2008 NCAA Division III baseball tournament

2008 NCAA Division III
baseball tournament
Season	2008
Teams	54
Finals site	Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium; Grand Chute, Wisconsin;
Champions	Trinity (CT) (1st title)
Runner-up	Johns Hopkins
	← 2007 ; NCAA Division III Baseball Championship; 2009 →;

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]

Bids

The 54 competing teams were: ^[2]

Regionals

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				Finals



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	--

Lower round 1			Lower round 2		Lower round 3		Lower final



			Rowan	17

Penn State-Behrend		3	Gwynedd-Mercy	2			TCNJ	2

Gwynedd-Mercy		5			Rowan	9	Rowan	5

					Keystone	2

			Messiah	3

DeSales		5	Keystone	9

Keystone		11

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



			Salisbury	6

			Piedmont	10
1	Salisbury	7			Piedmont	6

6	Randolph-Macon	4			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
			Christopher Newport	1					Salisbury	4

			Lynchburg	12
3	Piedmont	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



			Webster	0

			Wartburg	2
1	Illinois Wesleyan	0			Wartburg	5

6	Webster	7			Linfield	7	Linfield	10
			Illinois Wesleyan	4
							Augustana	1
			Linfield	5
2	Wisconsin-Stevens Point	2
									Linfield	4
5	Linfield	1¹⁰
			Wisconsin-Stevens Point	3					Webster	3¹⁰

			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				Finals



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	--

Lower round 1			Lower round 2		Lower round 3		Lower final



			Keene State	0

Southern Maine		16	Southern Maine	8			Wheaton (MA)	3

Castleton State		7			Southern Maine	11	Southern Maine	9

					Western New England	0

			Western New England	8

St. Joseph's (ME)		4	Worcester State	3

Worcester State		14

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				Finals



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	--

Lower round 1			Lower round 2		Lower round 3		Lower final



			Ohio Wesleyan	1

Eastern Connecticut State		10	Eastern Connecticut State	5			Rensselaer	14

Grove City		5			Eastern Connecticut State	14	Eastern Connecticut State	13¹⁰

					Montclair State	0

			Montclair State	7

Farmingdale State		0	Ithaca	6

Ithaca		4

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)

First round/elimination round 1

Second round/elimination round 2

Semifinals/elimination semifinals

Finals

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

Lower round 1

Lower round 2

Lower round 3

Lower final

Linfield

2

Kean

6

Adrian

3

Johns Hopkins

12

Adrian

7¹²

Adrian

11

Wisconsin-Whitewater

11

Wisconsin-Whitewater

13

Chapman

4

Wisconsin-Whitewater

10

Wisconsin-Whitewater

7

Cortland State

2

References

^ "Trinity walks off with title". d3baseball.com. May 27, 2008. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
^ "2008 NCAA D-III Baseball Championship release". D3baseball.com. May 12, 2008. Retrieved January 14, 2018.

[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.

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Bids

Regionals

Mid-Atlantic Regional

West Regional

South Regional

Mideast Regional

Central Regional

Midwest Regional

New England Regional

New York Regional

World Series

See also

References