The 1983 NCAA Division III baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1983 NCAA Division III baseball season to determine the eighth national champion of college baseball at the NCAA Division III level. The tournament concluded with six teams competing at Pioneer Park in Marietta, Ohio, for the championship. Six regional tournaments were held to determine the participants in the World Series. Regional tournaments were contested in double-elimination format, with one region consisting of six teams, four regions consisting of four teams, and one region consisting of two teams, which was played as best-of-five, for a total of 24 teams participating in the tournament. The tournament champion was , who defeated for the championship.
Bids The 24 competing teams were: School Nickname Location ConferenceTournamentappearanceLastappearance Consecutivetournamentappearances Previous bestperformance Stanislaus State College Warriors Turlock, CA Independent 7th 1982 2 National Champion (1976, 1977) Concordia College Cobbers Moorhead, MN Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1st Debut 1 Debut Eastern Connecticut State College Warriors Willimantic, CT Independent 8th 1982 8 National Champion (1982) Elizabethtown College Blue Jays Elizabethtown, PA Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conference 1st Debut 1 Debut Ithaca College Bombers Ithaca, NY Inedependent College Athletic Conference 8th 1982 8 National Champion (1980) University of La Verne Leopards La Verne, CA Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1st Debut 1 Debut Luther College Norse Decorah, IA Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1st Debut 1 Debut Marietta College Pioneers Marietta, OH Ohio Athletic Conference 8th 1982 8 National Champion (1981) Methodist College Monarchs Fayetteville, NC Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 4th 1982 2 Regional Runner-Up (1982) Monmouth College Fighting Scots Monmouth, IL Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference 3rd 1981 1 Regional Runner-Up (1976) Montclair State College Indians Montclair, NJ New Jersey State Athletic Conference 4th 1982 2 World Series Third place (1976) North Carolina Wesleyan College Battling Bishops Rocky Mount, NC Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 3rd 1982 3 World Series Fourth place (1981, 1982) North Park College Vikings Chicago, IL College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin 1st Debut 1 Debut Ohio Northern University Polar Bears Ada, OH Ohio Athletic Conference 5th 1982 4 Regional Runner-Up (1982) Otterbein College Cardinals Westerville, OH Ohio Athletic Conference 3rd 1982 3 Regional Third place (1981) Ramapo College of New Jersey Roadrunners Mahwah, NJ New Jersey State Athletic Conference 4th 1982 4 Regional Third place (1980, 1981) Salem State College Vikings Salem, MA Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference 1st Debut 1 Debut Salisbury State College Sea Gulls Salisbury, MD Independent 5th 1981 1 Regional Runner-Up (1980) Lynchburg College Hornets Lynchburg, VA Old Dominion Athletic Conference 8th 1982 8 Regional Runner-Up (1977, 1978, 1981) Upsala College Vikings East Orange, NJ Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conference 7th 1982 6 World Series Third Place (1980) Washington University in St. Louis Bears St. Louis, MO Independent 2nd 1982 2 Regional Third Place (1982) William Paterson University of New Jersey Pioneers Wayne Township, NJ New Jersey State Athletic Conference 4th 1982 3 World Series Sixth place (1982) University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Titans Oshkosh, WI Wisconsin State University Conference 5th 1982 5 World Series Third place (1981) Worcester State College Lancers Worcester, MA Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference 1st Debut 1 Debut
Regionals
West Regional Turlock, CA (Host: Stanislaus State College)
Stanislaus State (3–2), La Verne (2–3)
Mid-Atlantic Regional Montclair, NJ (Host: Montclair State College)
Montclair State (3–1), William Paterson (3–2), Upsala (1–2), Salem State (0–2)
South Regional North Carolina Wesleyan (4–1), Lynchburg (2–2), Methodist (1–2), Salisbury State (0–2)
Northeast Regional Ithaca, NY (Host: Ithaca College)
Eastern Connecticut State (3–0), Ithaca (2–2), Ramapo (1–2), Worcester State (0–2)
Midwest Regional Oshkosh, WI (Host: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh)
Otterbein (3–1), Wisconsin-Oshkosh (3–2), Concordia (MN) (1–2), Washington-St. Louis (0–2)
Mideast Regional Burlington, IA
Marietta (4–0), North Park (3–2), Ohio Northern (2–2), Luther (1–2), Elizabethtown (0–2), Monmouth (IL) (0–2)
World Series
Participants School Nickname Location ConferenceWorld SeriesappearanceLastappearance ConsecutiveWorld Seriesappearances Previous bestperformance Marietta College Pioneers Marietta, OH Ohio Athletic Conference 6th 1982 4 National Champion (1981) Otterbein College Cardinals Westerville, OH Ohio Athletic Conference 1st Debut 1 Debut North Carolina Wesleyan College Battling Bishops Rocky Mount, NC Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 3rd 1982 3 Fourth place (1981, 1982) Eastern Connecticut State College Warriors Willimantic, CT Independent 2nd 1982 2 National Champion (1982) Stanislaus State College Warriors Turlock, CA Independent 6th 1982 2 National Champion (1976, 1977) Montclair State College Indians Montclair, NJ New Jersey State Athletic Conference 2nd 1976 1 Third place (1976)
Bracket Pioneer Park-Marietta, OH (Host: Marietta College)
See also 1983 NCAA Division I baseball tournament 1983 NCAA Division II baseball tournament 1983 NAIA World Series
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