1983 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament
| Season | 1983 |
|---|---|
| Teams | 24 |
| Finals site |
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| Champions | Marietta (2nd title) |
| Runner-up | Otterbein |
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The 1983 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 1983 NCAA Division III baseball season to determine the eighth national champion of college baseball at the NCAA Division III level. The tournament concluded with six teams competing at Pioneer Park in Marietta, Ohio for the championship. Six regional tournaments were held to determine the participants in the World Series. Regional tournaments were contested in double-elimination format, with one region consisting of six teams, four regions consisting of four teams, and one region consisting of two teams, which was played as best-of-five, for a total of 24 teams participating in the tournament. The tournament champion was Marietta, who defeated Otterbein for the championship.[1]
Bids[]
The 24 competing teams were:
| School | Nickname | Location | Conference | Tournament appearance |
Last appearance |
Consecutive tournament appearances |
Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanislaus State College | Warriors | Turlock, CA | Independent | 7th | 1982 | 2 | National Champion (1976, 1977) |
| Concordia College | Cobbers | Moorhead, MN | Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 1st | Debut | 1 | Debut |
| Eastern Connecticut State College | Warriors | Willimantic, CT | Independent | 8th | 1982 | 8 | National Champion (1982) |
| Elizabethtown College | Blue Jays | Elizabethtown, PA | Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conference | 1st | Debut | 1 | Debut |
| Ithaca College | Bombers | Ithaca, NY | Inedependent College Athletic Conference | 8th | 1982 | 8 | National Champion (1980) |
| University of La Verne | Leopards | La Verne, CA | Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 1st | Debut | 1 | Debut |
| Luther College | Norse | Decorah, IA | Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 1st | Debut | 1 | Debut |
| Marietta College | Pioneers | Marietta, OH | Ohio Athletic Conference | 8th | 1982 | 8 | National Champion (1981) |
| Methodist College | Monarchs | Fayetteville, NC | Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 4th | 1982 | 2 | Regional Runner-Up (1982) |
| Monmouth College | Fighting Scots | Monmouth, IL | Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference | 3rd | 1981 | 1 | Regional Runner-Up (1976) |
| Montclair State College | Indians | Montclair, NJ | New Jersey State Athletic Conference | 4th | 1982 | 2 | World Series Third place (1976) |
| North Carolina Wesleyan College | Battling Bishops | Rocky Mount, NC | Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 3rd | 1982 | 3 | World Series Fourth place (1981, 1982) |
| North Park College | Vikings | Chicago, IL | College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin | 1st | Debut | 1 | Debut |
| Ohio Northern University | Polar Bears | Ada, OH | Ohio Athletic Conference | 5th | 1982 | 4 | Regional Runner-Up (1982) |
| Otterbein College | Cardinals | Westerville, OH | Ohio Athletic Conference | 3rd | 1982 | 3 | Regional Third place (1981) |
| Ramapo College of New Jersey | Roadrunners | Mahwah, NJ | New Jersey State Athletic Conference | 4th | 1982 | 4 | Regional Third place (1980, 1981) |
| Salem State College | Vikings | Salem, MA | Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference | 1st | Debut | 1 | Debut |
| Salisbury State College | Sea Gulls | Salisbury, MD | Independent | 5th | 1981 | 1 | Regional Runner-Up (1980) |
| Lynchburg College | Hornets | Lynchburg, VA | Old Dominion Athletic Conference | 8th | 1982 | 8 | Regional Runner-Up (1977, 1978, 1981) |
| Upsala College | Vikings | East Orange, NJ | Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conference | 7th | 1982 | 6 | World Series Third Place (1980) |
| Washington University in St. Louis | Bears | St. Louis, MO | Independent | 2nd | 1982 | 2 | Regional Third Place (1982) |
| William Paterson University of New Jersey | Pioneers | Wayne Township, NJ | New Jersey State Athletic Conference | 4th | 1982 | 3 | World Series Sixth place (1982) |
| University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | Titans | Oshkosh, WI | Wisconsin State University Conference | 5th | 1982 | 5 | World Series Third place (1981) |
| Worcester State College | Lancers | Worcester, MA | Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference | 1st | Debut | 1 | Debut |
Regionals[]
West Regional[]
Turlock, CA (Host: Stanislaus State College)
Stanislaus State (3-2), La Verne (2-3)
Mid-Atlantic Regional[]
Montclair, NJ (Host: Montclair State College)
Montclair State (3-1), William Paterson (3-2), Upsala (1-2), Salem State (0-2)
South Regional[]
North Carolina Wesleyan (4-1), Lynchburg (2-2), Methodist (1-2), Salisbury State (0-2)
Northeast Regional[]
Ithaca, NY (Host: Ithaca College)
Eastern Connecticut State (3-0), Ithaca (2-2), Ramapo (1-2), Worcester State (0-2)
Midwest Regional[]
Oshkosh, WI (Host: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh)
Otterbein (3-1), Wisconsin-Oshkosh (3-2), Concordia (MN) (1-2), Washington-St. Louis (0-2)
Mideast Regional[]
Burlington, IA
Marietta (4-0), North Park (3-2), Ohio Northern (2-2), Luther (1-2), Elizabethtown (0-2), Monmouth (IL) (0-2)
World Series[]
Participants[]
| School | Nickname | Location | Conference | World Series appearance |
Last appearance |
Consecutive World Series appearances |
Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marietta College | Pioneers | Marietta, OH | Ohio Athletic Conference | 6th | 1982 | 4 | National Champion (1981) |
| Otterbein College | Cardinals | Westerville, OH | Ohio Athletic Conference | 1st | Debut | 1 | Debut |
| North Carolina Wesleyan College | Battling Bishops | Rocky Mount, NC | Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 3rd | 1982 | 3 | Fourth place (1981, 1982) |
| Eastern Connecticut State College | Warriors | Willimantic, CT | Independent | 2nd | 1982 | 2 | National Champion (1982) |
| Stanislaus State College | Warriors | Turlock, CA | Independent | 6th | 1982 | 2 | National Champion (1976, 1977) |
| Montclair State College | Indians | Montclair, NJ | New Jersey State Athletic Conference | 2nd | 1976 | 1 | Third place (1976) |
Bracket[]
Pioneer Park-Marietta, OH (Host: Marietta College)
| First Round | Second Round/Elimination Round 1 | Third Round/Elimination Round 2 | Elimination Final | Final | |||||||||||||||||||
| Stanislaus State | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montclair State | 5 | Stanislaus State | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Marietta | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marietta | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Connecticut State | 6 | Marietta | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Montclair State | 5 | North Carolina Wesleyan | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Connecticut State | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina Wesleyan | 5 | Marietta | 36 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Connecticut State | 4 | Otterbein | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina Wesleyan | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Otterbein | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Otterbein | 5 | North Carolina Wesleyan | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Marietta | 4 | Otterbein | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanislaus State | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Otterbein | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
References[]
- ^ "Marietta explodes to win crown". d3baseball.com. June 1, 2006. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
- ^ "1983 Division III Regionals". Baseball Reference. April 6, 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
- ^ "1983 Division III College World Series". Baseball Reference. December 19, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
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