1977 NCAA Division II baseball tournament

1977 NCAA Division II
baseball tournament
Season	1977
Finals site	Lanphier Park; Springfield, IL;
Champions	UC Riverside (1 title)
Runner-up	Eckerd (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Jack Smitherman (1st title)
MOP	Joe Lefebvre (OF-P) and Steve Glaum (P) (Eckerd Tritons and UC Riverside)
Attendance	11,817
	← 1976 ; NCAA Division II Baseball Championship; 1978 →;

The 1977 NCAA Division II baseball tournament was the 10th edition of the NCAA Division II baseball tournament. The 31-team tournament decided the champion of baseball in NCAA Division II for the 1977 season. The UC Riverside Highlanders won their first national championship, beating the Eckerd Tritons.^[1] UC Riverside coach Jack Smitherman won his first title with the team, while Joe Lefebvre of Eckerd and Steve Glaum of UC Riverside were named Tournament Co-Most Outstanding Players.^[2]

Regionals[edit]

The regionals consisted 31 teams in eight groupings. There were five 4-team brackets, one 6-team bracket, one 3-team bracket, and one 2-team bracket. All brackets were double elimination format, with the exception of the 2-team bracket which was a best of 3 format. The top team in each bracket advanced to the 1977 Division II College World Series.^[3]

New England Regional[edit]


First round		Semi-finals		Finals



New Haven	10

LIU Post	6
		New Haven	20

		Le Moyne	3
Le Moyne	13

Adelphi	12
				New Haven	5	10

				Le Moyne	6	5
Lower round 1		Lower final



		Le Moyne	8

Adelphi	11	Adelphi	7

LIU Post	4

Middle Atlantic Regional[edit]

Shippensburg (3–0)
California (PA) (1–2)
UMBC (0–2)

Shippensburg State won regional

South Atlantic Regional[edit]

Valdosta State (4–1)
West Georgia (2–2)
Columbus (1–2)
Randolph–Macon (0–2)

Valdosta State won regional

South Regional[edit]

Eckerd (3–0)
Florida Southern (2–2)
Jacksonville State (1–2)
Troy State (0–2)

Eckerd College won regional

Great Lakes Regional[edit]

SIU Edwardsville (3–0)
Northern Kentucky (2–2)
Wright State (1–2)
Youngstown State (0–2)

SIU Edwardsville won regional

North Central Regional[edit]

UMSL (4–0)
Omaha (3–2)
Southeast Missouri State (2–2)
Southwest Missouri State (1–2)
Minnesota State (0–2)
South Dakota State (0–2)

UMSL won regional

South Central Regional[edit]

Delta State (2–1)
Nicholls State (1–2)

Delta State won regional

West Regional[edit]

First round

Semi-finals

Finals

UC Riverside

4

Cal State Hayward

1

UC Riverside

W

Cal State Northridge

L

Cal State Northridge

16

Cal Poly

1

UC Riverside

3

W

Cal State Hayward

7

L

Lower round 1

Lower final

Cal State Hayward

W

Cal State Hayward

W

Cal State Northridge

L

Cal Poly

L

College World Series[edit]

Participants[edit]

School	Conference	Record	Head coach	CWS appearances	CWS best finish
Delta State	Gulf South Conference	41–17	Boo Ferries	1 (last: 1968)	2nd
Eckerd	Independent	34–9	Bill Livesey	0 (last: none)	None
New Haven	Independent	28–4	Frank Vieira	1 (last: 1974)	3rd
Shippensburg	Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference	32–11	Art Fairchild	0 (last: none)	None
SIU Edwardsville	Independent	25-18-1	Roy Lee	2 (last: 1976)	2nd
UC Riverside	California Collegiate Athletic Association	43–19	Jack Smitherman	0 (last: none)	None
UMSL	Independent	30–13	Jim Dix	2 (last: 1973)	3rd
Valdosta State	Independent	47–16	Tommy Thomas	1 (last: 1974)	6th

Bracket[edit]


Upper round 1		Upper round 2		Upper final		Semifinals		Preliminary final		Final



New Haven	6

Shippensburg	1
		New Haven	2

		Eckerd	14
Eckerd	2

Valdosta State	1
				Eckerd	8

				UC Riverside	2
UMSL	9
						Eckerd	6
SIU Edwardsville	5
		UMSL	0			Delta State	8

		UC Riverside	12
UC Riverside	8

Delta State	2									Eckerd	1

								Delta State	3	UC Riverside	4

		Lower round 1		Lower round 2				UC Riverside	5



				UM St. Louis	4

		Shippensburg	1	Valdosta State	11
						UC Riverside	8
		Valdosta State	2
						Valdosta State	7
				New Haven	3

		SIU Edwardsville	4	Delta State	5

		Delta State	5

Game results[edit]

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 28	1	New Haven	6–1	Shippensburg
	2	Eckerd	2–1	Valdosta State
	3	UMSL	9–5	SIU Edwardsville
	4	UC Riverside	8–2	Delta State
May 29	5	Valdosta State	2–1 (13)	Shippensburg	Shippensburg eliminated
	6	Delta State	5–4	SIU Edwardsville	SIU Edwardsville eliminated
	7	Eckerd	14–2	New Haven
	8	UC Riverside	12–0	UMSL
May 30	9	Delta State	5–3	New Haven	New Haven eliminated
	10	Valdosta State	11–4	Missouri-St. Louis	UMSL eliminated
	11	Eckerd	8–2	UC Riverside
May 31	12	Delta State	8–6	Eckerd
May 31	13	UC Riverside	8–7	Valdosta State	Valdosta St. eliminated
June 1	14	UC Riverside	5–3	Delta State	Delta State eliminated
June 2	15	UC Riverside	4–1	Eckerd	UC Riverside wins CWS

References[edit]

^ "Division II Baseball Championships Records Book" (PDF). NCAA. p. 3. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
^ "Division II Baseball Championships Records Book" (PDF). NCAA. p. 4. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
^ "Division II Baseball Championships Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. p. 13. Retrieved August 15, 2022.

[1] "Division II Baseball Championships Records Book" (PDF). NCAA. p. 3. Retrieved August 15, 2022.

[2] "Division II Baseball Championships Records Book" (PDF). NCAA. p. 4. Retrieved August 15, 2022.

[3] "Division II Baseball Championships Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. p. 13. Retrieved August 15, 2022.

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Regionals[edit]

New England Regional[edit]

Middle Atlantic Regional[edit]

South Atlantic Regional[edit]

South Regional[edit]

Great Lakes Regional[edit]

North Central Regional[edit]

South Central Regional[edit]

West Regional[edit]

College World Series[edit]

Participants[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Game results[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]