2012 NCBA Division II World Series

The 2012 National Club Baseball Association (NCBA) Division II World Series was played at Golden Park in Columbus, GA from May 18 to May 22. The fifth tournament's champion was Hofstra University.

Format

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The format is similar to the NCAA College World Series in that eight teams participate in two four-team double elimination brackets. There are a few differences between the NCAA and the NCBA format. One of which is that the losers of Games 1–4 move to the other half of the bracket. Another difference is that the NCBA plays a winner take all for its national title game while the NCAA has a best-of-3 format to determine its national champion. Another difference which is between NCBA Division I and II is that Division II games are 7 innings while Division I games are 9 innings.

Participants

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† denotes school also fielded an NCBA Division I team that season

Results

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[1]

Bracket

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Game results

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Date Game Time Winner Score Loser Notes
May 18 Game 1 10:00 AM Illinois 2–0 Wyoming
Game 2 1:00 PM Kennesaw State 3–2 (9 innings) Maryland
Game 3 4:00 PM Hofstra 9–5 Texas A&M Corps of Cadets
Game 4 7:30 PM Wisconsin 4–1 Penn State
May 19 Game 5 10:00 AM Texas A&M Corps of Cadets 5–1 Maryland Maryland eliminated
Game 6 1:00 PM Penn State 5–4 (9 innings) Wyoming Wyoming eliminated
Game 7 4:00 PM Hofstra 12–8 Kennesaw State
Game 8 7:00 PM Illinois 4–2 Wisconsin
May 20 Game 9 4:00 PM Kennesaw State 5–3 Penn State Penn State eliminated
Game 10 7:00 PM Wisconsin 5–1 Texas A&M Corps of Cadets Texas A&M Corps of Cadets eliminated
May 21 Game 11 10:00 AM Kennesaw State 4–1 Hofstra
Game 12 1:00 PM Illinois 5–0 Wisconsin Wisconsin eliminated
Game 13 4:00 PM Hofstra 9–7 Kennesaw State Kennesaw State eliminated
Game 14 7:00 PM Game not needed
May 22 Game 15 7:00 PM Hofstra 5–1 Illinois Hofstra wins the NCBA Division II World Series

Championship game

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Tuesday, May 22 7:00 PM
Columbus, GA
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Hofstra 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 7 1
Illinois 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0
Starting pitchers:
HOF: Brian Adler
ILL: Matt Wozniak
WP: Brian Adler   LP: Matt Wozniak   Sv: None
Home runs:
HOF: Joe Elio
ILL: None
Attendance: N/A
Boxscore

Notes

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  • Hofstra's 5–1 title game victory over Illinois set an NCBA Division II World Series record for largest margin of victory in a championship game. This record still holds through the 2013 season as this could be broken in the 2014 title game.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2012 NCBA Division II World Series Results". pointstreak.com. Retrieved 2014-05-19.