1971 NAIA World Series
Linfield (2nd title) | |
| Winning coach | Ad Rutschman |
|---|---|
| MVP | Rob Webb (C) (Linfield) |
The 1971 NAIA World Series was the 15th annual tournament hosted by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics to determine the national champion of baseball among its member colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.[1]
The tournament was played at Phoenix Municipal Stadium in Phoenix, Arizona.
Linfield (28-11) defeated David Lipscomb (44-15) in the first game of the championship series, 9–8, to win the Wildcats' second NAIA World Series (the first team to win a second) and first since 1966
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Linfield catcher Rob Webb was named tournament MVP.
Bracket
| Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||
Lewis (IL) | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Linfield | 9 | – | |||||||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | David Lipscomb | 8 | – | |||||||||||||||
| Lewis (IL) | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oshkosh State | 7 | Oshkosh State | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indiana (PA) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Canyon | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| David Lipscomb | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Southwestern State | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Appalachian State | 13 | David Lipscomb | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| David Lipscomb | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
See also
References
- ^ "Championship History" (PDF). NAIA.org. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved August 21, 2022.