NCAA Division III baseball tournament

The NCAA Division III baseball tournament is an annual college baseball tournament held at the culmination of the spring regular season to determine the NCAA Division III baseball champion. The tournament has been played since 1976, soon after the formation of Division III. Most of the 56 teams who qualify do so by winning an automatic bid that comes along with their conference's championship; others receive at-large bids. The initial round consists of six- and eight-team regionals held at pre-selected sites in eight regions: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic, South, Mideast, Midwest, Central, and West. The eight regional champions advance to the final round of the Division III Baseball Championship tournament. The tournament final will be hosted in Classic Park in Eastlake, Ohio beginning in 2024.

NCAA Division III baseball tournament
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2022 NCAA Division III baseball tournament
SportCollege baseball
Founded1976
No. of teams56
Most recent
champion(s)		Lynchburg (1st)
Most titlesMarietta (6 titles)
TV partner(s)ESPNU
Official websiteNCAA.com

History

The event was formerly held at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute, Wisconsin, just outside of Appleton for 18 years until it left for Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids, Iowa following the 2018 championships.[1] The championship was held in Cedar Rapids four times beginning in 2019 and hosted by the American Rivers Conference.[2] Cedar Rapids was set to only host until 2022, but was awarded the 2023 championships after 2020 was cancelled due to COVID-19. The championships will move to Classic Park in Eastlake, Ohio for the 2024 NCAA championships.[3]

In both the regional and final rounds, the tournament uses a "double elimination" format, in which teams must lose twice to be eliminated.[4]

Marietta is the most successful program, with six national titles.[5]

Lynchburg are the reigning national champions, winning their first championship in 2023.[6]


Results
NCAA Division III Baseball Championship
Year Site Stadium Championship Results
Champion Score Runner-Up
1976
Details		 Marietta, OH Pioneer Park Cal State Stanislaus13–6Ithaca
1977
Details		 Cal State Stanislaus (2)8–5Brandeis
1978
Details		 Glassboro State5–3Marietta
1979
Details		 Glassboro State (2)3–0Cal State Stanislaus
1980
Details		 Ithaca12–5Marietta
1981
Details		 Marietta14–1212Ithaca
1982
Details		 Eastern Connecticut State11–6Cal State Stanislaus
1983
Details		 Marietta (2)36–8Otterbein
1984
Details		 Ramapo5–4Marietta
1985
Details		 Wisconsin–Oshkosh11–6Marietta
1986
Details		 Marietta (3)11–6Ithaca
1987
Details		 Montclair State13–1210Wisconsin–Oshkosh
1988
Details		 Bristol, CT Muzzy Field Ithaca (2)7–5Wisconsin–Oshkosh
1989
Details		 North Carolina Wesleyan8–713Cal State Stanislaus
1990
Details		 Battle Creek, MI C. O. Brown Stadium Eastern Connecticut State (2)8–1Aurora
1991
Details		 Southern Maine9–0Trenton State
1992
Details		 William Paterson3–1Cal Lutheran
1993
Details		 Montclair State (2)3–1Wisconsin–Oshkosh
1994
Details		 Wisconsin–Oshkosh (2)6–2Wesleyan (Conn.)
1995
Details		 Salem, VA Kiwanis Field La Verne5–3Methodist
1996
Details		 Salem, VA Salem Memorial Baseball Stadium William Paterson (2)6–5Cal Lutheran
1997
Details		 Southern Maine (2)15–1Wooster
1998
Details		 Eastern Connecticut State (3)16–1Montclair State
1999
Details		 North Carolina Wesleyan (2)1–0St. Thomas (Minnesota)
2000
Details		 Grand Chute, WI Fox Cities Stadium Montclair State (3)6–2St. Thomas (Minnesota)
2001
Details		 St. Thomas (MN)8–4Marietta
2002
Details		 Eastern Connecticut State (4)8–0Marietta
2003
Details		 Chapman15–7Christopher Newport
2004
Details		 George Fox6–3Eastern Connecticut State
2005
Details		 Wisconsin–Whitewater11–4Cortland
2006
Details		 Marietta (4)7–2Wheaton (MA)
2007
Details		 Kean5–4Emory
2008
Details		 Trinity (CT)5–4Johns Hopkins
2009
Details		 St. Thomas (MN) (2)3–2Wooster
2010
Details		 Illinois Wesleyan17–5Cortland
2011
Details		 Marietta (5)18–5Chapman
2012
Details		 Marietta (6)7–2Wheaton (Mass.)
2013
Details		 Linfield4–1Southern Maine
2014
Details		 Wisconsin–Whitewater (2)7–0Emory
2015
Details		 Cortland11–3, 6–2Wisconsin–La Crosse
2016
Details		 Trinity (TX)14–6, 10–7Keystone
2017
Details		 Cal Lutheran2–12, 12–4, 7–2Washington & Jefferson
2018
Details		 Texas–Tyler8–1, 9–6Texas Lutheran
2019
Details		 Cedar Rapids, IA Veterans Memorial Stadium Chapman (2)6–4, 11–0Birmingham–Southern
2020 Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021
Details		 Cedar Rapids, IA Veterans Memorial Stadium Salisbury6–1, 4–2St. Thomas (Minnesota)
2022
Details		 Eastern Connecticut State (5) 11–6, 3–2 Salisbury
2023
Details		 Lynchburg 5–2, 6–11, 7–6 Johns Hopkins
2024
Details		 Eastlake, OH Classic Park
2025
Details
2026
Details

Champions
RankTeamTitles
1Marietta6
2Eastern Connecticut State5
3Montclair State3
4Chapman2
Ithaca
North Carolina Wesleyan
Rowan
Southern Maine
Stanislaus State
St. Thomas (MN)
William Paterson
Wisconsin–Oshkosh
Wisconsin–Whitewater
5Cal Lutheran1
Cortland
George Fox
Illinois Wesleyan
Kean
La Verne
Linfield
Lynchburg
Ramapo
Salisbury
Trinity (CT)
Trinity (TX)
UT Tyler
  • Schools highlighted in pink are closed or no longer sponsor athletics.
  • Schools highlighted in yellow have reclassified athletics from NCAA Division III.

See also

References
  1. https://www.postcrescent.com/story/sports/college/2018/05/24/final-division-iii-world-series-appleton-sad-occasion-fans/640368002/
  2. https://www.thegazette.com/sports/cedar-rapids-awarded-seven-ncaa-division-iii-championships-through-2022/
  3. https://carrollnews.org/4378/sports/ncaa-division-iii-baseball-championships-to-be-hosted-at-the-lake-county-captains-stadium-from-2024-26/
  4. "Baseball : Division III : Results" (PDF). Fs.ncaa.org. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
  5. https://pioneers.marietta.edu/sports/2009/6/29/world_series.aspx?id=2
  6. https://newsadvance.com/sports/college/university-of-lynchburg-baseball-wins-national-title/article_9629715e-064d-11ee-9dc0-0364ff2c5803.html
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