2015 NCAA Division III baseball tournament

American college baseball tournament

Collegiate baseball tournament

2015 NCAA Division III
baseball tournament
Season	2015
Teams	56
Finals site	Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium Grand Chute, Wisconsin
Champions	SUNY Cortland (1st title)
Runner-up	Wisconsin–La Crosse
MOP	Conrad Ziemendorf (Cortland)
← 2014 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship 2016 →

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

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The 56 competing teams were:^[2]

By team

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By conference

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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

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Bold indicates winner. ^[3]

Mideast Regional

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 8¹³

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

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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

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Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium-Grand Chute, WI (Host: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh/Lawrence University/Fox Cities Convention and Visitors Bureau) ^[4]

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 3¹²

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

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^ "Cortland celebrates finally winning one". d3baseball.com. May 27, 2015. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
^ "Field of 56, regionals announced for 2015 DIII Baseball Championship". NCAA. May 11, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
^ "2015 Division III Baseball Regionals". NCAA. May 17, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
^ "no title". NCAA. nd. Archived from the original on January 1, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)

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