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American college baseball tournament
Collegiate baseball tournament
The 1982 NCAA Division III baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1982 NCAA Division III baseball season to determine the seventh national champion of college baseball at the NCAA Division III level. The tournament concluded with six teams, for the first time, 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 Eastern Connecticut State , who defeated Stanislaus State for the championship.[ 1]
The 24 competing teams were:
School
Nickname
Location
Conference
Tournament
Last
Consecutive
Previous best
Albion College Britons Albion, MI Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association 2nd
1979 1
Regional Fifth place (1979 )
Brandeis University Judges Waltham, MA Independent 6th
1980 1
World Series Runner-Up (1977 )
Stanislaus State College Warriors Turlock, CA Independent 6th
1980 1
National Champion (1976 , 1977 )
Eastern Connecticut State College Warriors Willimantic, CT Independent 7th
1981 7
Regional Runner-Up (1979 , 1981 )
Elmhurst College Blue Jays Elmhurst, IL College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin 3rd
1981 3
Regional Runner-Up (1981 )
Ithaca College Bombers Ithaca, NY Inedependent College Athletic Conference 7th
1981 7
National Champion (1980 )
Marietta College Pioneers Marietta, OH Ohio Athletic Conference 7th
1981 7
National Champion (1981 )
Methodist College Monarchs Fayetteville, NC Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 3rd
1977 1
Regional Fifth place (1976 , 1977 )
Montclair State College Indians Montclair, NJ New Jersey State Athletic Conference 3rd
1978 1
World Series Third place (1976 )
Nebraska Wesleyan University Plainsmen Lincoln, NE Independent /Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (NAIA )2nd
1976 1
Regional third place(1976 )
North Carolina Wesleyan College Battling Bishops Rocky Mount, NC Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 2nd
1981 2
World Series Fourth place (1981 )
Occidental College Tigers Los Angeles, CA (Eagle Rock) Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1st
Debut
1
Debut
Ohio Northern University Polar Bears Ada, OH Ohio Athletic Conference 4th
1981 3
Regional third place (1980 )
State University of New York at Oswego Lakers Oswego, NY State University of New York Athletic Conference 1st
Debut
1
Debut
Otterbein College Cardinals Westerville, OH Ohio Athletic Conference 2nd
1981 2
Regional third place (1981 )
Ramapo College of New Jersey Roadrunners Mahwah, NJ New Jersey State Athletic Conference 3rd
1981 3
Regional third place (1980 , 1981 )
St. Olaf College Oles Northfield, MN Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 6th
1981 6
Regional third place (1977 , 1979 )
Lynchburg College Hornets Lynchburg, VA Old Dominion Athletic Conference 7th
1981 7
Regional Runner-Up (1977 , 1978 , 1981 )
Upsala College Vikings East Orange, NJ Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conference 6th
1981 5
World Series Third place (1980 )
Washington University in St. Louis Bears St. Louis, MO Independent 1st
Debut
1
Debut
Widener University Pioneers Chester, PA Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conference 4th
1978 1
Regional Runner-Up (1977 )
William Paterson University of New Jersey Pioneers Wayne Township, NJ New Jersey State Athletic Conference 3rd
1981 2
Regional Fourth place (1977 )
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Titans Oshkosh, WI Wisconsin State University Conference 4th
1981 4
World Series Third place (1981 )
York College of Pennsylvania Spartans York, PA Independent 3rd
1981 2
Regional third place (1981 )
First round Second round/elimination round 1 Semifinals Final Albion 3 Ohio Northern 7 1 Albion 9 Ohio Northern 10 6 Otterbein 7 Elmhurst 3 Otterbein 1 Elmhurst 3 2 Marietta 3 Ohio Northern 8 – 5 Elmhurst 1 Marietta 14 – Marietta 17 York (PA) 1 3 York (PA) 3 Marietta 11 4 Ohio Northern 210 Albion 8 Albion 6 York (PA) 2
First round/elimination first round Semifinal/elimination final Final Lynchburg 6 Methodist 5 Lynchburg 3 North Carolina Wesleyan 4 North Carolina Wesleyan 7 Ramapo 0 North Carolina Wesleyan 1 11 Methodist 4 4 Lower round 1 Lower final Lynchburg 4 Methodist 11 Methodist 6 Ramapo 1
First round/elimination first round Semifinal/elimination final Final St. Olaf 2 Nebraska Wesleyan 1 St. Olaf 3 Wisconsin-Oshkosh 2 Wisconsin-Oshkosh 5 Washington-St. Louis 1 St. Olaf 3 9 Wisconsin-Oshkosh 4 14 Lower round 1 Lower final Wisconsin-Oshkosh 8 Nebraska Wesleyan 3 Washington-St. Louis 3 Washington-St. Louis 7
Mid-Atlantic Regional [ edit ] First round/elimination first round Semifinal/elimination final Final Montclair State 9 Upsala 8 Montclair State 3 Widener 5 Widener 5 William Paterson 3 Widener 5 5 William Paterson 17 11 Lower round 1 Lower final Montclair State 10 Upsala 5 William Paterson 15 William Paterson 7
Finals
Stanislaus State
6
8
10
–
–
Occidental
5
1
1
–
–
First round/elimination first round Semifinal/elimination final Final Oswego State 6 Brandeis 5 Oswego State 14 Eastern Connecticut State 16 Eastern Connecticut State 11 Ithaca 8 Eastern Connecticut State 2 – Brandeis 1 – Lower round 1 Lower final Oswego State 3 Brandeis 3 Brandeis 5 Ithaca 2
Pioneer Park -Marietta, OH (Host: Marietta College )
First round Second round/elimination round 1 Semifinals Final Marietta 0 Eastern Connecticut State 4 1 Marietta 5 Eastern Connecticut State 3 6 North Carolina Wesleyan 3 North Carolina Wesleyan 2 North Carolina Wesleyan 11 William Paterson 6 2 Wisconsin-Oshkosh 12 Eastern Connecticut State 9 11 5 William Paterson 11 Stanislaus State 8 6 Wisconsin-Oshkosh 0 Stanislaus State 1 3 Stanislaus State 5 Stanislaus State 4 4 Eastern Connecticut State 4 Marietta 3 Marietta 7 Wisconsin-Oshkosh 2
