1977 NCAA Division II baseball tournament

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1977 NCAA Division II
baseball tournament
Season1977
Finals site
  • UC Riverside
    )
Attendance11,817
  • ← 1976 
  • NCAA Division II Baseball Championship
  • 1978 →

The 1977 NCAA Division II baseball tournament was the 10th edition of the

Eckerd Tritons.[1] UC Riverside coach Jack Smitherman won his first title with the team, while Joe Lefebvre of Eckerd and Steve Glaum of UC Riverside were named Tournament Co-Most Outstanding Players.[2]

Regionals

The regionals consisted 31 teams in eight groupings. There were five 4-team brackets, one 6-team bracket, one 3-team bracket, and one 2-team bracket. All brackets were double elimination format, with the exception of the 2-team bracket which was a best of 3 format. The top team in each bracket advanced to the 1977 Division II College World Series.[3]

New England Regional

First roundSemi-finalsFinals
Adelphi
12
New Haven510
Le Moyne65
Lower round 1Lower final
Le Moyne8
Adelphi11Adelphi7
LIU Post4

Middle Atlantic Regional

Shippensburg
(3–0)
California (PA)
(1–2)
UMBC (0–2)

Shippensburg State won regional

South Atlantic Regional

Valdosta State
(4–1)
West Georgia
(2–2)
Columbus
(1–2)
Randolph–Macon
(0–2)

Valdosta State won regional

South Regional

Eckerd
(3–0)
Florida Southern
(2–2)
Jacksonville State (1–2)
Troy State
(0–2)

Eckerd College won regional

Great Lakes Regional

SIU Edwardsville (3–0)
Northern Kentucky (2–2)
Wright State (1–2)
Youngstown State (0–2)

SIU Edwardsville won regional

North Central Regional

UMSL
(4–0)
Omaha (3–2)
Southeast Missouri State
(2–2)
Southwest Missouri State (1–2)
Minnesota State
(0–2)
South Dakota State (0–2)

UMSL won regional

South Central Regional

Delta State
(2–1)
Nicholls State
(1–2)

Delta State won regional

West Regional

First roundSemi-finalsFinals
UC Riverside4
Cal State Hayward1
UC RiversideW
Cal State NorthridgeL
Cal State Northridge16
Cal Poly1
UC Riverside3W
Cal State Hayward7L
Lower round 1Lower final
Cal State HaywardW
Cal State HaywardWCal State NorthridgeL
Cal PolyL

College World Series

Participants

School Conference Record Head coach CWS appearances CWS best finish Finals record
Delta State
 Gulf South Conference 41–17 Boo Ferries 1
(last: 1968)		 2nd 2–2
Eckerd
 Independent 34–9 Bill Livesey 0
(last: none)		 None 0–0
New Haven
 Independent 28–4 Frank Vieira 1
(last: 1974)		 3rd 2–2
Shippensburg
 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference 32–11 Art Fairchild 0
(last: none)		 None 0–0
SIU Edwardsville Independent 25-18-1 Roy Lee 2
(last: 1976)		 2nd 4–4
UC Riverside California Collegiate Athletic Association 43–19 Jack Smitherman 0
(last: none)		 None 0–0
UMSL
 Independent 30–13 Jim Dix 2
(last: 1973)		 4th 1–4
Valdosta State
 Independent 47–16 Tommy Thomas 1
(last: 1974)		 6th 0–2

Bracket

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsPreliminary finalFinal
Delta State
2Eckerd1
Delta State3UC Riverside4
Lower round 1Lower round 2UC Riverside5
UM St. Louis4
Shippensburg1Valdosta State11
UC Riverside8
Valdosta State2
Valdosta State7
New Haven3
SIU Edwardsville4Delta State5
Delta State5

Game results

Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes
May 28 1
New Haven
 6–1
Shippensburg
2
Eckerd
 2–1
Valdosta State
3
UMSL
 9–5 SIU Edwardsville
4 UC Riverside 8–2
Delta State
May 29 5
Valdosta State
 2–1 (13)
Shippensburg
 Shippensburg eliminated
6
Delta State
 5–4 SIU Edwardsville SIU Edwardsville eliminated
7
Eckerd
 14–2
New Haven
8 UC Riverside 12–0
UMSL
May 30 9
Delta State
 5–3
New Haven
 New Haven eliminated
10
Valdosta State
 11–4
Missouri-St. Louis
 UMSL eliminated
11
Eckerd
 8–2 UC Riverside
May 31 12
Delta State
 8–6
Eckerd
13 UC Riverside 8–7
Valdosta State
 Valdosta St. eliminated
June 1 14 UC Riverside 5–3
Delta State
 Delta State eliminated
June 2 15 UC Riverside 4–1
Eckerd
 UC Riverside wins CWS

See also

References

  1. NCAA
    . p. 3. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  2. NCAA
    . p. 4. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  3. ^ "Division II Baseball Championships Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. p. 13. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
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