1973 NCAA College Division Baseball Tournament

1973 NCAA College Division
Baseball Tournament
Season	1973
Teams	21
Finals site	Lanphier Park; Springfield, Illinois;
Champions	UC Irvine (1st title)
Runner-up	Ithaca (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Gary Adams (1st title)
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	← 1972 ; NCAA Division II Baseball Championship; 1974 →;

The 1973 NCAA College Division Baseball Tournament decided the champion of baseball at the NCAA College Division level for the 1973 season. This was the sixth such tournament for the College Division, having separated from the University Division in 1957. The UC Irvine Anteaters won the championship by defeating the Ithaca Bombers.^[1]

Regionals[]

Northeast Region[]

Team	Wins	Losses
Ithaca	5	1
Central Connecticut	3	2
Springfield	2	2
Rowan	1	2
New Haven	0	2
Shippensburg	0	2

Mideast Region[]

Team	Wins	Losses
Eastern Illinois	4	0
Marietta	3	2
Indianapolis	2	2
Cleveland State	1	2
North Central	0	2
SIU Edwardsville	0	2

Midwest Region[]

Team	Wins	Losses
UMSL	3	0
Northern Colorado	2	2
South Dakota State	1	2
Northwest Missouri State	0	2

South Region[]

Team	Wins	Losses
Jacksonville State	3	0
New Orleans	2	2
Tuskegee	1	2
Bellarmine	0	2

South Atlantic Region[]

Team	Wins	Losses
Florida Southern	3	0
Rollins	2	2
Eckerd	1	2
Baltimore	0	2

West Region[]

Team	Wins	Losses
UC Irvine	3	1
Valley State	1	2
Puget Sound	1	2

Finals[]

Participants[]

School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	Previous Finals Appearances	Best Finals Finish	Finals Record
Eastern Illinois	Independent	27–13		0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Florida Southern	Independent	27–8		3 (last: 1972)	1st	8–4
Ithaca	ICAC	24–7 (2–0)		0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Jacksonville State	Gulf South	25–8 (11–2)	Rudy Abbott	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
UC Irvine	Independent	24–7		1 (last: 1972)	4th	0–2
UMSL	Independent	44–12	Gary Adams	0 (last: none)	none	0–0

Results[]

Bracket[]

First round			Second round			Third round			Semi-finals			Finals

	Ithaca	3
	Jacksonville State	2		Ithaca	4
				Florida Southern	1
	UC Irvine	6					Ithaca	0
	UMSL	2					UC Irvine	5
				UC Irvine	6								UC Irvine	9	—
				Eastern Illinois	2								Ithaca	6	—
	Eastern Illinois	9								Ithaca	3
	Florida Southern	1					Eastern Illinois	7		Eastern Illinois	2
				Jacksonville State	1		UMSL	5
				UMSL	2

Game results[]

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Ithaca	3–2	Jacksonville State
Game 2	UC Irvine	6–2	UMSL
Game 3	Eastern Illinois	9–1	Florida Southern
Game 4	UMSL	2–1	Jacksonville State	Jacksonville State eliminated
Game 5	Ithaca	4–1	Florida Southern	Florida Southern eliminated
Game 6	UC Irvine	6–2	Eastern Illinois
Game 7	Eastern Illinois	7–5	UMSL	UMSL eliminated
Game 8	UC Irvine	5–0	Ithaca
Game 9	Ithaca	3–2	Eastern Illinois	Eastern Illinois eliminated
Game 10	UC Irvine	9–6	Ithaca	UC Irvine wins National Championship

References[]

^ "Division II Baseball Championships Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved October 7, 2021.

[1] "Division II Baseball Championships Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved October 7, 2021.

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