Collegiate baseball tournament
 1996 NAIA World Series | |
| Teams | 8 |
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| Format | Double elimination Page playoff |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Lewis–Clark State (9th title) |
| Winning coach | Ed Cheff |
| MVP | Troy Silva (1B) (Lewis–Clark State) |
The 1996 NAIA World Series was the 40th 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 for at Lewis and Clark Park in Sioux City, Iowa.
Lewis–Clark State (53–11) defeated Saint Ambrose (42–19) in a single-game championship series, 9–0, to win the Warriors' ninth NAIA World Series and first since 1992.
Lewis–Clark State first baseman Troy Silva 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) | 2 | ||||||||||
| St. Thomas (FL) | 1 | ||||||||||
| Cumberland | 4 | ||||||||||
| Lewis–Clark State | 9 | ||||||||||
| Geneva | 1 | ||||||||||
| Lewis–Clark State | 2 | ||||||||||
| Lewis–Clark State | 3 | ||||||||||
| Saint Ambrose | 1 | ||||||||||
| Ohio Dominican (7 inn.) | 12 | ||||||||||
| Oklahoma Baptist | 2 | ||||||||||
| Ohio Dominican | 5 | ||||||||||
| Saint Ambrose | 16 | ||||||||||
| Saint Ambrose | 2 | ||||||||||
| St. Mary's (TX) | 0 | ||||||||||
Championship
| Second round Losers eliminated | Third round Losers eliminated | Semifinals Losers eliminated | Championship | ||||||||||||
| Lewis–Clark State | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Ohio Dominican | 4 | St. Thomas | 2 | ||||||||||||
| St. Thomas | 4 | St. Thomas | 7 | Lewis–Clark State | 9 | – | |||||||||
| Geneva | 3 | Saint Ambrose | 0 | – | |||||||||||
| Saint Ambrose | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Cumberland | 3 | Cumberland | 8 | Third place | |||||||||||
| Oklahoma Baptist | 0 | St. Mary's | 1 | ||||||||||||
| St. Mary's | 7 | ||||||||||||||
See also
- 1996 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
- 1996 NCAA Division II baseball tournament
- 1996 NCAA Division III baseball tournament
- 1996 NAIA Softball World Series
References
- "Championship History" (PDF). NAIA.org. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
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