NCAA Division II baseball tournament
Current season, competition or edition: 2022 NCAA Division II baseball tournament |
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Sport | College baseball |
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Founded | 1968 |
No. of teams | 56 |
Most recent champion(s) | Angelo State (1st title) |
Most titles | Florida Southern (9 titles) |
Official website | NCAA.com |
The NCAA Division II baseball tournament is an annual college baseball tournament held at the culmination of the spring regular season and which determines the NCAA Division II college baseball champion. The initial rounds of the tournament are held on campus sites, and, since 2009, the NCAA Division II Baseball National Finals have been held at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, North Carolina with the complex earning the bid to host through at least the 2026 championship. University of Mount Olive and Town of Cary are co-hosts of the National Finals.[1]
Currently, Florida Southern has won the most Division II baseball titles with nine.[1]
Format
The 56-team tournament consists of a field of eight double-elimination regionals. The eight regions are the Atlantic, Central, East, Midwest, South, Southeast, South Central and West. In most cases, the No. 1 seed hosts a regional.
The eight regional champions advance to the National Finals, which also follows a double-elimination format. Teams are not re-seeded for the National Finals. The tournament field is broken up into two four-team brackets. When four teams remain, the two one-loss teams play the unbeaten team from the opposite bracket. The two remaining teams play each other for the championship. If both finalists are unbeaten, the championship is, in effect, a best two-out-of-three series. If both finalists have one loss, the championship is a single winner-takes-all game. If one finalist is unbeaten and one finalist has a loss, the one-loss team must defeat the unbeaten team twice to win the championship. The unbeaten team needs to beat the one-loss team only once to win the championship.
Results
NCAA Division II Baseball Championship (NCAA College Division Baseball Championship) |
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Year | Host city | Stadium | Championship Results | ||||
Champion | Score | Runner-up | |||||
1968 | Springfield, MO | Meador Park | Chapman (1) | 11–0 | Delta State | ||
1969 | Illinois State (1) | 12–0 | Southwest Missouri State | ||||
1970 | [[{{{school}}}|Valley State]] (1) | 2–1 | Nicholls State | ||||
1971 | Florida Southern (1) | 4–0 | Central Michigan | ||||
1972 | Springfield, IL | Lanphier Park | Florida Southern (2) | 5–1 | Cal State Northridge | ||
1973 | UC Irvine (1) | 9–6 | Ithaca | ||||
1974 | UC Irvine (2) | 14–1 | LSU–New Orleans | ||||
1975 | Florida Southern (3) | 10–7 | Marietta | ||||
1976 | Cal Poly Pomona (1) | 17–3 | SIU Edwardsville | ||||
1977 | UC Riverside (1) | 4–1 | Eckerd | ||||
1978 | Florida Southern (4) | 7–2 | Delta State | ||||
1979 | Valdosta State (1) | 3–2 | Florida Southern | ||||
1980 | Riverside, CA | Riverside Sports Complex | Cal Poly Pomona (2) | 13–6 | New Haven | ||
1981 | Florida Southern (5) | 9–0 | Eastern Illinois | ||||
1982 | UC Riverside (2) | 10–1 | Florida Southern | ||||
1983 | Cal Poly Pomona (3) | 9–7 | Jacksonville State | ||||
1984 | Cal State Northridge (2) | 10–5 | Florida Southern | ||||
1985 | Montgomery, AL | Paterson Field | Florida Southern (6) | 15–5 | Cal Poly Pomona | ||
1986 | Troy State (1) | 5–0 | Columbus State | ||||
1987 | Troy State (2) | 7–5 | Tampa | ||||
1988 | Florida Southern (7) | 5–4 | Sacramento State | ||||
1989 | Cal Poly * | 9–5 | New Haven | ||||
1990 | Jacksonville State (1) | 12–8 | Cal State Northridge | ||||
1991 | Jacksonville State (2) | 20–4 | Missouri Southern State | ||||
1992 | Tampa (1) | 11–8 | Mansfield | ||||
1993 | Tampa (2) | 7–5 | Cal Poly | ||||
1994 | Central Missouri (1) | 14–9 | Florida Southern | ||||
1995 | Florida Southern (8) | 15–0 | Georgia College | ||||
1996 | Kennesaw State (1) | 4–0 | Saint Joseph's (Ind.) | ||||
1997 | Chico State (1) | 13–12 | [[{{{school}}}|Central Oklahoma]] | ||||
1998 | Tampa (3) | 6–1 | Kennesaw State | ||||
1999 | Chico State (2) | 11–5 | Kennesaw State | ||||
2000 | [[{{{school}}}|Southeastern Oklahoma]] (1) | 7–2 | [[{{{school}}}|Fort Hays State]] | ||||
2001 | [[{{{school}}}|St. Mary's (TX)]] (1) | 11–3 | Central Missouri | ||||
2002 | Columbus State (1) | 5–3 | Chico State | ||||
2003 | Central Missouri (2) | 11–4 | Tampa | ||||
2004 | Riverwalk Stadium | Delta State (1) | 12–8 | [[{{{school}}}|Grand Valley State]] | |||
2005 | Florida Southern (9) | 12–9 | [[{{{school}}}|North Florida]] | ||||
2006 | Tampa (4) | 3–2 | Chico State | ||||
2007 | Tampa (5) | 7–2 | Columbus State | ||||
2008 | Sauget, IL | GCS Ballpark | [[{{{school}}}|Mount Olive]] (1) | 6–2 | [[{{{school}}}|Ouachita Baptist]] | ||
2009 | Cary, NC | USA Baseball National Training Complex | [[{{{school}}}|Lynn]] (1) | 2–1 | [[{{{school}}}|Emporia State]] | ||
2010 | [[{{{school}}}|Southern Indiana]] (1) | 6–4 | [[{{{school}}}|UC San Diego]] | ||||
2011 | [[{{{school}}}|West Florida]] (1) | 12–2 | [[{{{school}}}|Winona State]] | ||||
2012 | [[{{{school}}}|West Chester]] (1) | 9–0 | Delta State | ||||
2013 | Tampa (6) | 8–2 | [[{{{school}}}|Minnesota State Mankato]] | ||||
2014 | [[{{{school}}}|Southern Indiana]] (2) | 3–2 | [[{{{school}}}|Colorado Mesa]] | ||||
2015 | Tampa (7) | 3–1 | [[{{{school}}}|Catawba]] | ||||
2016 | [[{{{school}}}|Nova Southeastern]] (1) | 8–6 | [[{{{school}}}|Millersville]] | ||||
2017 | Grand Prairie, TX | AirHogs Stadium | [[{{{school}}}|West Chester]] (2) | 5–2 | [[{{{school}}}|UC San Diego]] | ||
2018 | Cary, NC | USA Baseball National Training Complex | [[{{{school}}}|Augustana (SD)]] (1) | 3–2 | Columbus State | ||
2019 | Tampa (8) | 3–1 | [[{{{school}}}|Colorado Mesa]] | ||||
2020 | Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic | ||||||
2021 | Cary, NC | USA Baseball National Training Complex | [[{{{school}}}|Wingate]] (1) | 5–3 | Central Missouri | ||
2022 | [[{{{school}}}|North Greenville]] (1) | 5–3 | [[{{{school}}}|Point Loma]] | ||||
2023 | Angelo State (1) | 6–5 | [[{{{school}}}|Rollins]] | ||||
2024 | |||||||
2025 | |||||||
2026 |
* Participation vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions
Champions
Teams that no longer compete in Division II are in italics. All such teams now compete in Division I.
- Schools highlighted in pink are closed or no longer sponsor athletics.
- Schools highlighted in yellow have reclassified athletics from NCAA Division II.
See also
- NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
- NCAA Division III Baseball Championship
- NAIA World Series
- National Club Baseball Association
- List of college baseball awards
- U.S. college baseball awards
- Pre-NCAA baseball champion
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.