NCAA Division II baseball tournament

NCAA Division II baseball tournament
Current season, competition or edition:; 2023 NCAA Division II baseball tournament
Sport	College baseball
Founded	1968
No. of teams	56
Country	United States; Canada
Most recent; champion(s)	Tampa Spartans (9th title)
Most titles	Florida Southern (9); Tampa (9)
Official website	NCAA.com

The NCAA Division II baseball tournament is an annual college baseball tournament held at the culmination of the spring regular season and which determines the NCAA Division II college baseball champion. The initial rounds of the tournament are held on campus sites, and, since 2009, the NCAA Division II Baseball National Finals have been held at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, North Carolina with the complex earning the bid to host through at least the 2026 championship. University of Mount Olive and Town of Cary are co-hosts of the National Finals.[1]

Florida Southern and Tampa have ben the most successful programs, with nine titles each.^[1]

Tampa are also the defending national champions, winning their ninth national championship in 2024.

Format

The 56-team tournament consists of a field of eight double-elimination regionals. The eight regions are the Atlantic, Central, East, Midwest, South, Southeast, South Central and West. In most cases, the No. 1 seed hosts a regional.

The eight regional champions advance to the National Finals, which also follows a double-elimination format. Teams are not re-seeded for the National Finals. The tournament field is broken up into two four-team brackets. When four teams remain, the two one-loss teams play the unbeaten team from the opposite bracket. The two remaining teams play each other for the championship. If both finalists are unbeaten, the championship is, in effect, a best two-out-of-three series. If both finalists have one loss, the championship is a single winner-takes-all game. If one finalist is unbeaten and one finalist has a loss, the one-loss team must defeat the unbeaten team twice to win the championship. The unbeaten team needs to beat the one-loss team only once to win the championship.

Results

NCAA Division II Baseball Championship (NCAA College Division Baseball Championship)
Year	Host city	Stadium	Championship Results
Year	Host city	Stadium	Champion	Score	Runner-up
1968	Springfield, MO	Meador Park	Chapman ⁽¹⁾	11–0	Delta State
1969			Illinois State ⁽¹⁾	12–0	Southwest Missouri State
1970			Valley State ⁽¹⁾	2–1	Nicholls State
1971			Florida Southern ⁽¹⁾	4–0	Central Michigan
1972	Springfield, IL	Lanphier Park	Florida Southern ⁽²⁾	5–1	Cal State Northridge
1973			UC Irvine ⁽¹⁾	9–6	Ithaca
1974			UC Irvine ⁽²⁾	14–1	LSU–New Orleans
1975			Florida Southern ⁽³⁾	10–7	Marietta
1976			Cal Poly Pomona ⁽¹⁾	17–3	SIU Edwardsville
1977			UC Riverside ⁽¹⁾	4–1	Eckerd
1978			Florida Southern ⁽⁴⁾	7–2	Delta State
1979			Valdosta State ⁽¹⁾	3–2	Florida Southern
1980	Riverside, CA	Riverside Sports Complex	Cal Poly Pomona ⁽²⁾	13–6	New Haven
1981			Florida Southern ⁽⁵⁾	9–0	Eastern Illinois
1982			UC Riverside ⁽²⁾	10–1	Florida Southern
1983			Cal Poly Pomona ⁽³⁾	9–7	Jacksonville State
1984			Cal State Northridge ⁽²⁾	10–5	Florida Southern
1985	Montgomery, AL	Paterson Field	Florida Southern ⁽⁶⁾	15–5	Cal Poly Pomona
1986			Troy State ⁽¹⁾	5–0	Columbus State
1987			Troy State ⁽²⁾	7–5	Tampa
1988			Florida Southern ⁽⁷⁾	5–4	Sacramento State
1989			Cal Poly *	9–5	New Haven
1990			Jacksonville State ⁽¹⁾	12–8	Cal State Northridge
1991			Jacksonville State ⁽²⁾	20–4	Missouri Southern State
1992			Tampa ⁽¹⁾	11–8	Mansfield
1993			Tampa ⁽²⁾	7–5	Cal Poly
1994			Central Missouri State ⁽¹⁾	14–9	Florida Southern
1995			Florida Southern ⁽⁸⁾	15–0	Georgia College
1996			Kennesaw State ⁽¹⁾	4–0	Saint Joseph's (Ind.)
1997			Chico State ⁽¹⁾	13–12	Central Oklahoma
1998			Tampa ⁽³⁾	6–1	Kennesaw State
1999			Chico State ⁽²⁾	11–5	Kennesaw State
2000			Southeastern Oklahoma ⁽¹⁾	7–2	Fort Hays State
2001			St. Mary's (TX) ⁽¹⁾	11–3	Central Missouri State
2002			Columbus State ⁽¹⁾	5–3	Chico State
2003			Central Missouri State ⁽²⁾	11–4	Tampa
2004		Riverwalk Stadium	Delta State ⁽¹⁾	12–8	Grand Valley State
2005			Florida Southern ⁽⁹⁾	12–9	North Florida
2006			Tampa ⁽⁴⁾	3–2	Chico State
2007			Tampa ⁽⁵⁾	7–2	Columbus State
2008	Sauget, IL	GCS Ballpark	Mount Olive ⁽¹⁾	6–2	Ouachita Baptist
2009	Cary, NC	USA Baseball National Training Complex	Lynn ⁽¹⁾	2–1	Emporia State
2010			Southern Indiana ⁽¹⁾	6–4	UC San Diego
2011			West Florida ⁽¹⁾	12–2	Winona State
2012			West Chester ⁽¹⁾	9–0	Delta State
2013			Tampa ⁽⁶⁾	8–2	Minnesota State Mankato
2014			Southern Indiana ⁽²⁾	3–2	Colorado Mesa
2015			Tampa ⁽⁷⁾	3–1	Catawba
2016			Nova Southeastern ⁽¹⁾	8–6	Millersville
2017	Grand Prairie, TX	AirHogs Stadium	West Chester ⁽²⁾	5–2	UC San Diego
2018	Cary, NC	USA Baseball National Training Complex	Augustana (SD) ⁽¹⁾	3–2	Columbus State
2019	Cary, NC	USA Baseball National Training Complex	Tampa ⁽⁸⁾	3–1	Colorado Mesa
2020	Canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021	Cary, NC	USA Baseball National Training Complex	Wingate ⁽¹⁾	5–3	Central Missouri
2022			North Greenville ⁽¹⁾	5–3	Point Loma
2023			Angelo State ⁽¹⁾	6–5	Rollins
2024			Tampa ⁽⁹⁾	8–3	Angelo State
2025
2026

* Participation vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions

Champions

VSU

NGU

WU

CSU

Mt. Olive

UWF

DSU

Augustana

NSU

Lynn

SEOSU

St. Mary's

Angelo State

Chico State

Central Missouri

West Chester

Cal Poly Pomona

FSC

Tampa

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National Championships, by school: 9, 3, 2, 1

Active programs

Team	Titles	Years
Florida Southern	9	1971, 1972, 1975, 1978, 1981, 1985, 1988, 1995, 2005
Tampa	9	1992, 1993, 1998, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2024
Cal Poly Pomona	3	1976, 1980, 1983
West Chester	2	2012, 2017
Central Missouri	2	1994, 2003
Chico State	2	1997, 1999
Angelo State	1	2023
North Greenville	1	2022
Wingate	1	2021
Augustana (SD)	1	2018
Nova Southeastern	1	2016
West Florida	1	2011
Lynn	1	2009
Mount Olive	1	2008
Delta State	1	2004
Columbus State	1	2002
St. Mary's (TX)	1	2001
SE Oklahoma State	1	2000
Valdosta State	1	1979

Former programs

Team	Titles	Years
Southern Indiana	2	2010, 2014
Jacksonville State	2	1990, 1991
Troy	2	1986, 1987
Cal State Northridge	2	1970, 1984
UC Riverside	2	1977, 1982
UC Irvine	2	1973, 1974
Kennesaw State	1	1996
Cal Poly	1	1989*
Illinois State	1	1969
Chapman	1	1968

References

^ "Division II Baseball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 16, 2016.

External links

NCAA Division II baseball

[1] "Division II Baseball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 16, 2016.

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