1968 NCAA College Division baseball tournament

1968 NCAA College Division
baseball tournament
Season	1968
Teams	16
Finals site	Meador Park; Springfield, Missouri;
Champions	Chapman (1st title)
Runner-up	Delta State (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Paul Deese (1st title)
MOP	Tony Spono (Chapman)
	; NCAA Division II Baseball Championship; 1969 →;

The 1968 NCAA College Division baseball tournament was the first edition of the NCAA College Division baseball tournament, now known as the NCAA Division II baseball tournament. The College Division had previously separated from the University Division in 1957. The 16-team tournament determined the champion of the 1968 season. The Chapman Panthers won the championship by defeating the Delta State Statesmen.^[1]

Format

Sixteen teams were selected to participate, divided into four regions of four teams each. Each region completed a double-elimination round, with the winners advancing to the finals. The finals, made up of the four regional champions, also competed in a double-elimination format.

Regionals

East Regional

Team	Wins	Losses
Long Island	4	1
Springfield	2	2
Jacksonville	1	2
Belmont Abbey	0	2

Mideast Regional

Team	Wins	Losses
Delta State	3	1
Middle Tennessee	3	2
Illinois State	1	2
Wittenberg	0	2

Midwest Regional

Team	Wins	Losses
Arkansas State	2	0
Minnesota State	1	1
CSU–Pueblo	1	1
Northern Iowa	0	2

West Regional

Team	Wins	Losses
Chapman	3	0
Seattle Pacific	2	2
Sacramento State	1	2
Portland State	0	2

Finals

Participants

School	Conference	Record (conference)	Head coach	Previous finals appearances	Best finals finish	Finals record
Arkansas State	Southland Conference	22–12–1	J. A. Tomlinson	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Chapman	CCAA	26–17	Paul Deese	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Delta State		20–22–1	Don Ward	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Long Island	Metropolitan Collegiate Conference	26–5	Dick Vining	0 (last: none)	none	0–0

Results

Bracket


Upper round 1		Upper final		Final



Chapman	11

Long Island	8
		Chapman	3

		Delta State	0
Arkansas State	1

Delta State	3
				Chapman	11	—

				Delta State	0	—
Lower round 1		Lower final



		Delta State	4

Long Island	3	Arkansas State	3

Arkansas State	10

Game results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Chapman	11–8	Long Island
Game 2	Delta State	3–1	Arkansas State
Game 3	Arkansas State	10–3	Long Island	Long Island eliminated
Game 4	Chapman	3–0	Delta State
Game 5	Delta State	4–3	Arkansas State	Arkansas State eliminated
Game 6	Chapman	11–0	Delta State	Chapman wins National Championship

References

^ "Division II Baseball Championships Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved February 22, 2021.

[1] "Division II Baseball Championships Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved February 22, 2021.

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