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.[1]

Regionals

Northeast Region

TeamWinsLosses
Ithaca51
Central Connecticut32
Springfield22
Rowan12
New Haven02
Shippensburg02

Mideast Region

TeamWinsLosses
Eastern Illinois40
Marietta32
Indianapolis22
Cleveland State12
North Central02
SIU Edwardsville02

Midwest Region

TeamWinsLosses
UMSL30
Northern Colorado22
South Dakota State12
Northwest Missouri State02

South Region

TeamWinsLosses
Jacksonville State30
New Orleans22
Tuskegee12
Bellarmine02

South Atlantic Region

TeamWinsLosses
Florida Southern30
Rollins22
Eckerd12
Baltimore02

West Region

TeamWinsLosses
UC Irvine31
Cal State Northridge12
Puget Sound12

Finals

Participants

SchoolConferenceRecord (conference)Head coachPrevious finals appearancesBest finals finishFinals record
Eastern Illinois Independent27–13Bill McCabe0
(last: none)
none00
Florida Southern Independent27–8Hal Smeltzly3
(last: 1972)
1st84
Ithaca ICAC24–7 (2–0)Carp Wood0
(last: none)
none00
Jacksonville State Gulf South25–8 (11–2)Rudy Abbott0
(last: none)
none00
UC Irvine Independent24–7Fred Nelson1
(last: 1972)
4th02
UMSL Independent44–12Gary Adams0
(last: none)
none00

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

GameWinnerScoreLoserNotes
Game 1Ithaca3–2Jacksonville State
Game 2UC Irvine6–2UMSL
Game 3Eastern Illinois9–1Florida Southern
Game 4UMSL2–1Jacksonville StateJacksonville State eliminated
Game 5Ithaca4–1Florida SouthernFlorida Southern eliminated
Game 6UC Irvine6–2Eastern Illinois
Game 7Eastern Illinois7–5UMSLUMSL eliminated
Game 8UC Irvine5–0Ithaca
Game 9Ithaca3–2Eastern IllinoisEastern Illinois eliminated
Game 10UC Irvine9–6IthacaUC Irvine wins National Championship

See also

References

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