 1997 NAIA World Series | |
| Teams | 8 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double elimination Page playoff |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Brewton–Parker (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Mike Robins |
| MVP | Andy Kalcounos (3B) (Brewton–Parker) |
The 1997 NAIA World Series was the 41st 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]
The tournament was played, for the last time, at Lewis and Clark Park in Sioux City, Iowa.
Brewton–Parker (64–7) defeated Bellevue (NE) (43–16) in a single-game championship series, 8–4, to win the Barons' first NAIA World Series.
Brewton–Parker third baseman Andy Kalcounos was named tournament MVP.
Bracket
Preliminary
| First round Losers to Championship Bracket, Second Round | Second round Losers to Championship Bracket, Third Round | Third round Both teams to Championship Bracket, Semifinals | |||||||||
| Cumberland (TN) | 8 | ||||||||||
| Mount Vernon Nazarene | 4 | ||||||||||
| Cumberland | 2 | ||||||||||
| Brewton–Parker | 3 | ||||||||||
| Brewton–Parker | 11 | ||||||||||
| Dominican (NY) | 1 | ||||||||||
| Brewton–Parker | 9(10) | ||||||||||
| California Baptist | 7 | ||||||||||
| California Baptist | 8 | ||||||||||
| Dallas Baptist | 2 | ||||||||||
| California Baptist | 9 | ||||||||||
| SE Oklahoma State | 4 | ||||||||||
| Bellevue (NE) | 8 | ||||||||||
| SE Oklahoma State | 10 | ||||||||||
Championship
| Second round Losers eliminated | Third round Losers eliminated | Semifinals Losers eliminated | Championship | ||||||||||||
| Brewton–Parker | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| SE Oklahoma State | 6(10) | SE Oklahoma State | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Mount Vernon Nazarene | 10 | Mount Vernon Nazarene | 5 | Brewton–Parker | 8 | – | |||||||||
| Dominican | 0 | Bellevue | 4 | – | |||||||||||
| California Baptist | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Cumberland | 3 | Bellevue | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Dallas Baptist | 2 | Bellevue | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Bellevue | 5 | ||||||||||||||
See also
- 1997 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
- 1997 NCAA Division II baseball tournament
- 1997 NCAA Division III baseball tournament
- 1997 NAIA Softball World Series
References
- ^ "Championship History" (PDF). NAIA.org. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
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