2014 NCBA Division I World Series

The 2014 National Club Baseball Association (NCBA) Division I World Series was played at University of Tampa Baseball Stadium in Tampa, FL from May 23 to May 29. The fourteenth tournament's champion was Utah State University. This was Utah State's second title in the last three seasons.

Format

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, 7 and 8 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.

Participants

Seeding	School	Conference	Record (Conference)
1	East Carolina	Mid-Atlantic South	30–5 (14–1)
2	Utah State	Northern Pacific South	22–8 (14–1)
3	Florida	South Atlantic South	20–6 (13–5)
4	Delaware	North Atlantic East	21–4 (10–2)
5	Texas	Gulf Coast South	21–9 (13–5)
6	California	Southern Pacific North	22–7 (14–4)
7	Colorado State	Mid-America West	22–16 (11–7)
8	Wisconsin	Great Lakes West	19–8 (11–4)

Results

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Bracket

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First Round			Second Round			Semifinals				Championship

1	East Carolina	8

8	Wisconsin	16
			8	Wisconsin	8*

			4	Delaware	7*
4	Delaware	11

5	Texas	2
						8	Wisconsin	5	4

						2	Utah State	11	6
7	Colorado State	7

3	Florida	8
			3	Florida	9*

			2	Utah State	10*



										2	Utah State	6	-	-

										6	California	3	-	-
2	Utah State	6

7	Colorado State	5
			2	Utah State	13

			6	California	14
3	Florida	1

6	California	10
						6	California	11	-

						1	East Carolina	6	-
1	East Carolina	8

5	Texas	7
			1	East Carolina	5

			4	Delaware	3

* denotes game went to extra innings

Game results

Date	Game	Time	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 23	Game 1	11:00 AM	California	10–1	Florida
	Game 2	3:15 PM	Utah State	6–5	Colorado State
	Game 3	7:30 PM	Wisconsin	16–8	East Carolina
May 24	Game 4	11:00 AM	Delaware	11–2	Texas
May 24	Game 5	3:15 PM	Florida	8–7	Colorado State	Colorado State eliminated
May 25	Game 6	11:00 AM	East Carolina	8–7	Texas	Texas eliminated
	Game 7	5:15 PM	California	14–13	Utah State	†
	Game 8	11:30 PM	Wisconsin	8–7 (13 innings)	Delaware	‡
May 26	Game 9	3:15 PM	Utah State	10–9 (13 innings)	Florida	Florida eliminated
May 26	Game 10	7:30 PM	East Carolina	5–3	Delaware	Delaware eliminated
May 27	Game 11	3:15 PM	Utah State	11–5	Wisconsin
May 28	Game 12	11:00 AM	California	11–6	East Carolina	East Carolina eliminated #
	Game 13	3:15 PM	Utah State	6–4	Wisconsin	Wisconsin eliminated
	Game 14	7:30 PM	Game not needed
May 29	Game 15	11:00 AM	Utah State	6–3	California	Utah State wins the NCBA Division I World Series

† – Game was originally scheduled for 3:15 PM, but was pushed back due to a rain delay in the previous game.
‡ – Game was originally scheduled for 7:30 PM, but was pushed back due to rain delays in the two earlier games.
# – Game was originally scheduled on May 27 at 7:30 PM, but was postponed to the next morning due to rain.

Championship game

Thursday, May 29 7:30 pm
Tampa, FL
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Utah State	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	6	11	1
California	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	11	3
Starting pitchers: USU: Sixto Cabrera CAL: Luke Blanchard WP: Sixto Cabrera LP: Luke Blanchard Sv: Dustin Christensen Home runs: USU: None CAL: None Attendance: N/A Notes: Game moved up from 7:30 PM to 11:00 AM due to weather Boxscore

Notes

Utah State became only the second to win multiple NCBA Division I World Series joining Colorado State (2004–06, 2008–10). Utah State had previously won in 2012.

References

^ "2014 NCBA World Series Results". pointstreak.com. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
^ "2014DIWSBracket" (PDF). clubbaseball.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-05-13.

[results-1] "2014 NCBA World Series Results". pointstreak.com. Retrieved 2014-05-23.

[clubbaseball-2] "2014DIWSBracket" (PDF). clubbaseball.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-05-13.

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