1973 NCAA College Division baseball tournament

1973 NCAA College Division
baseball tournament
Season	1973
Teams	21
Finals site	Lanphier Park; Springfield, Illinois;
Champions	UC Irvine (1st title)
Runner-up	Ithaca (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Gary Adams (1st title)
MOP	Terry Stupy (UC Irvine)
	← 1972 ; NCAA Division II Baseball Championship; 1974 →;

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

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 round		Second round		Third round		Semifinals		Final



Ithaca	3

Jacksonville State	2	Ithaca	4

		Florida Southern	1

UC Irvine	6			Ithaca	0

UMSL	2			UC Irvine	5

		UC Irvine	6					UC Irvine	9	—

		Eastern Illinois	2					Ithaca	6	—

Eastern Illinois	9					Ithaca	3

Florida Southern	1			Eastern Illinois	7	Eastern Illinois	2

		Jacksonville State	1	UMSL	5

		UMSL	2

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

References

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

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

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