American college baseball tournament
Collegiate baseball tournament
1981 NCAA Division III baseball tournament Season 1981 Teams 24 Finals site Champions
Marietta (1st title) Runner-up
Ithaca
The 1981 NCAA Division III baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1981 NCAA Division III baseball season to determine the sixth national champion of
college baseball at the
NCAA Division III level. The tournament concluded with four teams competing at
Pioneer Park in
Marietta, Ohio , for the championship. Four regional tournaments were held to determine the participants in the World Series. Regional tournaments were contested in double-elimination format, with all four regions consisting of six teams, for a total of 24 teams participating in the tournament. The tournament champion was
Marietta , who defeated
Ithaca for the championship.
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Bids
The 24 competing teams were:
School
Nickname
Location
Conference
Tournament appearance
Last appearance
Consecutive tournament appearances
Previous best performance
Alma College
Scots
Alma, MI
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
2nd
1980
2
Regional Fifth Place (
1980 )
Buena Vista College
Beavers
Storm Lake, IA
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
2nd
1980
2
Regional Third Place (
1980 )
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges
Stags
Claremont, CA
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
3rd
1979
1
Regional Runner-Up (
1979 )
Eastern Connecticut State College
Warriors
Willimantic, CT
Independent
6th
1980
6
Regional Runner-Up (
1979 )
Elmhurst College
Blue Jays
Elmhurst, IL
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
2nd
1980
2
Regional Fourth place (
1980 )
Ithaca College
Bombers
Ithaca, NY
Inedependent College Athletic Conference
6th
1980
6
National Champion (
1980 )
Marietta College
Pioneers
Marietta, OH
Ohio Athletic Conference
6th
1980
6
World Series Runner-Up (
1978 ,
1980 )
Monmouth College
Fighting Scots
Monmouth, IL
Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference
2nd
1976
1
Regional Runner-Up (
1976 )
North Carolina Wesleyan College
Battling Bishops
Rocky Mount, NC
Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
1st
Debut
1
Debut
Ohio Northern University
Polar Bears
Ada, OH
Ohio Athletic Conference
3rd
1980
2
Regional third place (
1980 )
Otterbein College
Cardinals
Westerville, OH
Ohio Athletic Conference
1st
Debut
1
Debut
Queens College
Knights
New York City, NY (Queens)
Independent
2nd
1976
1
Regional Fourth place (
1976 )
Ramapo College of New Jersey
Roadrunners
Mahwah, NJ
New Jersey State Athletic Conference
2nd
1980
2
Regional third place (
1980 )
Salisbury State College
Sea Gulls
Salisbury, MD
Independent
4th
1980
2
Regional Runner-Up (
1980 )
St. Olaf College
Oles
Northfield, MN
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
5th
1980
5
Regional third place (
1977 ,
1979 )
State University of New York College at Cortland
Red Dragons
Cortland, NY
State University of New York Athletic Conference
1st
Debut
1
Debut
The College of Wooster
Fighting Scots
Wooster, OH
Ohio Athletic Conference
5th
1980
5
Regional Runner-Up (
1978 ,
1979 ,
1980 )
Lynchburg College
Hornets
Lynchburg, VA
Old Dominion Athletic Conference
6th
1980
6
Regional Runner-Up (
1977 ,
1978 )
Upsala College
Vikings
East Orange, NJ
Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conference
5th
1980
4
World Series Third place (
1980 )
Westfield State College
Owls
Westfield, MA
Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference
5th
1980
1
Regional Runner-Up (
1977 )
William Paterson University of New Jersey
Pioneers
Wayne Township, NJ
New Jersey State Athletic Conference
2nd
1977
1
Regional Fourth place (
1977 )
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Titans
Oshkosh, WI
Wisconsin State University Conference
3rd
1980
3
World Series Fourth place (
1980 )
York College of Pennsylvania
Spartans
York, PA
Independent
2nd
1977
1
Regional Fifth place (
1977 )
Regionals
West Regional
Wisconsin-Oshkosh (4–0),
Elmhurst (2–2),
Otterbein (2–2),
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (1–2),
St. Olaf (1–2),
Buena Vista (0–2)
South Regional
North Carolina Wesleyan (4–1),
Lynchburg (3–2),
Ramapo (2–2),
Upsala (2–2),
William Paterson (1–2),
Salisbury State (1–2)
Records as listed on Baseball Reference. Either William Paterson or Salisbury State would have to have been 0–2 instead of 1–2 and either Ramapo or Upsala would have to have been 1–2 instead of 2-2.
Mideast Regional
Ada, OH (Host:
Ohio Northern University )
Marietta (5–1),
Alma (3–2),
York (PA) (2–2),
Wooster (1–2),
Monmouth (IL) (0–2),
Ohio Northern (0–2)
Northeast Regional
Willimantic, CT (Host:
Eastern Connecticut State College )
Ithaca (5–1),
Eastern Connecticut State (3–2),
unknown (2–2),
Westfield State (1–2),
Queens (0–2),
SUNY Cortland (0–2)
World Series
Participants
Bracket
Pioneer Park -
Marietta, OH (Host:
Marietta College )
First round/elimination first round Semifinal/elimination final Final Wisconsin-Oshkosh 13 North Carolina Wesleyan 3 Wisconsin-Oshkosh 6 Marietta 12 Marietta 6 Ithaca 5 Marietta 14 -- Ithaca 1212 -- Lower round 1 Lower final Wisconsin-Oshkosh 3 North Carolina Wesleyan 6 Ithaca 11 Ithaca 7
See also
References