1983 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament

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]

1983 NCAA Division III
Baseball Tournament
Season1983
Teams24
Finals site
ChampionsMarietta (2nd title)
Runner-upOtterbein
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Bids

The 24 competing teams were:

School Nickname Location Conference Tournament
appearance		 Last
appearance		 Consecutive
tournament
appearances		 Previous best
performance
Stanislaus State CollegeWarriorsTurlock, CAIndependent7th19822National Champion (1976, 1977)
Concordia CollegeCobbersMoorhead, MNMinnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference1stDebut1Debut
Eastern Connecticut State CollegeWarriorsWillimantic, CTIndependent8th19828National Champion (1982)
Elizabethtown CollegeBlue JaysElizabethtown, PAMiddle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conference1stDebut1Debut
Ithaca CollegeBombersIthaca, NYInedependent College Athletic Conference8th19828National Champion (1980)
University of La VerneLeopardsLa Verne, CASouthern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference1stDebut1Debut
Luther CollegeNorseDecorah, IAIowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference1stDebut1Debut
Marietta CollegePioneersMarietta, OHOhio Athletic Conference8th19828National Champion (1981)
Methodist CollegeMonarchsFayetteville, NCDixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference4th19822Regional Runner-Up (1982)
Monmouth CollegeFighting ScotsMonmouth, ILMidwest Collegiate Athletic Conference3rd19811Regional Runner-Up (1976)
Montclair State CollegeIndiansMontclair, NJNew Jersey State Athletic Conference4th19822World Series Third place (1976)
North Carolina Wesleyan CollegeBattling BishopsRocky Mount, NCDixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference3rd19823World Series Fourth place (1981, 1982)
North Park CollegeVikingsChicago, ILCollege Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin1stDebut1Debut
Ohio Northern UniversityPolar BearsAda, OHOhio Athletic Conference5th19824Regional Runner-Up (1982)
Otterbein CollegeCardinalsWesterville, OHOhio Athletic Conference3rd19823Regional Third place (1981)
Ramapo College of New JerseyRoadrunnersMahwah, NJNew Jersey State Athletic Conference4th19824Regional Third place (1980, 1981)
Salem State CollegeVikingsSalem, MAMassachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference1stDebut1Debut
Salisbury State CollegeSea GullsSalisbury, MDIndependent5th19811Regional Runner-Up (1980)
Lynchburg CollegeHornetsLynchburg, VAOld Dominion Athletic Conference8th19828Regional Runner-Up (1977, 1978, 1981)
Upsala CollegeVikingsEast Orange, NJMiddle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conference7th19826World Series Third Place (1980)
Washington University in St. LouisBearsSt. Louis, MOIndependent2nd19822Regional Third Place (1982)
William Paterson University of New JerseyPioneersWayne Township, NJNew Jersey State Athletic Conference4th19823World Series Sixth place (1982)
University of Wisconsin-OshkoshTitansOshkosh, WIWisconsin State University Conference5th19825World Series Third place (1981)
Worcester State CollegeLancersWorcester, MAMassachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference1stDebut1Debut

Regionals

[2]

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

[3]

Participants
School Nickname Location Conference World Series
appearance		 Last
appearance		 Consecutive
World Series
appearances		 Previous best
performance
Marietta CollegePioneersMarietta, OHOhio Athletic Conference6th19824National Champion (1981)
Otterbein CollegeCardinalsWesterville, OHOhio Athletic Conference1stDebut1Debut
North Carolina Wesleyan CollegeBattling BishopsRocky Mount, NCDixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference3rd19823Fourth place (1981, 1982)
Eastern Connecticut State CollegeWarriorsWillimantic, CTIndependent2nd19822National Champion (1982)
Stanislaus State CollegeWarriorsTurlock, CAIndependent6th19822National Champion (1976, 1977)
Montclair State CollegeIndiansMontclair, NJNew Jersey State Athletic Conference2nd19761Third 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
  1. "Marietta explodes to win crown". d3baseball.com. June 1, 2006. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
  2. "1983 Division III Regionals". Baseball Reference. April 6, 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  3. "1983 Division III College World Series". Baseball Reference. December 19, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
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