2012 NCAA Division III baseball tournament

2012 NCAA Division III
baseball tournament
Season	2012
Teams	56
Finals site	Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium; Grand Chute, Wisconsin;
Champions	Marietta (6th title)
Runner-up	Wheaton (MA)
	← 2011 ; NCAA Division III Baseball Championship; 2013 →;

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 56 teams participating in the tournament, up from 55 in 2011. The tournament champion was Marietta, who defeated Wheaton (MA) for the championship.^[1]

Bids

The 56 competing teams were: ^[2] ^[3]

Regionals

Bold indicates winner.

Central Regional

USA Stadium-Millington, TN (Host: Rhodes College)


First round			Second round/elimination round 1		Semifinals/elimination round 2		Elimination final		Final



1	Birmingham-Southern	7

6	Illinois Wesleyan	4	Birmingham-Southern	6

			Emory	1

2	Washington-St. Louis	5			Birmingham-Southern	1

5	Webster	11			Webster	6

			Webster	10					Webster	3	--

			DePauw	2					Birmingham-Southern	2	--

3	DePauw	2					Birmingham-Southern	9

4	Emory	0			DePauw	0	Illinois Wesleyan	7

			Illinois Wesleyan	3	Illinois Wesleyan	6

			Washington-St. Louis	2

New England Regional

Eastern Baseball Stadium-Mansfield, CT (Host: Eastern Connecticut State University)


First round/elimination round 1			Second round/elimination round 2		Semifinals/elimination semifinals				Finals



4	Keene State	1

5	Western New England	7
			Western New England	3

			Wheaton (MA)	10
1	Wheaton (MA)	6

8	Bridgewater State	2
					Wheaton (MA)	6

					Trinity (CT)	4
3	Trinity (CT)	13

6	Southern Maine	8
			Trinity (CT)	4

			St. Joseph's (ME)	0
2	St. Joseph's (ME)	2

7	Bowdoin	0							Wheaton (MA)	4	2

									Western New England	6	0

Lower round 1			Lower round 2		Lower round 3		Lower final



			St. Joseph's (ME)	6

Keene State		3	Keene State	1			Trinity (CT)	1

Bridgewater State		2			St. Joseph's (ME)	0	Western New England	2

					Western New England	4

			Western New England	7

Southern Maine		4	Bowdoin	1

Bowdoin		6

New York Regional

Farmingdale State Baseball Stadium-East Farmingdale, NY (Host: State University of New York at Farmingdale)


First round			Second round/elimination round 1		Semifinals/elimination round 2		Elimination final		Final



1	SUNY Cortland	7

6	Castleton State	6	SUNY Cortland	7

			Misericordia	2

2	Farmingdale State	10			SUNY Cortland	4

5	Skidmore	2			Farmingdale State	2

			Farmingdale State	2					SUNY Cortland	2	--

			Ithaca	0					Farmingdale State	1	--

3	Ithaca	2					Farmingdale State	4

4	Misericordia	1			Ithaca	5	Ithaca	3¹⁰

			Castleton State	8	Castleton State	2

			Skidmore	1

Mid-Atlantic Regional

FirstEnergy Park-Lakewood, NJ (Host: Kean University)


First round/elimination round 1			Second round/elimination round 2		Semifinals/elimination semifinals				Finals



4	Ramapo	10

5	Neumann	5
			Ramapo	4

			Keystone	5
1	Keystone	13

8	Daniel Webster	7
					Keystone	0

					Kean	2
3	Alvernia	8

6	Haverford	3
			Alvernia	4

			Kean	12
2	Kean	9

7	Drew	3							Kean	6	--

									Ramapo	4	--

Lower round 1			Lower round 2		Lower round 3		Lower final



			Alvernia	3

Neumann		11	Neumann	5			Keystone	2

Daniel Webster		4			Neumann	5	Ramapo	3

					Ramapo	6

			Ramapo	6

Haverford		11	Haverford	4

Drew		9¹²

Midwest Regional

Prucha Field at James B. Miller Stadium-Whitewater, WI (Host: University of Wisconsin-Whitewater)


First round/elimination round 1			Second round/elimination round 2		Semifinals/elimination semifinals				Finals



4	Wisconsin-Whitewater	2

5	Concordia-Chicago	1¹⁰
			Wisconsin-Whitewater	2

			St. Thomas (MN)	5
1	St. Thomas (MN)	5

8	St. Norbert	1
					St. Thomas (MN)	22

					St. Scholastica	2
3	North Park	7

6	St. Scholastica	8
			St. Scholastica	8

			Aurora	4¹³
2	Wisconsin-La Crosse	1

7	Aurora	2							St. Thomas (MN)	10	--

									Wisconsin-Whitewater	6	--

Lower round 1			Lower round 2		Lower round 3		Lower final



			Aurora	11

Concordia-Chicago		0	St. Norbert	5			St. Scholastica	5

St. Norbert		5			Aurora	5	Wisconsin-Whitewater	6

					Wisconsin-Whitewater	6¹⁰

			Wisconsin-Whitewater	10

North Park		2	Wisconsin-La Crosse	7

Wisconsin-La Crosse		4

South Regional

Captains Park-Newport News, VA (Host: Christopher Newport University)


First round			Second round/elimination round 1		Third round/elimination round 2		Elimination final		Final



			Messiah	6

			Rowan	9
1	Christopher Newport	1			Rowan	2

6	Messiah	3			Christopher Newport	4	Christopher Newport	9
			Christopher Newport	7
							Shenandoah	5
			Lynchburg	1
2	Salisbury	7
									Christopher Newport	12
5	Lynchburg	2
			Salisbury	1					Salisbury	3

			Shenandoah	6
3	Shenandoah	5			Shenandoah	1

4	Rowan	4			Salisbury	2¹⁴
			Messiah	3

			Salisbury	9

Mideast Regional

Don Schaly Stadium-Marietta, OH (Host: Marietta College)


First round/elimination round 1			Second round/elimination round 2		Semifinals/elimination semifinals				Finals



4	St. John Fisher	13

5	Westminster (PA)	7
			St. John Fisher	5

			Marietta	2
1	Marietta	12

8	La Roche	3
					St. John Fisher	8

					Manchester	11
3	Adrian	8

6	Wooster	4
			Adrian	7

			Manchester	13
2	Washington & Jefferson	3

7	Manchester	13							Manchester	3	3

									Marietta	6	7

Lower round 1			Lower round 2		Lower round 3		Lower final



			Adrian	3

Westminster (PA)		2	La Roche	2			St. John Fisher	2

La Roche		3			Adrian	4	Marietta	9

					Marietta	11

			Marietta	9

Wooster		0	Washington & Jefferson	5

Washington & Jefferson		8

West Regional

Roy Helser Field and Jim Wright Stadium-McMinnville, OR (Host: Linfield College)


First round			Second round/elimination round 1		Third round/elimination round 2		Elimination final		Final



			Concordia(TX)	5

			La Verne	8
1	Concordia (TX)	6			La Verne	0

6	St. John's (MN)	3			Coe	5	Coe	5
			St. John's (MN)	2
							Trinity (TX)	6¹¹
			La Verne	7
2	Trinity (TX)	2
									Trinity (TX)	2
5	Coe	0
			Trinity (TX)	8					Whitworth	9

			Whitworth	3
3	Whitworth	5			Trinity (TX)	0

4	La Verne	0			Whitworth	12
			Concordia (TX)	1

			Whitworth	5

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)

Upper round 1

Upper round 2

Upper final

Semifinals

Preliminary final

Final

C5

Webster

2

NE1

Wheaton (MA)

3

Wheaton (MA)

6

SUNY Cortland

1

NY1

SUNY Cortland

10

MA2

Kean

5

Wheaton (MA)

13

St. Thomas (MN)

9

MW1

St. Thomas (MN)

12

Wheaton (MA)

5

S1

Christopher Newport

7

St. Thomas (MN)

3

Marietta

6¹⁰

Marietta

1

ME1

Marietta

13

W3

Whitworth

2

Wheaton (MA)

2

Marietta

5

Marietta

7

Lower round 1

Lower round 2

St. Thomas (MN)

0

Marietta

12

Webster

8

Webster

7

St. Thomas (MN)

7

Kean

7

SUNY Cortland

6

SUNY Cortland

5

Christopher Newport

2

Whitworth

4

Whitworth

7

References

^ "For Marietta, the repeat was sweet". d3baseball.com. June 2, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
^ "DIII field chosen for championship". NCAA. May 14, 2012. Archived from the original on January 2, 2018. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
^ "2012 Playoff Central". d3baseball.com. n.d. Retrieved January 1, 2018.

[1] "For Marietta, the repeat was sweet". d3baseball.com. June 2, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2018.

[2] "DIII field chosen for championship". NCAA. May 14, 2012. Archived from the original on January 2, 2018. Retrieved February 13, 2017.

[3] "2012 Playoff Central". d3baseball.com. n.d. Retrieved January 1, 2018.

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2012 NCAA Division III baseball tournament

Contents

Bids

Regionals

Central Regional

New England Regional

New York Regional

Mid-Atlantic Regional

Midwest Regional

South Regional

Mideast Regional

West Regional

World Series

See also

References