2008 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament

The 2008 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 2008 NCAA Division III baseball season to determine the 33rd national champion of college baseball at the NCAA Division III level. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing at Time Warner Cable Field 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 five regions consisting of six teams and three consisting of eight, for a total of 54 teams participating in the tournament, up from 53 in 2007. The tournament champion was Trinity (CT), who defeated Johns Hopkins for the championship.[1]

2008 NCAA Division III
Baseball Tournament
Season2008
Teams54
Finals site
ChampionsTrinity (CT) (1st title)
Runner-upJohns Hopkins
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Bids

The 54 competing teams were: [2]

Regionals

[3]

Mid-Atlantic Regional

Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium-Newark, NJ (Host: Kean University)

  First Round/Elimination Round 1     Second Round/Elimination Round 2     Semifinals/Elimination Semifinals     Elimination Finals     Finals
                                                 
  Winner's Bracket
  4 Penn State-Behrend 1  
  5 Messiah 8    
        Messiah 1  
        Kean 7    
  1 Kean 8          
  8 Gwynedd-Mercy 6        
        Kean 12            
        TCNJ 8              
  3 TCNJ 3              
  6 DeSales 0                
        TCNJ 5          
        Rowan 2        
  2 Rowan 14          
  7 Keystone 9         Kean 8 --
      Rowan 2 --
  Loser's Bracket      
  Penn State-Behrend 3        
  Gwynedd-Mercy 5     Rowan 17        
      Gwynedd-Mercy 2          
        Rowan 9        
  Desales 5           Keystone 2       TCNJ 2    
  Keystone 11     Messiah 3           Rowan 5  
      Keystone 9  

West Regional

Walt Driggers Field-Abilene, TX (Host: McMurry University)

  First Round Second Round/Elimination Round 1 Semifinals/Elimination Round 2 Elimination Final Final
                                                 
  1 Chapman 4  
  6 La Verne 3     Chapman 5  
    McMurry 312    
  2 George Fox 1         Chapman 10            
  5 Trinity (TX) 8           Trinity (TX) 9              
      Trinity (TX) 8           Chapman 4 --
      Cal State East Bay 3         Trinity (TX) 3 --
  3 McMurry 7         Trinity (TX) 9    
  4 Cal State East Bay 14       Cal State East Bay 6     Cal State East Bay 5  
  La Verne 11     La Verne 4  
  George Fox 6  

South Regional

American Legion Field-Danville, GA (Host: USA South Athletic Conference/Old Dominion Athletic Conference)

  First Round Second Round/Elimination Round 1 Third Round/Elimination Round 2 Elimination Final Final
                                               
  1 Salisbury 7  
  6 Randolph-Macon 4     Salisbury 6  
    Piedmont 10    
      Piedmont 6  
      Johns Hopkins 13     Johns Hopkins 7  
  Randolph-Macon 8         Lynchburg 5    
  Johns Hopkins 13        
  2 Johns Hopkins 5         Johns Hopkins 9
  5 Christopher Newport 810           Salisbury 4
      Christopher Newport 1        
      Lynchburg 12          
  3 Pidemont 1           Lynchburg 3              
  4 Lynchburg 9         Salisbury 5            
  Salisbury 5    
  Christopher Newport 1  

Mideast Regional

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

  First Round Second Round/Elimination Round 1 Semifinals/Elimination Round 2 Elimination Final Final
                                                 
  1 Heidelberg 10  
  6 Transylvania 3     Heidelberg 4  
    Calvin 1    
  2 Wooster 3         Heidelberg 1            
  5 Adrian 4           Adrian 4              
      Adrian 4           Adrian 2 8
      Rose-Hulman 3         Heidelberg 8 7
  3 Calvin 0         Heidelberg 1    
  4 Rose-Hulman 4       Rose-Hulman 8     Wooster 0  
  Wooster 6     Wooster 1113  
  Transylvania 3  

Central Regional

Brunner Field in the Duane R. Swanson Stadium-Moline, IL (Host: Augustana College)

  First Round Second Round/Elimination Round 1 Third Round/Elimination Round 2 Elimination Final Final
                                               
  1 Illinois Wesleyan 0  
  6 Webster 7     Webster 0  
    Wartburg 2    
      Wartburg 5  
      Linfield 7     Linfield 10  
  Illinois Wesleyan 4         Augustana 1    
  Linfield 5        
  2 Wisconsin-Stevens Point 2         Linfield 4
  5 Linfield 110           Webster 310
      Wisconsin-Stevens Point 3        
      Augustana 4          
  3 Augustana 6           Augustana 13              
  4 Wartburg 5         Webster 14            
  Webster 9    
  Wisconsin-Stevens Point 7  

Midwest Regional

E.J. Schneider Field-Oshkosh, WI (Host: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh)

  First Round Second Round/Elimination Round 1 Semifinals/Elimination Round 2 Elimination Final Final
                                                 
  1 St. Thomas (MN) 15  
  6 Knox 1     St. Thomas (MN) 3  
    Wisconsin-Oshkosh 1    
  2 Wisconsin-Whitewater 7         St. Thomas (MN) 1            
  5 St. Scholastica 4           Wisconsin-Whitewater 410              
      Wisconsin-Whitewater 24           Wisconsin-Whitewater 21 --
      Carthage 3         St. Scholastica 13 --
  3 Carthage 6         St. Thomas (MN) 1    
  4 Wisconsin-Oshkosh 3       Carthage 4     St. Scholastica 7  
  Knox 2     St. Scholastica 9  
  St. Scholastica 15  

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 Southern Maine 6  
  5 Western New England 812    
        Western New England 2  
        Trinity (CT) 7    
  1 Trinity (CT) 9          
  8 Castleton State 5        
        Trinity (CT) 6            
        Wheaton (MA) 2              
  3 Keene State 6              
  6 St. Joseph's (ME) 1                
        Keene State 2          
        Wheaton (MA) 12        
  2 Wheaton (MA) 4          
  7 Worcester State 312         Trinity (CT) 10 --
      Southern Maine 3 --
  Loser's Bracket      
  Southern Maine 16        
  Castleton State 7     Keene State 0        
      Southern Maine 8          
        Southern Maine 11        
  St. Joseph's (ME) 4           Western New England 0       Wheaton (MA) 3    
  Worcester State 14     Western New England 8           Southern Maine 9  
      Worcester State 3  

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 Montclair State 8  
  5 Eastern Connecticut State 7    
        Montclair State 2  
        Cortland State 9    
  1 Cortland State 10          
  8 Grove City 1        
        Cortland State 9            
        Rensselaer 5              
  3 Rensselaer 7              
  6 Farmingdale State 6                
        Rensselaer 9          
        Ohio Wesleyan 6        
  2 Ithaca 3          
  7 Ohio Wesleyan 5         Cortland State 6 --
      Rensselaer 2 --
  Loser's Bracket      
  Eastern Connecticut State 10        
  Grove City 5     Ohio Wesleyan 1        
      Eastern Connecticut State 5          
        Eastern Connecticut State 14        
  Farmingdale State 0           Montclair State 0       Rensselaer 14    
  Ithaca 4     Montclair State 7           Eastern Connecticut State 1310  
      Ithaca 6  

World Series

Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium-Grand Chute, WI (Host: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh/Lawrence University/Fox Cities Convention and Visitors Bureau) [4]

  First Round/Elimination Round 1     Second Round/Elimination Round 2     Semifinals/Elimination Semifinals     Elimination Finals     Finals
                                                 
  Winner's Bracket
  MA1 Kean 2  
  W1 Chapman 4    
        Chapman 4  
        Johns Hopkins 5    
  S2 Johns Hopkins 3          
  ME5 Adrian 214        
        Johns Hopkins 5            
        Trinity (CT) 8              
  C5 Linfield 5              
  MW2 Wisconsin-Whitewater 1                
        Linfield 5          
        Trinity (CT) 6        
  NE1 Trinity (CT) 2          
  NY1 Cortland State 1         Trinity (CT) 3 5
      Johns Hopkins 4 4
  Loser's Bracket      
  Kean 6        
  Adrian 712     Linfield 2        
      Adrian 3          
        Adrian 11        
  Wisconsin-Whitewater 10           Wisconsin-Whitewater 13       Johns Hopkins 12    
  Cortland State 2     Chapman 4           Wisconsin-Whitewater 11  
      Wisconsin-Whitewater 7  

References
  1. "Trinity walks off with title". d3baseball.com. May 27, 2008. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
  2. "2008 NCAA D-III Baseball Championship release". D3baseball.com. May 12, 2008. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  3. "2008 Division III Regionals". Baseball Reference. December 19, 2017. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  4. "2008 Division III College World Series". Baseball Reference. June 13, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
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