1980 NCAA Division III baseball tournament


The 1980 NCAA Division III baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1980 NCAA Division III baseball season to determine the fifth 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. 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
Alma CollegeScotsAlma, MIMichigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association1stDebut1Debut
Brandeis UniversityJudgesWaltham, MAIndependent5th19795World Series Runner-Up
Buena Vista CollegeBeaversStorm Lake, IAIowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference1stDebut1Debut
Stanislaus State CollegeWarriorsTurlock, CAIndependent5th19795National Champion
Eastern Connecticut State CollegeWarriorsWillimantic, CTIndependent5th19795Regional Runner-Up
Elmhurst CollegeBlue JaysElmhurst, ILCollege Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin1stDebut1Debut
Illinois Benedictine CollegeEaglesLisle, ILNorthern Illinois-Iowa Conference1stDebut1Debut
Ithaca CollegeBombersIthaca, NYInedependent College Athletic Conference5th19795World Series Runner-Up
Johns Hopkins UniversityBlue JaysBaltimore, MDIndependent2nd19761Regional Fourth place
Juniata CollegeEaglesHuntingdon, PAMiddle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conference2nd19781Regional Fifth place
Mansfield State CollegeMountaineersMansfield, PAIndependent/Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference3rd19792World Series Third place
Marietta CollegePioneersMarietta, OHOhio Athletic Conference5th19795World Series Runner-Up
North Adams State CollegeMohawksNorth Adams, MAMassachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference3rd19771Regional Fourth place
Ohio Northern UniversityPolar BearsAda, OHOhio Athletic Conference2nd19761Regional Fourth place
Ramapo College of New JerseyRoadrunnersMahwah, NJNew Jersey State Athletic Conference1stDebut1Debut
Rhode Island CollegeAnchormenProvidence, RIIndependent3rd19793World Series Fourth place
University of RochesterYellowjacketsRochester, NYIndependent1stDebut1Debut
Glassboro State CollegeProfsGlassboro, NJNew Jersey State Athletic Conference5th19795National Champion
Salisbury State CollegeSea GullsSalisbury, MDIndependent3rd19781Regional Third place
St. Olaf CollegeOlesNorthfield, MNMinnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference4th19794Regional Third place
The College of WoosterFighting ScotsWooster, OHOhio Athletic Conference4th19794Regional Runner-Up
Lynchburg CollegeHornetsLynchburg, VAOld Dominion Athletic Conference5th19795Regional Runner-Up
Upsala CollegeVikingsEast Orange, NJMiddle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conference4th19793Regional Third place
University of Wisconsin-OshkoshTitansOshkosh, WIWisconsin State University Conference2nd19792Regional Fourth place

World Series

Bracket

Pioneer Park-Marietta, OH