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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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Bracket edit

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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 edit

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
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
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 edit

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 edit

  • 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.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2014 NCBA World Series Results". pointstreak.com. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
  2. ^ "2014DIWSBracket" (PDF). clubbaseball.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-05-13.