The 2014 National Club Baseball Association (NCBA) Division II World Series was held at Brooks Stadium in Paducah, Kentucky, US from May 16 to May 20. The seventh tournament's champion was the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets.
Format The format is similar to the NCAA College World Series in that eight teams participate in two four-team double elimination brackets. There are a few differences between the NCAA and the NCBA format. One of which is that the losers of Games 1-4 move to the other half of the bracket. Another difference is that the NCBA plays a winner take all for its national title game while the NCAA has a best-of-3 format to determine its national champion. Another difference which is between NCBA Division I and II is that Division II games are 7 innings while Division I games are 9 innings.
Participants Seeding School Conference Record (Conference) 1 William & Mary District III North 20-3 (14–1) 2 Colorado Mines District VIII North 17-2 (12–0) 3 Akron District IV North 17-1 (14–0) 4 Texas A&M Corps of Cadets District VII West 17-3 (14–1) 5 Penn State† District II West 19-3 (13–1) 6 Minnesota State-Moorhead District V West 18-6 (10–2) 7 Central Missouri District VI South 18-5 (12–3) 8 SUNY-Brockport District I West 16-3 (11–3) † denotes school also fields an NCBA Division I team
Results
Bracket
* denotes extra inning game
Game Results Date Game Time (CST) Winner Score Loser Notes May 16 Game 1 10:00 AM Penn State 3-2 Texas A&M Corps of Cadets Game 2 1:10 PM Akron 5-3 Minnesota State-Moorhead Game 3 4:20 PM Colorado Mines 4-2 Central Missouri Game 4 7:30 PM William & Mary 2-1 SUNY-Brockport May 17 Game 5 10:00 AM Minnesota State-Moorhead 2-1 Central Missouri Central Missouri eliminated Game 6 1:10 PM Texas A&M Corps of Cadets 12-7 SUNY-Brockport SUNY-Brockport eliminated Game 7 4:20 PM Akron 2-1 Colorado Mines Game 8 7:30 PM William & Mary 5-3 Penn State May 18 Game 9 4:20 PM Texas A&M Corps of Cadets 8-0 Colorado Mines Colorado Mines eliminated Game 10 7:30 PM Penn State 9-4 Minnesota State-Moorhead Minnesota State-Moorhead eliminated May 19 Game 11 10:00 AM Texas A&M Corps of Cadets 7-1 Akron Game 12 1:10 PM William & Mary 9-4 Penn State Penn State eliminated Game 13 4:20 PM Texas A&M Corps of Cadets 10-9 (12 innings) Akron Akron eliminated Game 14 7:30 PM Game not needed May 20 Game 15 7:30 PM Texas A&M Corps of Cadets 6-3 William & Mary Texas A&M Corps of Cadets wins the NCBA Division II World Series
Championship Game
See also 2014 NCBA Division I Tournament 2014 NCBA Division I World Series 2014 NCBA Division II Tournament
Notes The 12 inning game between Akron and the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets was the longest Division II World Series game in NCBA history in terms of innings played. This had shattered the previous mark of 9 innings, which was set on three occasions (2008 Kentucky/Wyoming, 2012 Kennesaw State/Maryland and 2012 Penn State/Wyoming). Texas A&M Corps of Cadets became the first team since Kentucky in 2009 to win the NCBA Division II World Series after losing their first game of the tournament.
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