The 1970 NCAA University Division baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1970 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 twenty-fourth 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 26 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The twenty-fourth tournament's champion was the Southern California, coached by Rod Dedeaux. The Most Outstanding Player was Gene Ammann of Florida State.
Tournament The opening rounds of the tournament were played across eight district sites across the country, each consisting of between two and four teams. The winners of each District advanced to the College World Series.
Bold indicates winner.
District 1 at Hanover, NH
District 2 at Princeton, NJ
District 3 at Gastonia, NC
District 4 at Columbus, OH
District 5 at Ames, IA
District 6 at Austin, TX
District 7 at Denver, CO & Tucson, AZ
District 8 at Los Angeles
College World Series
Participants School Conference Record (conference) Head coach CWS appearances CWS best finish CWS record Arizona WAC 44–16 (11–7) Frank Sancet 8(last: 1966) 2nd(1956, 1958, 1960) 17–16 Dartmouth EIBL 23–8 (11–2) Tony Lupien 0(last: none) none 0–0 Middle Atlantic 22–4 (9–1) Bob Hannah 0(last: none) none 0–0 Florida State n/a 45–7–1 (n/a) Jack Stallings 4(last: 1965) 4th(1962) 4–8 Iowa State Big 8 18–9 (13–5) Cap Timm 1(last: 1957) 3rd(1957) 2–2 MAC 31–4 (14–1) Bob Wren 0(last: none) none 0–0 Southern California Pac-8 41–12 (11–3) Rod Dedeaux 11(last: 1968) 1st(1948, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1968) 34–15 Texas SWC 36–6 (14–1) Cliff Gustafson 12(last: 1969) 1st(1949, 1950) 23–21
Results
Bracket
Game results
Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes June 12 Game 1 Texas 12–4 Game 2 4–1 Southern California June 13 Game 3 Florida State 4–0 Arizona Game 4 Dartmouth 7–6 Iowa State Game 5 Southern California 7–1 Delaware eliminated June 14 Game 6 Iowa State 7–1 Arizona Arizona eliminated Game 7 Texas 7–2 Game 8 Florida State 6–0 Dartmouth June 15 Game 9 9–6 Iowa State Iowa State eliminated Game 10 Southern California 6–1 Dartmouth Dartmouth eliminated Game 11 Texas 5–1 Florida State June 16 Game 12 Florida State 2–0 Ohio eliminated Game 13 Southern California 8–7 (14 innings) Texas June 17 Game 14 Florida State 11–2 Texas Texas eliminated June 18 Final Southern California 2–1 (15 innings) Florida State Southern California wins CWS
All-Tournament Team The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.
Position Player School P Gene Ammann (MOP) Florida State Jim Barr USC C Tommy Harmon Texas 1B John Langerhans Texas 2B Frank Alfano USC 3B Dan Stoligrosz USC SS Jerry Lundin Iowa State OF John Grubb Florida State Mike Markl Texas Gary Shade Ohio
Notable players Arizona: Leon Hooten Dartmouth: Pete Broberg, Chuck Seelbach Delaware: Florida State: Ron Cash, Johnny Grubb, Pat Osburn, Mac Scarce, Stan Thomas Iowa State: Ohio: Mike Schmidt, Steve Swisher Southern California: Jim Barr, Steve Busby, Dave Kingman, Eric Raich, Brent Strom, John Vella Texas: Mike Beard, Dave Chalk, Larry Hardy, Burt Hooton
See also 1970 NCAA College Division baseball tournament 1970 NAIA World Series
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