2014 NCBA Division II World Series

The 2014 National Club Baseball Association (NCBA) Division II World Series was held at Brooks Stadium in Paducah, Kentucky, US from May 16 to May 20. The seventh tournament's champion was the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets.

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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Seeding School Conference Record (Conference)
1 William & Mary District III North 20-3 (14-1)
2 Colorado Mines District VIII North 17-2 (12-0)
3 Akron District IV North 17-1 (14-0)
4 Texas A&M Corps of Cadets District VII West 17-3 (14-1)
5 Penn State District II West 19-3 (13-1)
6 Minnesota State-Moorhead District V West 18-6 (10-2)
7 Central Missouri District VI South 18-5 (12-3)
8 SUNY-Brockport District I West 16-3 (11-3)

† denotes school also fields an NCBA Division I team

Results

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Bracket

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First Round 2nd Round Semifinals Finals
               
1 William & Mary 2
8 SUNY-Brockport 1
1 William & Mary 5
5 Penn State 3
4 Texas A&M CofC 2
5 Penn State 3
1 William & Mary 9 -
5 Penn State 4 -
7 Central Missouri 1
6 MSU-Moorhead 2
6 MSU-Moorhead 4
5 Penn State 9
1 William & Mary 3 - -
4 Texas A&M CofC 6 - -
2 Colorado Mines 4
7 Central Missouri 2
2 Colorado Mines 1
3 Akron 2
3 Akron 5
6 MSU-Moorhead 3
3 Akron 1 9*
4 Texas A&M CofC 7 10*
8 SUNY-Brockport 7
4 Texas A&M CofC 12
4 Texas A&M CofC 8
2 Colorado Mines 0

* denotes extra inning game

Game Results

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Date Game Time (CST) Winner Score Loser Notes
May 16 Game 1 10:00 AM Penn State 3-2 Texas A&M Corps of Cadets
Game 2 1:10 PM Akron 5-3 Minnesota State-Moorhead
Game 3 4:20 PM Colorado Mines 4-2 Central Missouri
Game 4 7:30 PM William & Mary 2-1 SUNY-Brockport
May 17 Game 5 10:00 AM Minnesota State-Moorhead 2-1 Central Missouri Central Missouri eliminated
Game 6 1:10 PM Texas A&M Corps of Cadets 12-7 SUNY-Brockport SUNY-Brockport eliminated
Game 7 4:20 PM Akron 2-1 Colorado Mines
Game 8 7:30 PM William & Mary 5-3 Penn State
May 18 Game 9 4:20 PM Texas A&M Corps of Cadets 8-0 Colorado Mines Colorado Mines eliminated
Game 10 7:30 PM Penn State 9-4 Minnesota State-Moorhead Minnesota State-Moorhead eliminated
May 19 Game 11 10:00 AM Texas A&M Corps of Cadets 7-1 Akron
Game 12 1:10 PM William & Mary 9-4 Penn State Penn State eliminated
Game 13 4:20 PM Texas A&M Corps of Cadets 10-9 (12 innings) Akron Akron eliminated
Game 14 7:30 PM Game not needed
May 20 Game 15 7:30 PM Texas A&M Corps of Cadets 6-3 William & Mary Texas A&M Corps of Cadets wins the NCBA Division II World Series

Championship Game

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Tuesday, May 20 7:30 pm
Paducah, KY
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Texas A&M CofC 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 6 9 2
William & Mary 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 4 1
Starting pitchers:
TAMUCC: Will Pace
WM: John Bowman
WP: Will Pace   LP: John Bowman   Sv: None
Home runs:
TAMUCC: None
WM: None
Attendance: N/A
Boxscore

See also

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Notes

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  • The 12 inning game between Akron and the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets was the longest Division II World Series game in NCBA history in terms of innings played. This had shattered the previous mark of 9 innings, which was set on three occasions (2008 Kentucky/Wyoming, 2012 Kennesaw State/Maryland and 2012 Penn State/Wyoming).
  • Texas A&M Corps of Cadets became the first team since Kentucky in 2009 to win the NCBA Division II World Series after losing their first game of the tournament.

References

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  1. ^ "2014 NCBA Division II World Series Results". pointstreak.com. Retrieved 2014-05-16.
  2. ^ "2014 NCBA Division II World Series Bracket" (PDF). clubbaseball.org. Retrieved 2014-05-16.