The 2012 NCAA Division III baseball tournament was played at the end of the 2012 NCAA Division III baseball season to determine the 37th national champion of college baseball at the NCAA Division III level. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing at Time Warner Cable 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 8 regions and 56 teams participating in the tournament, up from 55 in 2011. The tournament champion was , who defeated for the championship.
Bids The 56 competing teams were:
TeamsCentral Regional (6 teams – Millington, TN)
Birmingham‑Southern
Washington University in St. Louis
DePauw
Emory
Webster
Illinois Wesleyan
New England Regional (8 teams – Mansfield, CT)
Wheaton (MA)
St. Joseph’s (ME)
Trinity (CT)
Keene State
Western New England
Southern Maine
Bowdoin
Bridgewater State
New York (Farmingdale) Regional (6 teams)
SUNY Cortland
Farmingdale State
Ithaca
Misericordia
Skidmore
Castleton
Mid‑Atlantic Regional (8 teams – Lakewood, NJ)
Keystone
Kean
Alvernia
Ramapo
Neumann
Haverford
Drew
Daniel Webster
Mideast Regional (8 teams – Marietta, OH)
Marietta
Washington & Jefferson
Adrian
St. John Fisher
Westminster (PA)
Wooster
Manchester
La Roche
Midwest Regional (8 teams – Whitewater, WI)
St. Thomas (MN)
Wisconsin–La Crosse
North Park
Wisconsin–Whitewater
Concordia–Chicago
St. Scholastica
Aurora
St. Norbert
South Regional (6 teams – Newport News, VA)
Christopher Newport
Salisbury
Shenandoah
Rowan
Lynchburg
Messiah
West Regional (6 teams – McMinnville, OR)
Concordia (TX)
Trinity (TX)
Whitworth
La Verne
Coe
Saint John’s (MN)
Regionals Bold indicates winner.
Central Regional USA Stadium-Millington, TN (Host: Rhodes College)
New England Regional Eastern Baseball Stadium-Mansfield, CT (Host: Eastern Connecticut State University)
New York Regional Farmingdale State Baseball Stadium-East Farmingdale, NY (Host: State University of New York at Farmingdale)
Mid-Atlantic Regional FirstEnergy Park-Lakewood, NJ (Host: Kean University)
Midwest Regional Prucha Field at James B. Miller Stadium-Whitewater, WI (Host: University of Wisconsin-Whitewater)
South Regional Captains Park-Newport News, VA (Host: Christopher Newport University)
Mideast Regional Don Schaly Stadium-Marietta, OH (Host: Marietta College)
West Regional Roy Helser Field and Jim Wright Stadium-McMinnville, OR (Host: Linfield College)
World Series Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium-Grand Chute, WI (Host: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh/Lawrence University/Fox Cities Convention and Visitors Bureau)
See also 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament 2012 NCAA Division II baseball tournament 2012 NAIA World Series
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