1978 NCAA Division III baseball tournament


The 1978 NCAA Division III baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1978 NCAA Division III baseball season to determine the third national champion of college baseball at the NCAA Division III level. The tournament concluded with four teams competing at Pioneer Park in Marietta, Ohio, for the championship. Four regional tournaments were held to determine the participants in the World Series. Regional tournaments were contested in double-elimination format, with all four regions consisting of six teams, for a total of 24 teams participating in the tournament, up from 22 in 1977. The tournament champion was, who defeated for the championship.

Bids

The 24 competing teams were:
SchoolNicknameLocationConferenceTournament
appearance		Last
appearance		Consecutive
tournament
appearances		Previous best
performance
Brandeis UniversityJudgesWaltham, MAIndependent3rd19773World Series Runner-Up
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps CollegesStagsClaremont, CASouthern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference1stDebut1Debut
Coe CollegeKohawksCedar Rapids, IAMidwest Collegiate Athletic Conference2nd19772Regional Runner-Up
Stanislaus State CollegeWarriorsTurlock, CAIndependent3rd19773National Champion
DePauw UniversityTigersGreencastle, INIndependent2nd19772Regional Third place
Eastern Connecticut State CollegeWarriorsWillimantic, CTIndependent3rd19773Regional Third place
Illinois Wesleyan UniversityTitansBloomington, ILCollege Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin1stDebut1Debut
Ithaca CollegeBombersIthaca, NYInedependent College Athletic Conference3rd19773World Series Runner-Up
Juniata CollegeEaglesHuntingdon, PAMiddle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conference1stDebut1Debut
Marietta CollegePioneersMarietta, OHOhio Athletic Conference3rd19773World Series Fourth place
University of Minnesota MorrisCougarsMorris, MNIndependent/Northern Inetercollegiate Conference1stDebut1Debut
Montclair State CollegeIndiansMontclair, NJNew Jersey State Athletic Conference2nd19761World Series Third place
Pace UniversitySettersNew York City, NYKnickerbocker Conference2nd19772Regional Sixth place
Rhode Island CollegeAnchormenProvidence, RINew England State College Conference1stDebut1Debut
Glassboro State CollegeProfsGlassboro, NJNew Jersey State Athletic Conference3rd19773World Series Third place
Salisbury State CollegeSea GullsSalisbury, MDIndependent2nd19772Regional Third place
St. Olaf CollegeOlesNorthfield, MNMinnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference2nd19772Regional Third place
Stillman CollegeTigersTuscaloosa, ALIndependent1stDebut1Debut
The College of WoosterFighting ScotsWooster, OHOhio Athletic Conference2nd19772Regional Fourth place
Lynchburg CollegeHornetsLynchburg, VAOld Dominion Athletic Conference3rd19773Regional Runner-Up
Upsala CollegeVikingsEast Orange, NJMiddle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conference2nd19761Regional Third place
Westfield State CollegeOwlsWestfield, MAMassachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference3rd19773Regional Runner-Up
Widener CollegePioneersChester, PAMiddle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conference3rd19773Regional Runner-Up
Wilkes CollegeColonelsWilkes-Barre, PAMiddle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conference3rd19773World Series Fourth place

Regionals

Bold indicates winner.

World Series

Bracket

Pioneer Park-Marietta, OH