Year: | 1976 |
Division: | Division III |
Teams: | 22 |
Collegeworldseriesballpark: | Pioneer Park |
City: | Marietta, Ohio, U.S. |
Titlecount: | 1st |
Tournament Link: | NCAA Division III Baseball Championship |
Firsttournamentever: | yes |
The 1976 NCAA Division III baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1976 NCAA Division III baseball season to determine the first national champion of college baseball at the NCAA Division III level. The tournament concluded with four teams competing at Pioneer Park in Marietta, Ohio, for the championship. Four regional tournaments were held to determine the participants in the World Series. Regional tournaments were contested in double-elimination format, with three regions consisting of six teams and one consisting of four, for a total of 22 teams participating in the tournament. The tournament champion was, who defeated for the championship.[1]
The 22 competing teams were:
School | Nickname | Location | Conference | data-sort-type="number" | Tournament appearance | data-sort-type="number" | Last appearance | Consecutive tournament appearances | Previous best performance |
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1st | Debut | 1 | Debut | ||||||
1st | Debut | 1 | Debut | ||||||
1st | Debut | 1 | Debut | ||||||
1st | Debut | 1 | Debut | ||||||
1st | Debut | 1 | Debut | ||||||
1st | Debut | 1 | Debut | ||||||
1st | Debut | 1 | Debut | ||||||
Independent/Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference(NCAA D-II) | 1st | Debut | 1 | Debut | |||||
1st | Debut | 1 | Debut | ||||||
1st | Debut | 1 | Debut | ||||||
1st | Debut | 1 | Debut | ||||||
1st | Debut | 1 | Debut | ||||||
Independent/Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference(NAIA) | 1st | Debut | 1 | Debut | |||||
1st | Debut | 1 | Debut | ||||||
1st | Debut | 1 | Debut | ||||||
Knickerbocker Conference | 1st | Debut | 1 | Debut | |||||
1st | Debut | 1 | Debut | ||||||
1st | Debut | 1 | Debut | ||||||
1st | Debut | 1 | Debut | ||||||
1st | Debut | 1 | Debut | ||||||
1st | Debut | 1 | Debut | ||||||
1st | Debut | 1 | Debut |
Bold indicates winner.
First Round:
Turlock, CA (Host: Stanislaus State College)
Sherman Field-Monmouth, IL (Host: Monmouth College)
Final:
School | Nickname | Location | Conference | data-sort-type="number" | World Series appearance | data-sort-type="number" | Last appearance | Consecutive World Series appearances | Previous best performance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Debut | 1 | Debut | ||||||
1st | Debut | 1 | Debut | ||||||
1st | Debut | 1 | Debut | ||||||
1st | Debut | 1 | Debut |
Pioneer Park-Marietta, OH (Host: Marietta College)