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1973 baseball tournament

Collegiate baseball tournament
1973 NCAA College Division
baseball tournament
Season1973
Teams21
Finals site
ChampionsUC Irvine (1st title)
Runner-upIthaca (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning coachGary Adams (1st title)
MOPTerry Stupy (UC Irvine)

The 1973 NCAA College Division baseball tournament decided the champion of baseball at the NCAA College Division level for the 1973 season. This was the sixth such tournament for the College Division, having separated from the University Division in 1957. The UC Irvine Anteaters won the championship by defeating the Ithaca Bombers.

Regionals

Northeast Region

Team Wins Losses
Ithaca 5 1
Central Connecticut 3 2
Springfield 2 2
Rowan 1 2
New Haven 0 2
Shippensburg 0 2

Mideast Region

Team Wins Losses
Eastern Illinois 4 0
Marietta 3 2
Indianapolis 2 2
Cleveland State 1 2
North Central 0 2
SIU Edwardsville 0 2

Midwest Region

Team Wins Losses
UMSL 3 0
Northern Colorado 2 2
South Dakota State 1 2
Northwest Missouri State 0 2

South Region

Team Wins Losses
Jacksonville State 3 0
New Orleans 2 2
Tuskegee 1 2
Bellarmine 0 2

South Atlantic Region

Team Wins Losses
Florida Southern 3 0
Rollins 2 2
Eckerd 1 2
Baltimore 0 2

West Region

Team Wins Losses
UC Irvine 3 1
Cal State Northridge 1 2
Puget Sound 1 2

Finals

Participants

School Conference Record (conference) Head coach Previous finals appearances Best finals finish Finals record
Eastern Illinois Independent 27–13 Bill McCabe 0
(last: none)		 none 0–0
Florida Southern Independent 27–8 Hal Smeltzly 3
(last: 1972)		 1st 8–4
Ithaca ICAC 24–7 (2–0) Carp Wood 0
(last: none)		 none 0–0
Jacksonville State Gulf South 25–8 (11–2) Rudy Abbott 0
(last: none)		 none 0–0
UC Irvine Independent 44–12 Gary Adams 0
(last: none)		 none 0–0
UMSL Independent 24–7 Fred Nelson 1
(last: 1972)		 4th 0–2

Results

Bracket

First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsFinal
Ithaca3
Jacksonville State2Ithaca4
Florida Southern1
UC Irvine6Ithaca0
UMSL2UC Irvine5
UC Irvine6UC Irvine9—
Eastern Illinois2Ithaca6—
Eastern Illinois9Ithaca3
Florida Southern1Eastern Illinois7Eastern Illinois2
Jacksonville State1UMSL5
UMSL2

Game results

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
Game 1 Ithaca 3–2 Jacksonville State
Game 2 UC Irvine 6–2 UMSL
Game 3 Eastern Illinois 9–1 Florida Southern
Game 4 UMSL 2–1 Jacksonville State Jacksonville State eliminated
Game 5 Ithaca 4–1 Florida Southern Florida Southern eliminated
Game 6 UC Irvine 6–2 Eastern Illinois
Game 7 Eastern Illinois 7–5 UMSL UMSL eliminated
Game 8 UC Irvine 5–0 Ithaca
Game 9 Ithaca 3–2 Eastern Illinois Eastern Illinois eliminated
Game 10 UC Irvine 9–6 Ithaca UC Irvine wins National Championship

See also

References

  1. "Division II Baseball Championships Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
NCAA Division II baseball tournament
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