1985 NAIA
baseball tournament
1985 NAIA World Series
Teams10
FormatDouble elimination
Page playoff
Finals site
ChampionsLewis–Clark State (2nd title)
Winning coachEd Cheff
MVPTony Dineen (P) (Lewis–Clark State)
  • ← 1984
  • NAIA baseball tournament
  • 1986 →

The 1985 NAIA World Series was the 29th 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.[1]

The tournament was played at Harris Field in Lewiston, Idaho.

Hometown team and defending champions Lewis–Clark State (51–20) defeated Dallas Baptist (56–24) in a single-game championship series, 10–6, to win the Warriors' second NAIA World Series.

Lewis–Clark State pitcher Tony Dineen was named tournament MVP.

Bracket

Preliminary bracket

First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round
(Both teams to semifinals)
Northern Kentucky6
Elon1St. Francis (IL)8
St. Francis (IL)2
Saint Francis (IL)6
Dallas Baptist4
Dallas Baptist12
Southern Maine0
Dallas Baptist3
Lewis–Clark State8
Georgia College1
Grand View1Lewis–Clark State17
Lewis–Clark State17
Lewis–Clark State7
S. California College2
Phillips0
S. California College7
Consolation First RoundConsolation Second RoundConsolation Third Round
(both teams to semifinals)
St. Francis (IL)6
Northern Kentucky6Phillips4
Phillips4Phillips13
Grand View3
S. California College6
Georgia College8Georgia College5
Southern Maine5Elon2
Elon11

Championship bracket

SemifinalsThird place finalChampionship final
1Lewis–Clark State71Lewis–Clark State10
Saint Francis (IL)92Dallas Baptist6
Saint Francis (IL)2
2Dallas Baptist10
2Dallas Baptist9
S. California College2

See also

References

  1. ^ "Championship History" (PDF). NAIA.org. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
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