Collegiate baseball tournament
 1972 NAIA World Series | |
| Teams | 8 |
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| Format | Double elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | La Verne (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Ben Hines |
| MVP | Ben Ochoa (P) (La Verne) |
The 1972 NAIA World Series was the 16th 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.
The tournament was played at Phoenix Municipal Stadium in Phoenix, Arizona.
La Verne (44-9) defeated David Lipscomb (35-9) in the first game of the championship series, 4–1, to win the Leopards' first NAIA World Series. La Verne finished the tournament undefeated, 5-0.
La Verne pitcher Ben Ochoa was named tournament MVP.
Bracket
| Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||
| Frostburg State | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma Christian | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Frostburg State | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| La Verne | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| La Verne | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Winona State | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| La Verne | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| David Lipscomb | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| David Lipscomb | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| David Lipscomb | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| High Point | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| David Lipscomb | 3 | Oklahoma Christian | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lewis | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lewis (IL) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sam Houston State | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| David Lipscomb | 1 | – | |||||||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | La Verne | 4 | – | |||||||||||||||
| Lewis | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma Christian | 5 | Oklahoma Christian | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| La Verne | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Winona State | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sam Houston State | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Frostburg State | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| High Point | 4 | Sam Houston State | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sam Houston State | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
See also
References
- "Championship History" (PDF). NAIA.org. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
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