1986 NAIA World Series
Page playoff | |
| Finals site | |
|---|---|
| Champions | Grand Canyon (4th title) |
| Winning coach | Gil Stafford |
| MVP | Greg Duce (1B) (Grand Canyon) |
The 1986 NAIA World Series was the 30th 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 Harris Field in Lewiston, Idaho.
Lewis–Clark State (55–11) in a single-game championship series, 6–5 (after 10 innings), to win the Antelopes' fourth NAIA World Series and first since 1982
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Grand Canyon first baseman Greg Duce was named tournament MVP.
Bracket
Preliminary bracket
| First round | Second round | Third round | Fourth round (both teams to Semifinals) | |||||||||||
Missouri Southern State | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Consolation First Round | Consolation Second Round | Consolation Third Round (both teams to Semifinals) | ||||||||||||
| Lewis–Clark State | 17 | |||||||||||||
| St. Francis (IL) | 2 | USC Aiken | 4 | |||||||||||
| Hawaii–Hilo | 8 | USC Aiken | 9 | |||||||||||
| USC Aiken | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Emporia State | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Point Park | 8 | Point Park | 2 | |||||||||||
| Southern Tech | 3 | Missouri Southern State | 3 | |||||||||||
| Missouri Southern State | 23 | |||||||||||||
Championship bracket
| Semifinals | Championship | |||||||
| Grand Canyon | 6 | 20 | ||||||
| Point Park | 8 | 7 | ||||||
| Grand Canyon | 610 | |||||||
| Lewis–Clark State | 5 | |||||||
| Oklahoma City | 2 | – | ||||||
| Lewis–Clark State | 5 | – | ||||||
See also
- 1986 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
- 1986 NCAA Division II baseball tournament
- 1986 NCAA Division III baseball tournament
- 1986 NAIA Softball World Series
References
- ^ "Championship History" (PDF). NAIA.org. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved August 29, 2022.