2006 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament

2006 NCAA Division III
Baseball Tournament
Season	2006
Teams	53
Finals site	Fox Cities Stadium; Grand Chute, Wisconsin;
Champions	Marietta (4th title)
Runner-up	Wheaton (MA)
	()
	← 2005 ; NCAA Division III Baseball Championship; 2007 →;

The 2006 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 2006 NCAA Division III baseball season to determine the 31st national champion of college baseball at the NCAA Division III level. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute, Wisconsin for the championship. Eight regional tournaments were held to determine the participants in the World Series. Regional tournaments were contested in double-elimination format, with three regions consisting of six teams and five consisting of seven, for a total of 53 teams participating in the tournament, up from 42 in 2005. The tournament champion was Marietta, who defeated Wheaton (MA) for the championship.^[1]

Bids[]

The 53 competing teams were:

Regionals[]

^[2]

West Regional[]

W.O. Hart Field-Orange, CA (Host: Chapman University)

First Round			Second Round/Elimination Round 1			Semifinals			Final

1	Redlands	3
6	George Fox	10		George Fox	4
				Cal State East Bay	6
							Cal State East Bay	4
							Texas Lutheran	7
				Redlands	2
				Texas Lutheran	3
2	Trinity (TX)	11								Texas Lutheran	3	3
5	Texas Lutheran	4								Chapman	1	4
				Trinity (TX)	2
				Chapman	7
3	Chapman	7					Chapman	7
4	Cal State East Bay	2					George Fox	1
				George Fox	11
				Trinity (TX)	5

New York Regional[]

Leo Pinckney Field at Falcon Park-Auburn, NY (Host: Ithaca College)

First Round/Elimination Round 1			Second Round/Elimination Round 2			Semifinals/Elimination Semifinals			Elimination Finals			Finals

Winner's Bracket
4	Eastern Connecticut State	4
5	St. Lawrence	3
				Eastern Connecticut State	0
			1	Cortland State	9


							Cortland State	8
							Ithaca	3
3	Ithaca	7
6	Endicott	3
				Ithaca	8
				Rensselaer	7¹¹
2	Rensselaer	14
7	Centenary (NJ)	2											Cortland State	5	7
													Eastern Connecticut State	9	10
Loser's Bracket

				Rensselaer	12
				St. Lawrence	4
							St. Lawrence	1
	Endicott	4					Eastern Connecticut State	4		Ithaca	3
	Centenary (NJ)	13		Eastern Connecticut State	16					Eastern Connecticut State	14
				Centenary (NJ)	3

South Regional[]

Bauer Field-Rocky Mount, NC (Host: North Carolina Wesleyan College)

First Round			Second Round/Elimination Round 1			Semifinals			Final

1	Salisbury	3
6	Virginia Wesleyan	8		Virginia Wesleyan	5
				Rowan	17
							Rowan	9
							Salisbury	5
				Salisbury	9
				Emory	7
2	Emory	3								Rowan	2	2
5	N.C. Wesleyan	7								N.C. Wesleyan	0	4¹⁰
				N.C. Wesleyan	7
				Bridgewater (VA)	5
3	Rowan	2					N.C. Wesleyan	9
4	Bridgewater (VA)	4					Virginia Wesleyan	5
				Virginia Wesleyan	5
				Bridgewater (VA)	2

New England Regional[]

Whitehouse Field-Harwich, MA (Host: Eastern College Athletic Conference)

First Round/Elimination Round 1			Second Round/Elimination Round 2			Semifinals/Elimination Semifinals			Elimination Finals			Finals

Winner's Bracket
4	Salem State	8
5	Southern Maine	5
				Salem State	2
			1	Wheaton (MA)	5


							Wheaton (MA)	6
							Western New England	0
3	St. Joseph's (ME)	9
6	Bowdoin	7
				St. Joseph's (ME)	10
				Western New England	11¹⁰
2	Middlebury	2
7	Western New England	14											Wheaton (MA)	16	--
													Southern Maine	5	--
Loser's Bracket

				St. Joseph's (ME)	1
				Southern Maine	10
							Southern Maine	12
	Bowdoin	8					Middlebury	10		Western New England	3
	Middlebury	10		Salem State	4					Southern Maine	6
				Middlebury	14

Mid-Atlantic Regional[]

Boyertown Bear Stadium-Boyertown, PA (Host: Alvernia University)

First Round/Elimination Round 1			Second Round/Elimination Round 2			Semifinals/Elimination Semifinals			Elimination Finals			Finals

Winner's Bracket
4	Gwynedd-Mercy	1
5	Franklin & Marshall	14
				Franklin & Marshall	0
			1	TCNJ	3


							TCNJ	3
							Kean	1
3	Montclair State	2
6	Frostburg State	6
				Frostburg State	5
				Kean	12
2	Kean	6
7	Alvernia	5											TCNJ	1	1
													Montclair State	2	5
Loser's Bracket

				Frostburg State	3
				Gwynedd-Mercy	2
							Frostburg State	2
	Montclair State	13					Montclair State	7		Kean	0
	Alvernia	8		Franklin & Marshall	10					Montclair State	7
				Montclair State	19

Central Regional[]

Kelly Field at Irv Utz Stadium-St. Louis, MO (Host: Washington University in St. Louis)

First Round			Second Round/Elimination Round 1			Semifinals/Elimination Round 2			Elimination Final			Final

1	Carthage	6
6	Mt. St. Joseph	7		Mt. St. Joseph	7
				Washington-St. Louis	6
2	Millsaps	15					Mt. St. Joseph	5
5	Webster	1					Millsaps	13
				Millsaps	11								Millsaps	6	11
				Aurora	3								Aurora	8	12
3	Washington-St. Louis	3								Mt. St. Joseph	10
4	Aurora	9					Aurora	5		Aurora	11
				Carthage	18		Carthage	4
				Webster	3

Midwest Regional[]

Witter Field-Wisconsin Rapids, WI (Host: University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point)

First Round/Elimination Round 1			Second Round/Elimination Round 2			Semifinals/Elimination Semifinals			Elimination Finals			Finals

Winner's Bracket
4	St. Scholastica	4
5	Wisconsin-Stevens Point	3
				St. Scholastica	8
			1	Ripon	14


							Ripon	7
							St. Olaf	4
3	St. Olaf	17
6	Dominican	8
				St. Olaf	8
				Coe	2
2	St. Thomas (MN)	4
7	Coe	5¹⁰											Ripon	4	4
													Wisconsin-Stevens Point	7	6
Loser's Bracket

				Coe	5
				Wisconsin-Stevens Point	16
							Wisconsin-Stevens Point	6
	Dominican	3					St. Thomas (MN)	2		St. Olaf	4
	St. Thomas (MN)	22		St. Scholastica	3					Wisconsin-Stevens Point	11
				St. Thomas (MN)	13

Mideast Regional[]

Art Nehf Field-Terre Haute, IN (Host: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology)

First Round/Elimination Round 1			Second Round/Elimination Round 2			Semifinals/Elimination Semifinals			Elimination Finals			Finals

Winner's Bracket
4	Manchester	10
5	Adrian	5
				Manchester	5
			1	Wooster	4


							Manchester	9
							Marietta	10
3	Otterbein	3
6	Elizabethtown	7¹⁰
				Elizabethtown	5
				Marietta	10
2	Marietta	11
7	King's	2											Marietta	1	8
													Otterbein	4	7¹¹
Loser's Bracket

				Elizabethtown	2
				Adrian	3
							Adrian	3
	Otterbein	7					Otterbein	4¹¹		Manchester	7
	King's	2		Wooster	1					Otterbein	13
				Otterbein	4

World Series[]

Fox Cities Stadium-Grand Chute, WI (Host: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh/Lawrence University) ^[3]

First Round/Elimination Round 1

Second Round/Elimination Round 2

Semifinals/Elimination Semifinals

Elimination Finals

Finals

Winner's Bracket

W3

Chapman

6

NY4

Eastern Connecticut State

3

Chapman

3

Wheaton (MA)

0

S5

N.C. Wesleyan

0

NE1

Wheaton (MA)

2

Chapman

4

Marietta

10

MA3

Montclair State

7

C3

Aurora

2

Montclair State

4

Marietta

7

MW5

Wisconsin-Stevens Point

1

ME2

Marietta

2

Marietta

7

--

Wheaton (MA)

2

--

Loser's Bracket

Eastern Connecticut State

9

N.C. Wesleyan

8

Montclair State

5

Eastern Connecticut State

4¹¹

Montclair State

4

Aurora

3

Wheaton (MA)

13

Chapman

3

Wisconsin-Stevens Point

12

Wheaton (MA)

5

Wheaton (MA)

4

Wisconsin-Stevens Point

4

References[]

^ "Marietta wins fourth title". d3baseball.com. May 30, 2006. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
^ "2006 Division III Regionals". Baseball Reference. April 16, 2015. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
^ "2006 Division III College World Series". Baseball Reference. May 30, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2018.

[1] "Marietta wins fourth title". d3baseball.com. May 30, 2006. Retrieved January 16, 2018.

[2] "2006 Division III Regionals". Baseball Reference. April 16, 2015. Retrieved January 16, 2018.

[3] "2006 Division III College World Series". Baseball Reference. May 30, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2018.

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