1993 NAIA World Series
Appearance
![]() 1993 NAIA World Series | |
Teams | 8 |
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Format | Double elimination Page playoff |
Finals site | |
Champions | Saint Francis (IL) (1st title) |
Winning coach | Gordie Gillespie |
MVP | Ivan Lawler (P/OF) (Saint Francis (IL)) |
The 1993 NAIA World Series was the 37th 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 again played at Sec Taylor Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa.
Saint Francis (IL) (46-16-2) defeated Southeastern Oklahoma State (43–19) in a single-game championship series, 4–2, to win the Fighting Saints' first NAIA World Series. It was the fourth title for Saint Francis coach Gordie Gillespie, who won three NAIA World Series with Lewis in 1974, 1975, and 1976.
Saint Francis pitcher and outfielder Ivan Lawler was named tournament MVP.
Bracket
[edit]Preliminary
[edit]First round Losers to Championship Bracket, Second Round | Second round Losers to Championship Bracket, Third Round | Third round Both teams to Championship Bracket, Semifinals | |||||||||
Point Loma Nazarene | 3 | ||||||||||
Saint Francis (IL) | 11 | ||||||||||
Saint Francis | 6 | ||||||||||
Geneva | 4 | ||||||||||
Geneva | 2 | ||||||||||
St. Mary's (TX) | 1 | ||||||||||
Saint Francis | 7 | ||||||||||
SE Oklahoma State | 0 | ||||||||||
Carson-Newman | 3 | ||||||||||
Cumberland (TN) | 2 | ||||||||||
Carson–Newman | 2 | ||||||||||
SE Oklahoma State | 5 | ||||||||||
Marian (WI) | 5 | ||||||||||
SE Oklahoma State | 6 |
Championship
[edit]Second round | Third round | Semifinals | Championship | ||||||||||||
Saint Francis | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Geneva | 1 | Cumberland | 0 | ||||||||||||
Cumberland | 10 | Cumberland | 6 | Saint Francis | 4 | – | |||||||||
Marian | 4 | SE Oklahoma State | 2 | – | |||||||||||
SE Oklahoma State | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Carson–Newman | 4 | Point Loma Nazarene | 1 | Third place | |||||||||||
Point Loma Nazarene | 5 | Point Loma Nazarene | 14 | ||||||||||||
St. Mary's | 1 | ||||||||||||||
See also
[edit]- 1993 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
- 1993 NCAA Division II baseball tournament
- 1993 NCAA Division III baseball tournament
- 1993 NAIA Softball World Series
References
[edit]- ^ "Championship History" (PDF). NAIA.org. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved September 8, 2022.