1981 NAIA World Series

1981 NAIA
baseball tournament
1981 NAIA World Series
Teams10
FormatDouble elimination
Finals site
ChampionsGrand Canyon (2nd title)
Winning coachGil Stafford (Grand Canyon title)
MVPPete Bethea (Grand Canyon)
  • ← 1980
  • NAIA baseball tournament
  • 1982 →

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[note 1] on the campus of Lubbock Christian College[note 2] in Lubbock, Texas, from June 2 through June 8. The Grand Canyon Antelopes won the tournament, the team's second consecutive NAIA baseball championship.[1]

Participants

1981 NAIA World Series participants[1]
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

Tournament

Bracket

To be added

Game results

1981 NAIA World Series game results[1]
Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes
June 2[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[2] 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[note 3] 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

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Hays Field was named Chaparral Stadium 1978–1999.
  2. ^ Lubbock Christian University was named Lubbock Christian College 1956–1988.
  3. ^ Game 8 resumed on June 4 after rain delay.[3]

References

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