1982 NAIA World Series

The 1982 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 May 31 through June 5. The Grand Canyon Antelopes won the tournament, the team's third consecutive NAIA baseball championship.^[1]

Participants

1982 NAIA World Series participants^[1]
Team	Record	Head coach	Previous Appearances
Azusa Pacific		Tom Hicks	2 (1981, 1982)
Bemidji State		Bob Montebello	None
Birmingham–Southern		Bill Meyer	2 (1975, 1979)
Coastal Carolina		Larry Carr	2 (1978, 1980)
Grand Canyon		Gil Stafford	5 (1969, 1971, 1973, 1980, 1981)
Lewis-Clark State		Ed Cheff	4 (1976, 1978, 1979, 1980)
Liberty		Al Worthington	1 (1981)
Lubbock Christian	64–19	Larry Hays	3 (1977, 1980, 1981)
Saint Xavier		John Morrey	1 (1979)
Southeastern Oklahoma State		Mike Metheny	4 (1977, 1979, 1980, 1981)

Tournament

Bracket

To be added

Game results

1982 NAIA World Series game results^[1]
Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 31^[2]	Game 1	Lewis-Clark State	2–0	Southeastern Oklahoma State
	Game 2	Coastal Carolina	5–4	Birmingham–Southern
	Game 3	Liberty	7–5	Saint Xavier
	Game 4	Azusa Pacific	9–8	Lubbock Christian
June 1^[2]	Game 5	Southeastern Oklahoma State	13–9	Birmingham–Southern	Birmingham–Southern eliminated
	Game 6	Saint Xavier	7–6	Lubbock Christian	Lubbock Christian eliminated
	Game 7	Lewis-Clark State	11–5	Bemidji State
	Game 8	Grand Canyon	16–4	Azusa Pacific
June 2^[3]	Game 9	Saint Xavier	21–12	Bemidji State	Bemidji State eliminated
	Game 10	Azusa Pacific	2–1	Southeastern Oklahoma State	Southeastern Oklahoma State eliminated
	Game 11	Lewis-Clark State	8–7	Coastal Carolina
	Game 12	Grand Canyon	5–3	Liberty
June 3^[3]	Game 13	Azusa Pacific	9–2	Liberty	Liberty eliminated
	Game 14	Saint Xavier	7–3	Coastal Carolina	Coastal Carolina eliminated
	Game 15	Grand Canyon	3–1	Lewis-Clark State
June 4^[3]	Game 16	Lewis-Clark State	2–1	Azusa Pacific	Azusa Pacific eliminated
June 4^[3]	Game 17	Grand Canyon	6–4	Saint Xavier	Saint Xavier eliminated
June 5	Final	Grand Canyon	10–6	Lewis-Clark State	Grand Canyon wins NAIA World Series

Notes

↑ Hays Field was named Chaparral Stadium 1978–1999.
↑ Lubbock Christian University was named Lubbock Christian College 1956–1988.

References

1 2 3 "Baseball Championship History" (PDF). National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
1 2 "Lubbock Bows". Del Rio, Texas: Del Rio News-Herald. UPI. June 1, 1982. p. 11.
1 2 3 "Azusa Pacific is still alive in NAIA World Series". Ukiah, California: Ukiah Daily Journal. UPI. June 4, 1982. p. 7.

External links

Official website

NAIA World Series

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	1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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