2013 NCBA Division I World Series

The 2013 National Club Baseball Association (NCBA) Division I World Series was played at University of Tampa Baseball Stadium in Tampa, FL from May 24 to May 30. The thirteenth tournament's champion was Penn State University. The Most Valuable Player was Kyle Gilbert of Penn State University.^[1]

Format

The format is similar to the NCAA College World Series in that eight teams participate in two four-team double elimination brackets with the exception of a one-game national championship rather than a best-of-3 format to determine the national champion like the NCAA. Beginning with the 2013 edition of the NCBA Division I World Series, the losers of Games 7 and 8 were sent to the other half of the bracket in addition to the losers of Games 1-4.

Participants

All records are pre-World Series games

Seeding	School	Conference	Record (Conference)
1	Texas A&M	Gulf Coast South	21-1 (11-1)
2	Illinois	Great Lakes South	18-3 (9-2)
3	Iowa	Mid-America North	19-4 (8-1)
4	Penn State	North Atlantic West	20-6 (10-4)
5	California	Southern Pacific North	18-9 (10-2)
6	James Madison	Mid-Atlantic North	17-4 (9-3)
7	Western Washington	Northern Pacific West	14-7 (10-1)
8	Florida	South Atlantic South	14-9 (8-4)

Results

Bracket

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First Round			Second Round			Semifinals				Championship Game

1	Texas A&M	12

8	Florida	5
			1	Texas A&M	2

			4	Penn State	4
4	Penn State	10

5	California	0
						4	Penn State	5	-

						7	Western Washington	4	-
2	Illinois	7

3	Iowa	9
			3	Iowa	3

			7	Western Washington	6



										4	Penn State	12	-	-

										6	James Madison	5	-	-
2	Illinois	6

7	Western Washington	14
			7	Western Washington	5

			6	James Madison	6
3	Iowa	10

6	James Madison	12
						6	James Madison	6	-

						8	Florida	3	-
8	Florida	5

5	California	3
			8	Florida	11

			1	Texas A&M	6

Game Results

Date	Game	Time	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 24	Game 1	11:00 AM	James Madison	12-10 (10 innings)	Iowa
	Game 2	3:15 PM	Western Washington	14-6	Illinois
	Game 3	7:30 PM	Texas A&M	12-5	Florida
May 25	Game 4	11:00 AM	Penn State	10-0	California
May 25	Game 5	3:15 PM	Iowa	9-7	Illinois	Illinois eliminated
May 26	Game 6	11:00 AM	Florida	5-3	California	California eliminated
	Game 7	3:15 PM	James Madison	6-5 (10 innings)	Western Washington
	Game 8	7:30 PM	Penn State	4-2	Texas A&M
May 27	Game 9	3:15 PM	Western Washington	6-3	Iowa	Iowa eliminated
May 27	Game 10	7:30 PM	Florida	11-6	Texas A&M	Texas A&M eliminated
May 28	Game 11	3:15 PM	Penn State	5-4	Western Washington	Western Washington eliminated
May 28	Game 12	7:30 PM	James Madison	6-3	Florida	Florida eliminated
May 29	Game 13	3:15 PM or 7:30 PM	Game not needed
May 29	Game 14	7:30 PM	Game not needed
May 30	Game 15	7:30 PM	Penn State	12-5	James Madison	Penn State wins NCBA Division I World Series

Championship Game

Thursday, May 30 7:30 pm
Tampa, FL
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
James Madison	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	12	3
Penn State	0	0	4	0	4	2	2	0	X	12	16	2
Starting pitchers: JMU: Jonathan Bitto PSU: Kyle Gilbert WP: Kyle Gilbert LP: Jonathan Bitto Sv: None Home runs: JMU: Tyler Caton PSU: None Attendance: N/A Boxscore

References

^ "2013 NCBA World Series Page". clubbaseball.org. Archived from the original on 2014-05-12. Retrieved 2014-05-13.
^ "2013 NCBA World Series Bracket" (PDF). clubbaseball.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-12. Retrieved 2014-05-13.

[clubbaseball1-1] "2013 NCBA World Series Page". clubbaseball.org. Archived from the original on 2014-05-12. Retrieved 2014-05-13.

[clubbaseball2-2] "2013 NCBA World Series Bracket" (PDF). clubbaseball.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-12. Retrieved 2014-05-13.

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