The 1994 NAIA World Series was the 38th 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]
Teams | 8 |
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Format | Double elimination Page playoff |
Finals site | |
Champions | Kennesaw State (1st title) |
Winning coach | Mike Sansing |
MVP | Todd Kirby (P) (Kennesaw State) |
The tournament was played for a third and final time at Sec Taylor Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa.
Kennesaw State (48–14) defeated Southeastern Oklahoma State (50–15) in a single-game championship series, 2–0, to win the Owls' first NAIA World Series. It was also Southeastern's second consecutive loss in the NAIA World Series finals.
Kennesaw State pitcher Todd Kirby was named tournament MVP.
Bracket
editPreliminary
editFirst round Losers to Championship Bracket, Second Round | Second round Losers to Championship Bracket, Third Round | Third round Both teams to Championship Bracket, Semifinals | |||||||||
Kennesaw State | 4 | ||||||||||
Point Loma Nazarene | 2 | ||||||||||
Kennesaw State | 6 | ||||||||||
Dallas Baptist | 4 | ||||||||||
Dallas Baptist | 11 | ||||||||||
Siena Heights | 0 | ||||||||||
Kennesaw State | 6 | ||||||||||
SE Oklahoma State | 5 | ||||||||||
SE Oklahoma State | 187 | ||||||||||
Wilmington (DE) | 2 | ||||||||||
SE Oklahoma State | 10 | ||||||||||
Saint Ambrose | 1 | ||||||||||
Coker | 3 | ||||||||||
Saint Ambrose | 5 |
Championship
editSecond round | Third round | Semifinals | Championship | ||||||||||||
Kennesaw State | 6 | ||||||||||||||
Saint Ambrose | 3 | Saint Ambrose | 2 | ||||||||||||
Point Loma Nazarene | 5 | Point Loma Nazarene | 2 | Kennesaw State | 2 | – | |||||||||
Siena Heights | 3 | SE Oklahoma State | 0 | ||||||||||||
SE Oklahoma State | 10 | ||||||||||||||
Dallas Baptist | 6 | Dallas Baptist | 9 | Third place | |||||||||||
Wilmington (DE) | 0 | Coker | 2 | ||||||||||||
Coker | 5 | ||||||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Championship History" (PDF). NAIA.org. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved September 8, 2022.