The 2016 NCAA Division III baseball tournament was played at the end of the 2016 NCAA Division III baseball season to determine the 41st national champion of college baseball at the NCAA Division III level. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute, Wisconsin for the championship. Eight regional tournaments were held to determine the participants in the World Series. Regional tournaments were contested in double-elimination format, with four regions consisting of six teams, and four consisting of eight, for a total of 56 teams participating in the tournament. The tournament champion was , who defeated in the championship series in two games.
Bids The 56 competing teams were:
By team
By conference Conference Total Schools New Jersey Athletic Conference3 , , University Athletic Association3 , , Capital Athletic Conference2 , Centennial Conference2 , College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin2 , Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference2 , Little East Conference2 , North Coast Athletic Conference2 , Northwest Conference2 , Old Dominion Athletic Conference2 , State University of New York Athletic Conference2 , Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference2 , Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference1 American Southwest Conference1 Colonial States Athletic Conference1 Commonwealth Coast Conference1 Empire 81 Great Northeast Athletic Conference1 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference1 Landmark Conference1 Liberty League1 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference1 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association1 MAC Commonwealth Conference1 MAC Freedom Conference1 Midwest Conference1 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference1 New England Collegiate Conference1 New England Small College Athletic Conference1 New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference1 North Atlantic Conference1 North Eastern Athletic Conference1 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference1 Ohio Athletic Conference1 Presidents' Athletic Conference1 St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference1 Skyline Conference1 Southern Athletic Association1 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference1 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference1 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference1 USA South Athletic Conference1 Independents0 none
Regionals Bold indicates winner.
South Regional William R. Bowdoin Field-Mount Berry, GA (Host: Berry College)
New York Regional Leo Pinckney Field at Falcon Park-Auburn, NY (Host: State University of New York at Cortland)
West Regional Avista Stadium-Spokane, WA (Host: Whitworth University/Spokane Sports Commission)
Midwest Regional Copeland Park-La Crosse, WI (Host: University of Wisconsin-La Crosse)
Mid-Atlantic Regional PNC Field-Moosic, PA (Host: Misericordia University)
New England Regional Eastern Baseball Stadium-Mansfield, CT (Host: Eastern Connecticut State University)
Central Regional GCS Ballpark-Sauget, IL (Host: Webster College)
Mideast Regional Ross Memorial Park-Washington, PA (Host: Washington & Jefferson College)
World Series Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium-Grand Chute, WI (Host: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh/Lawrence University/Fox Cities Convention and Visitors Bureau)
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