The 1986 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1986 NCAA Division I 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 fortieth year. Eight regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event. Four regions held a four team, double-elimination tournament while the remaining four regions included six teams, resulting in 40 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The fortieth tournament's champion was Arizona, coached by Jerry Kindall. The Most Outstanding Player was Mike Senne of Arizona.

National seeds Bold indicates CWS participant.

Florida State LSU Miami (FL) Texas UCLA

Regionals The opening rounds of the tournament were played across eight regional sites across the country, four consisting of four teams and four of six teams. The winners of each Regional advanced to the College World Series.

Bold indicates winner.

Atlantic Regional at Coral Gables, FL

Central Regional at Austin, TX

Mideast Regional at Ann Arbor, MI

Midwest Regional at Stillwater, OK

Northeast Regional at Orono, ME

South I Regional at Baton Rouge, LA

South II Regional at Tallahassee, FL

West Regional at Los Angeles, CA

College World Series

Participants School Conference Record (conference) Head coach CWS appearances CWS best finish CWS record Arizona Pac-10 45–18 (18–12) Jerry Kindall 13(last: 1985) 1st(1976, 1980) 27–24 Florida State Metro 57–11 (4–1) Mike Martin 7(last: 1980) 2nd(1970) 8–14 MVC 48–19 (10–10) Bob Warn 0(last: none) none 0–0 WCC 49–13 (n/a) Dave Snow 0(last: none) none 0–0 LSU SEC 54–12 (22–5) Skip Bertman 0(last: none) none 0–0 Maine Eastern Collegiate 41–21 (13–1) John Winkin 6(last: 1984) 3rd(1964, 1982) 7–12 Miami (FL) n/a 46–15 (n/a) Ron Fraser 8(last: 1985) 1st(1982, 1985) 19–13 Oklahoma State Big 8 54–13 (18–5) Gary Ward 13(last: 1985) 1st(1959) 28–25

Results

Bracket

Game results

Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes May 30 Game 1 4–3 LSU Game 2 Arizona 8–7 Maine May 31 Game 3 Miami (FL) 6–2 Oklahoma State Game 4 Florida State 5–3 June 1 Game 5 LSU 8–4 Maine Maine eliminated Game 6 Oklahoma State 4–0 Indiana State eliminated June 2 Game 7 Arizona 7–5 June 3 Game 8 Florida State 7–2 Miami (FL) June 4 Game 9 Oklahoma State 11–5 Loyola Marymount eliminated June 5 Game 10 Miami (FL) 4–3 LSU LSU eliminated June 6 Game 11 Arizona 9–5 Florida State Arizona qualified for final June 7 Game 12 Florida State 6–5 Oklahoma State Oklahoma State eliminated Game 13 Miami (FL) 4–2 Arizona June 8 Game 14 Florida State 4–3 Miami (FL) Miami (FL) eliminated June 9 Final Arizona 10–2 Florida State Arizona wins CWS

All-Tournament Team The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.

Position Player School P Gary Alexander Arizona Richie Lewis Florida State C Bill Reynolds Maine 1B Todd Trafton Arizona 2B Luis Alicea Florida State 3B Robin Ventura Oklahoma State SS Bien Figueroa Florida State OF Mike Fiore Miami (FL) Mike Senne (MOP) Arizona Paul Sorrento Florida State DH Gary Alexander Arizona

Notable players Arizona: Chip Hale, Gil Heredia, Tommy Hinzo Florida State: Luis Alicea, Bien Figueroa, Richie Lewis, Mike Loynd, Paul Sorrento Indiana State: Mike Gardiner Loyola Marymount: Chris Donnels, Billy Bean, Tim Layana LSU: Albert Belle, Jeff Yurtin, Jim Bowie, Mark Guthrie, Barry Manuel, Jeff Reboulet, Jack Voigt Maine: Mike Bordick, Jeff Plympton Miami (FL): Chris Howard, Greg Vaughn Oklahoma State: Jeff Bronkey, Gordon Dillard, Monty Fariss, Tim Pugh, Robin Ventura, Scott Wilkinson

Tournament notes

In the Central Regional Arizona sets a tournament record scoring 26 runs in the first game.

See also 1986 NCAA Division I softball tournament 1986 NCAA Division II baseball tournament 1986 NCAA Division III baseball tournament 1986 NAIA World Series

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