American college baseball tournament
Collegiate baseball tournament
The 2015 NCAA Division III baseball tournament was played at the end of the 2015 NCAA Division III baseball season to determine the 40th national champion of college baseball at the NCAA Division III level. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute, Wisconsin for the championship. Eight regional tournaments were held to determine the participants in the World Series. Regional tournaments were contested in double-elimination format, with four regions consisting of six teams, and four consisting of eight, for a total of 56 teams participating in the tournament. The tournament champion was SUNY Cortland , who defeated Wisconsin–La Crosse in the championship series in two games.[ 1]
Bids
The 56 competing teams were:[ 2]
By team
By conference
Conference
Total
Schools
Northwest Conference
3
Linfield , Pacific Lutheran , Whitworth
Ohio Athletic Conference
3
Baldwin Wallace , Heidelberg , Marietta
Southern Athletic Association
3
Birmingham–Southern , Millsaps , Rhodes
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
3
Wisconsin–La Crosse , Wisconsin–Stevens Point , Wisconsin–Whitewater
Capital Athletic Conference
2
Frostburg State , Salisbury
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
2
Coe , Wartburg
New England Small College Athletic Conference
2
Amherst , Wesleyan (CT)
New Jersey Athletic Conference
2
Kean , Ramapo
St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
2
Greenville , Webster
State University of New York Athletic Conference
2
SUNY Cortland , Oswego State
University Athletic Association
2
Emory , Washington-St. Louis
Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference
1
La Roche
American Southwest Conference
1
Texas–Tyler
Centennial Conference
1
Johns Hopkins
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
1
Carthage
Colonial States Athletic Conference
1
Keystone
Commonwealth Coast Conference
1
Curry
Great Northeast Athletic Conference
1
Suffolk
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference
1
Anderson (IN)
Landmark Conference
1
Catholic
Liberty League
1
Rensselaer
Little East Conference
1
Southern Maine
Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference
1
Salem State
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1
Adrian
MAC Commonwealth Conference
1
Alvernia
MAC Freedom Conference
1
Misericordia
Midwest Conference
1
Ripon
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
1
Saint John's (MN)
New England Collegiate Conference
1
Mitchell
New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference
1
MIT
North Atlantic Conference
1
Castleton State
North Coast Athletic Conference
1
Oberlin
North Eastern Athletic Conference
1
Penn State–Berks
Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference
1
Concordia-Chicago
Old Dominion Athletic Conference
1
Shenandoah
Presidents' Athletic Conference
1
Washington & Jefferson
Skyline Conference
1
Old Westbury
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
1
La Verne
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
1
Trinity (TX)
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference
1
St. Scholastica
USA South Athletic Conference
1
Methodist
Empire 8
0
none
Independents
0
none
Regionals
Bold indicates winner.
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Mideast Regional
Ross Memorial Park -Washington, PA (Host: Washington & Jefferson College )
First round Second round/elimination round 1 Third round/elimination round 2 Elimination final Final Frostburg State 3 La Roche 4 1 Frostburg State 7 La Roche 4 6 Washington & Jefferson 1 Washington & Jefferson 1 La Roche 6 Washington & Jefferson 9 Heidelberg 5 Adrian 3 2 Shenandoah 5 La Roche 4 5 Adrian 1 Shenandoah 0 Frostburg State 8 Heidelberg 5 3 Heidelberg 6 Frostburg State 9 4 La Roche 510 Heidelberg 6 Frostburg State 7 Shenandoah 2
New England Regional
Whitehouse Field -Harwich, MA (Host: Eastern College Athletic Conference )
First round/elimination round 1 Second round/elimination round 2 Semifinals/elimination semifinals Finals 4 Salem State 6 5 MIT 2 Salem State 10 Southern Maine 1 1 Southern Maine 4 8 Suffolk 0 Salem State 3 Ramapo 6 3 Ramapo 4 6 Castleton State 311 Ramapo 12 Curry 4 2 Curry 4 7 Wesleyan (CT) 0 Ramapo 6 -- MIT 513 -- Lower round 1 Lower round 2 Lower round 3 Lower final MIT 3 MIT 4 Curry 0 MIT 2 Suffolk 0 MIT 4 Salem State 112 Wesleyan (CT) 1 Wesleyan (CT) 4 Castleton State 4 Southern Maine 1 Wesleyan (CT) 7
New York Regional
Leo Pinckney Field at Falcon Park -Auburn, NY (Host: State University of New York at Cortland )
First round/elimination round 1 Second round/elimination round 2 Semifinals/elimination semifinals Finals 4 Amherst 7 5 Oswego State 511 Amherst 5 SUNY Cortland 7 1 SUNY Cortland 6 8 Oberlin 4 SUNY Cortland 7 Rensselaer 5 3 Rensselaer 2 6 Keystone 0 Rensselaer 12 Old Westbury 2 2 Old Westbury 7 7 Baldwin Wallace 5 SUNY Cortland 7 -- Rensselaer 0 -- Lower round 1 Lower round 2 Lower round 3 Lower final Oberlin 9 Oswego State 2 Old Westbury 3 Oberlin 4 Oberlin 7 Oberlin 5 Rensselaer 5 Keystone 4 Keystone 7 Keystone 4 Amherst 2 Baldwin Wallace 2
Central Regional
Riverfront Stadium -Waverly, IA (Host: Wartburg College )
First round Second round/elimination round 1 Third round/elimination round 2 Final Wisconsin-Stevens Point 2 Wartburg 4 1 Wisconsin-Stevens Point 7 Wartburg 1 6 Greenville 4 Carthage 4 Greenville 2 Carthage 10 2 Webster 4 Carthage 1 — 5 Carthage 3 Webster 5 — Webster 4 Anderson (IN) 3 3 Anderson (IN) 4 Webster 4 4 Wartburg 3 Wisconsin-Stevens Point 2 Wisconsin-Stevens Point 7 Anderson (IN) 4
West Regional
Irwin Field -Tyler, TX (Host: University of Texas at Tyler )
First round Second round/elimination round 1 Semifinals/elimination round 2 Elimination final Final 1 La Verne 2 6 Texas-Tyler 0 La Verne 10 Whitworth 3 2 Trinity (TX) 5 La Verne 4 5 Linfield 1 Trinity (TX) 7 Trinity (TX) 5 Trinity (TX) 7 -- Millsaps 3 Linfield 3 -- 3 Millsaps 7 Linfield 7 4 Whitworth 6 Linfield 6 La Verne 0 Texas-Tyler 6 Millsaps 2 Linfield 9
South Regional
Loudermilk Stadium -Demorest, GA (Host: Piedmont College )
First round Second round/elimination round 1 Third round/elimination round 2 Elimination final Final Rhodes 3 Marietta 4 1 Rhodes 7 Emory 3 6 Methodist 4 Marietta 212 Emory 7 Methodist 1 Pacific Lutheran 6 Emory 8 2 Pacific Lutheran 9 Emory 8 5 Emory 6 Pacific Lutheran 7 Birmingham-Southern 5 Birmingham-Southern 2 3 Birmingham-Southern 3 Pacific Lutheran 1 4 Marietta 1 Birmingham-Southern 7 Rhodes 2 Birmingham-Southern 3
Midwest Regional
Copeland Park -La Crosse, WI (Host: University of Wisconsin-La Crosse )
First round/elimination round 1 Second round/elimination round 2 Semifinals/elimination semifinals Finals 4 Coe 4 5 St. John's (MN) 2 Coe 5 Ripon 4 1 Ripon 15 8 Wisconsin-Whitewater 7 Coe 11 Wisconsin-La Crosse 5 3 Washington-St. Louis 2 6 Concordia-Chicago 0 Washington-St. Louis 6 Wisconsin-La Crosse 8 13 2 Wisconsin-La Crosse 10 7 St. Scholastica 3 Coe 4 4 Wisconsin-La Crosse 5 15 Lower round 1 Lower round 2 Lower round 3 Lower final Wisconsin-Whitewater 3 St. John's (MN) 0 Washington-St. Louis 0 Concordia-Chicago 3 Wisconsin-Whitewater 2 Wisconsin-Whitewater 7 Wisconsin-La Crosse 10 Concordia-Chicago 8 Concordia-Chicago 6 Concordia-Chicago 7 Ripon 5 St. Scholastica 4
Mid-Atlantic Regional
Santander Stadium -York, PA (Host: York Revolution /Middle Atlantic Conferences )
First round/elimination round 1 Second round/elimination round 2 Semifinals/elimination semifinals Finals 4 Salisbury 11 5 Mitchell 1 Salisbury 16 Penn State-Berks 5 1 Penn State-Berks 5 8 Kean 4 Salisbury 13 Alvernia 3 3 Misericordia 6 6 Johns Hopkins 4 Misericordia 3 Alvernia 6 2 Alvernia 3 7 Catholic 2 Salisbury 12 -- Alvernia 2 -- Lower round 1 Lower round 2 Lower round 3 Lower final Kean 2 Mitchell 3 Misericordia 6 Johns Hopkins 1 Kean 11 Misericordia 5 Alvernia 8 Johns Hopkins 7 Johns Hopkins 10 Johns Hopkins 15 Penn State-Berks 1 Catholic 3
World Series
Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium -Grand Chute, WI (Host: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh /Lawrence University /Fox Cities Convention and Visitors Bureau)
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First round/elimination round 1
Second round/elimination finals
Semifinals
Championship Series
ME1
Frostburg State
3
NE3
Ramapo
1
Frostburg State
1
Cortland
4
NY1
Cortland
12
C2
Webster
4
Cortland
17
—
Frostburg State
4
—
Ramapo
14
Webster
2
Ramapo
2
Frostburg State
5
Cortland
11
6
—
Wisconsin–La Crosse
3
2
—
W2
Trinity (TX)
7
S5
Emory
9
Emory
2
Wisconsin–La Crosse
3 12
MW2
Wisconsin–La Crosse
7
MA4
Salisbury
3
Wisconsin–La Crosse
6
10
Trinity (TX)
16
7
Trinity (TX)
9
Salisbury
1
Trinity (TX)
10
Emory
1
References