The 1957 NCAA University Division baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1957 NCAA University Division baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its eleventh year. Eight regional districts sent representatives to the College World Series with preliminary rounds within each district serving to determine each representative. These events would later become known as regionals. Each district had its own format for selecting teams, resulting in 23 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The College World Series was held in Omaha, NE from June 9 to June 14. The eleventh tournament's champion was California, coached by George Wolfman. The Most Outstanding Player was Cal Emery of Penn State.

Tournament

District 1

District 2 Games played at Brooklyn, New York

District 3 Games played at Gastonia, North Carolina

District 4 Games played at Kalamazoo, Michigan

District 5 Games played at Ames, Iowa

District 6 Games played at Austin, Texas

District 7 Games played at Greeley, Colorado

District 8 Games played at Portland, Oregon

College World Series

Participants School Conference Record (conference) Head coach CWS appearances CWS best finish CWS record California CIBA 31–10 (12–4) George Wolfman 1(last: 1947) 1st(1947) 2–0 Colorado State College RMC 24–6 Pete Butler 3(last: 1955) 5th(1955) 1–6 Connecticut Yankee 18–8 (5–5) J. Orlean Christian 0(last: none) none 0–0 Florida State FIC 19–4 (7–2) Danny Litwhiler 0(last: none) none 0–0 Iowa State Big 8 15–8 (11–6) Cap Timm 0(last: none) none 0–0 Notre Dame Independent 14–8 Jake Kline 0(last: none) none 0–0 Penn State Independent 19–0 Joe Bedenk 1(last: 1952) 4th(1952) 2–2 Texas SWC 19–4 (12–1) Bibb Falk 4(last: 1953) 1st(1949, 1950) 13–5

Results

Bracket

Game results Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes June 8 Game 1 Texas 3–0 Connecticut Game 2 Penn State 7–0 Florida State Game 3 California 4–0 Colorado State College Game 4 Iowa State 13–8 (10) Notre Dame June 9 Game 5 Connecticut 5–3 Florida State Florida State eliminated Game 6 Notre Dame 23–2 Colorado State College Colorado State College eliminated Game 7 Penn State 4–1 Texas Game 8 California 8–2 Iowa State June 10 Game 9 Iowa State 5–2 Connecticut Connecticut eliminated Game 10 Notre Dame 9–0 Texas Texas eliminated Game 11 California 8–0 Penn State June 11 Game 12 Penn State 5–4 Notre Dame Notre Dame eliminated Game 13 California 9–1 Iowa State Iowa State eliminated June 12 Final California 1–0 Penn State California wins CWS

Notable players California: Earl Robinson Colorado State College: Ron Herbel Connecticut: Moe Morhardt Florida State: Dick Howser Iowa State: Dick Bertell, Jerry McNertney Notre Dame: Penn State: Cal Emery Texas: Howie Reed, Harry Taylor

See also 1957 NCAA College Division baseball tournament 1957 NAIA World Series

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