 Delta State Chapman wins National Championship

References[]

  1. ^ "Division II Baseball Championships Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
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