The 1984 NAIA World Series was the 28th annual tournament hosted by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics to determine the national champion of baseball among its member colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.[1]
 1984 NAIA World Series | |
| Teams | 10 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double elimination Page playoff |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Lewis–Clark State (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Ed Cheff |
| MVP | Trace Czyzewski (P) (Lewis–Clark State) |
The tournament was played, for the first time, at Harris Field in Lewiston, Idaho.
Emerging from the consolation bracket after losing their first game, hometown team Lewis–Clark State (51–13) defeated Azusa Pacific (39–24) in a single-game championship series, 15–2, to win the Warriors' first NAIA World Series. This would be the beginning of a nineteen-title dynasty for Lewis–Clark State at the NAIA level.
Lewis–Clark State pitcher Trace Czyzewski was named tournament MVP.
Bracket
edit| First round | Second round | Third round | Fourth round Both teams to championship bracket | |||||||||||
| Anderson (IN) | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Georgia College | 7 | Georgia College | 11 | |||||||||||
| Anderson (IN) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Southwestern (TX) | 6 | |||||||||||||
| USC Coastal Carolina | 13 | |||||||||||||
| USC Coastal Carolina | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Dallas Baptist | 7 | |||||||||||||
| USC Coastal Carolina | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Azusa Pacific | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Grand View | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Emporia State | 6 | Emporia State | 9 | |||||||||||
| Emporia State | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Lewis–Clark State | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Azusa Pacific | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Azusa Pacific | 23 | |||||||||||||
| Wilmington (DE) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Consolation First Round | Consolation Second Round | Consolation Third Round | ||||||||||||
| Anderson (IN) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Grand View | 3 | Southwestern (TX) | 15 | |||||||||||
| Dallas Baptist | 6 | Southwestern (TX) | 10 | |||||||||||
| Southwestern (TX) | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Emporia State | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Georgia College | 4 | Lewis–Clark State | 11 | |||||||||||
| Wilmington (DE) | 4 | Lewis–Clark State | 13 | |||||||||||
| Lewis–Clark State | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Semifinals | Third place final | Championship final | |||||||||||
| 1 | Azusa Pacific | 6 | Azusa Pacific | 2 | |||||||||
| Lewis–Clark State | 10 | Lewis–Clark State | 15 | ||||||||||
| Lewis–Clark State | 14 | ||||||||||||
| Southwestern (TX) | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | USC Coastal Carolina | 1 | |||||||||||
| Southwestern (TX) | 9 | ||||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Championship History" (PDF). NAIA.org. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved August 28, 2022.