The 1986 NAIA World Series was the 30th 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]
 1986 NAIA World Series | |
| Teams | 10 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double elimination Page playoff |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Grand Canyon (4th title) |
| Winning coach | Gil Stafford |
| MVP | Greg Duce (1B) (Grand Canyon) |
The tournament was played at Harris Field in Lewiston, Idaho.
Grand Canyon (55–18) defeated hosts and two-time defending champions Lewis–Clark State (55–11) in a single-game championship series, 6–5 (after 10 innings), to win the Antelopes' fourth NAIA World Series and first since 1982.
Grand Canyon first baseman Greg Duce was named tournament MVP.
Bracket
editPreliminary bracket
edit| First round | Second round | Third round | Fourth round (both teams to Semifinals) | |||||||||||
| Point Park | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Oklahoma City | 9 | Oklahoma City | 5 | |||||||||||
| Oklahoma City | 13 | |||||||||||||
| USC Aiken | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Emporia State | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Emporia State | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Hawaii–Hilo | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Oklahoma City | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Grand Canyon | 11 | |||||||||||||
| Saint Francis (IL) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Lewis–Clark State | 11 | Lewis–Clark State | 10 | |||||||||||
| Lewis–Clark State | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Southern Tech | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Grand Canyon | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Grand Canyon | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Missouri Southern State | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Consolation First Round | Consolation Second Round | Consolation Third Round (both teams to Semifinals) | ||||||||||||
| Lewis–Clark State | 17 | |||||||||||||
| St. Francis (IL) | 2 | USC Aiken | 4 | |||||||||||
| Hawaii–Hilo | 8 | USC Aiken | 9 | |||||||||||
| USC Aiken | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Emporia State | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Point Park | 8 | Point Park | 2 | |||||||||||
| Southern Tech | 3 | Missouri Southern State | 3 | |||||||||||
| Missouri Southern State | 23 | |||||||||||||
Championship bracket
edit| Semifinals | Championship | |||||||
| Grand Canyon | 6 | 20 | ||||||
| Point Park | 8 | 7 | ||||||
| Grand Canyon | 610 | |||||||
| Lewis–Clark State | 5 | |||||||
| Oklahoma City | 2 | – | ||||||
| Lewis–Clark State | 5 | – | ||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Championship History" (PDF). NAIA.org. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved August 29, 2022.