1981 NAIA World Series

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1981 NAIA
baseball tournament
Chaparral Stadium
  • Texas Lubbock, Texas
    • ChampionsGrand Canyon (2nd title)
    Winning coachGil Stafford (Grand Canyon title)
    MVPPete Bethea (Grand Canyon)
    • ← 1980
    • NAIA baseball tournament
    • 1982 →

    The 1981 NAIA World Series was a

    Chaparral Stadium[note 1] on the campus of Lubbock Christian College[note 2] in Lubbock, Texas, from June 2 through June 8. The Grand Canyon Antelopes won the tournament, the team's second consecutive NAIA baseball championship.[1]

    Participants

    1981 NAIA World Series participants[1]
    Team Record Head coach Previous appearances
    Azusa Pacific
    		 Tom Hicks None
    Grand Canyon Gil Stafford 4 (1969, 1971, 1973, 1980)
    John Brown
    		 None
    Lipscomb Ken Dugan 7 (1971, 1972, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980)
    Liberty Al Worthington None
    Lubbock Christian 38–38 Larry Hays 2 (1977, 1980)
    Southeastern Oklahoma State
    		 Mike Metheny 3 (1978, 1979, 1980)
    Spring Arbor
    		 Hank Burbridge None
    William Jewell
    		 Fred Flook 7 (1957, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1980)
    Winthrop Horace Turbeville None

    Tournament

    Bracket

    To be added

    Game results

    1981 NAIA World Series game results[1]
    Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes
    June 2[2] Game 1 Grand Canyon 11–7 Lipscomb
    Game 2
    William Jewell
    		 10–6
    John Brown
    Game 3 Winthrop 4–3
    Spring Arbor
    Game 4 Liberty 8–5 Lubbock Christian
    June 3[2] Game 5 Lipscomb 6–3 John Brown John Brown eliminated
    Game 6 Spring Arbor 6–1 Lubbock Christian Lubbock Christian eliminated
    Game 7 Grand Canyon 8–5
    Southeastern Oklahoma State
    June 3/4[note 3] Game 8 Liberty 5–4
    Azusa Pacific
    Game 9 Southeastern Oklahoma State 7–5 Spring Arbor Spring Arbor eliminated
    Game 10 Azusa Pacific 7–4 Lipscomb Lipscomb eliminated
    Game 11 Grand Canyon 9–3 William Jewell
    Game 12 Winthrop 4–1 Liberty
    Game 13 Southeastern Oklahoma State 13–12 William Jewell William Jewell eliminated
    Game 14 Azusa Pacific 11–1 Liberty Liberty eliminated
    Game 15 Grand Canyon 9–2 Winthrop
    Game 16 Winthrop 11–10 Southeastern Oklahoma State Southeastern Oklahoma State eliminated
    Game 17 Grand Canyon 12–3 Azusa Pacific Azusa Pacific eliminated
    June 8 Final Grand Canyon 12–4 Winthrop Grand Canyon win NAIA World Series

    See also

    Notes

    1. Hays Field
      was named Chaparral Stadium 1978–1999.
    2. ^ Lubbock Christian University was named Lubbock Christian College 1956–1988.
    3. ^ Game 8 resumed on June 4 after rain delay.[3]

    References

    1. ^ a b c "Baseball Championship History" (PDF). National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 21, 2014. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
    2. ^ a b "NAIA Tourney". Tyrone, Pennsylvania: Daily Herald. UPI. June 3, 1981. p. 8.
    3. ^ "Winthrop, Liberty in NAIA action tonight". Greenwood, South Carolina: Index-Journal. Associated Press. June 5, 1981. p. 14.

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