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1981 NAIA
baseball tournament
1981 NAIA World Series
Teams	10
Format	Double elimination
Finals site	Chaparral Stadium Lubbock, Texas
Champions	Grand Canyon (2nd title)
Winning coach	Gil Stafford (Grand Canyon title)
MVP	Pete Bethea (Grand Canyon)
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The 1981 NAIA World Series was a double-elimination tournament to determine the baseball champion of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The tournament was held at Chaparral Stadium on the campus of Lubbock Christian College in Lubbock, Texas, from June 2 through June 8. The Grand Canyon Antelopes won the tournament, the team's second consecutive NAIA baseball championship.

Participants

1981 NAIA World Series participants
Team	Record	Head coach	Previous appearances
Azusa Pacific		Tom Hicks	None
Grand Canyon		Gil Stafford	4 (1969, 1971, 1973, 1980)
John Brown			None
Lipscomb		Ken Dugan	7 (1971, 1972, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980)
Liberty		Al Worthington	None
Lubbock Christian	38–38	Larry Hays	2 (1977, 1980)
Southeastern Oklahoma State		Mike Metheny	3 (1978, 1979, 1980)
Spring Arbor		Hank Burbridge	None
William Jewell		Fred Flook	7 (1957, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1980)
Winthrop		Horace Turbeville	None

To be added

1981 NAIA World Series game results
Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 2	Game 1	Grand Canyon	11–7	Lipscomb
	Game 2	William Jewell	10–6	John Brown
	Game 3	Winthrop	4–3	Spring Arbor
	Game 4	Liberty	8–5	Lubbock Christian
June 3	Game 5	Lipscomb	6–3	John Brown	John Brown eliminated
	Game 6	Spring Arbor	6–1	Lubbock Christian	Lubbock Christian eliminated
	Game 7	Grand Canyon	8–5	Southeastern Oklahoma State
June 3/4	Game 8	Liberty	5–4	Azusa Pacific
	Game 9	Southeastern Oklahoma State	7–5	Spring Arbor	Spring Arbor eliminated
	Game 10	Azusa Pacific	7–4	Lipscomb	Lipscomb eliminated
	Game 11	Grand Canyon	9–3	William Jewell
	Game 12	Winthrop	4–1	Liberty
	Game 13	Southeastern Oklahoma State	13–12	William Jewell	William Jewell eliminated
	Game 14	Azusa Pacific	11–1	Liberty	Liberty eliminated
	Game 15	Grand Canyon	9–2	Winthrop
	Game 16	Winthrop	11–10	Southeastern Oklahoma State	Southeastern Oklahoma State eliminated
	Game 17	Grand Canyon	12–3	Azusa Pacific	Azusa Pacific eliminated
June 8	Final	Grand Canyon	12–4	Winthrop	Grand Canyon win NAIA World Series

^ "Baseball Championship History" (PDF). National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 21, 2014. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
^ "NAIA Tourney". Tyrone, Pennsylvania: Daily Herald. UPI. June 3, 1981. p. 8.
"Winthrop, Liberty in NAIA action tonight". Greenwood, South Carolina: Index-Journal. Associated Press. June 5, 1981. p. 14.

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Ballparks	Kokernot Field (1957–1959) Soos Park (1960–1961) Phil Welch Stadium (1962–1969, 1974–1978) Phoenix Municipal Stadium (1970–1973) Herschel Greer Stadium (1979–1980) Chaparral Stadium (1981–1983) Harris Field (1984–1991, 2000–present) Sec Taylor Stadium (1992–1994) Lewis and Clark Park (1995–1997) Drillers Stadium (1998) Roger Dean Stadium (1999)
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Ballparks

Kokernot Field (1957–1959)
Soos Park (1960–1961)
Phil Welch Stadium (1962–1969, 1974–1978)
Phoenix Municipal Stadium (1970–1973)
Herschel Greer Stadium (1979–1980)
Chaparral Stadium (1981–1983)
Harris Field (1984–1991, 2000–present)
Sec Taylor Stadium (1992–1994)
Lewis and Clark Park (1995–1997)
Drillers Stadium (1998)
Roger Dean Stadium (1999)

Tournaments