The 1989 NAIA World Series was the 33rd 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]
 1989 NAIA World Series | |
| Teams | 10 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double elimination Page playoff |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Lewis–Clark State (5th title) |
| Winning coach | Ed Cheff |
| MVP | John NesSmith (P) (Lewis–Clark State) |
The tournament was played at Harris Field in Lewiston, Idaho.
Hometown team and two-time defending champions Lewis–Clark State (41–24) defeated Saint Francis (IL) (53–21) in a single-game championship series, 5–2, to win the Warriors' fifth NAIA World Series. This would go on to be the third of six consecutive World Series championships for the program.
Lewis–Clark State pitcher John NesSmith was named tournament MVP.
Bracket edit
Preliminary bracket edit
| First round | Second round | Third round | Fourth round (both teams to Semifinals) | |||||||||||
| Hawaii–Hilo | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Lewis–Clark State | 7 | Lewis–Clark State | 12 | |||||||||||
| Lewis–Clark State | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Point Park | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Saint Francis (IL) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Saint Francis (IL) | 13 | |||||||||||||
| West Florida | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Lewis–Clark State | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Oklahoma Baptist | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Oklahoma Baptist | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Dallas Baptist | 5 | North Florida | 3 | |||||||||||
| Oklahoma Baptist | 7 | |||||||||||||
| North Florida | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Wisconsin–Stout | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Elon | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Wisconsin–Stout | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Consolation First Round | Consolation Second Round | Consolation Third Round (both teams to Semifinals) | ||||||||||||
| Saint Francis (IL) | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Hawaii–Hilo | 5 | Dallas Baptist | 5 | |||||||||||
| Dallas Baptist | 10 | Dallas Baptist | 6 | |||||||||||
| Elon | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Wisconsin–Stout | 5 | |||||||||||||
| North Florida | 8 | North Florida | 7 | |||||||||||
| Point Park | 1 | West Florida | 6 | |||||||||||
| West Florida | 5 | |||||||||||||
Championship bracket edit
| Semifinals | Championship | ||||||
| Lewis–Clark State | 10 | ||||||
| North Florida | 5 | ||||||
| Lewis–Clark State | 5 | ||||||
| Saint Francis (IL) | 2 | ||||||
| Oklahoma Baptist | 0 | ||||||
| Saint Francis (IL) | 9 | ||||||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Championship History" (PDF). NAIA.org. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved September 1, 2022.