1979 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

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The 1979 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was held in 1979 at various locations across the country. 34 NCAA Division I college baseball teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament, to play in the NCAA Tournament. The tournament culminated with 8 teams in the College World Series at historic Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.

Contents 1 Regionals 1.1 Northeast Regional 1.2 Atlantic Regional 1.3 Mideast Regional 1.4 East Regional 1.5 Midwest Regional 1.6 Central Regional 1.7 South Regional 1.8 West Regional 2 College World Series 3 See also

[edit] Regionals

Seven of the eight regionals were played as 4-team double-elimination tournaments. One regional was played as a 6-team double-elimination tournament. The winner of each regional moved onto the College World Series.

[edit] Northeast Regional

Games played at Annapolis, Maryland.

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
		Connecticut	5
		Navy	4
							St. John's (NY)	6
							Connecticut	3
		St. John's (NY)	5
		Nebraska	0
												St. John's (NY)	4	0
											Connecticut	14	4
		Navy	4
		Nebraska	13
							Connecticut	15
							Nebraska	0

[edit] Atlantic Regional

Games played at Coral Gables, Florida.

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
		Clemson	8
		Georgia Southern	4
							Clemson	1
							Miami (FL)	2
		Miami (FL)	3*
		Citadel	1*
												Miami (FL)	4	-
											Clemson	1	-
		Georgia Southern	5
		Citadel	3
							Clemson	2
							Georgia Southern	0

[edit] Mideast Regional

Games played at East Lansing, Michigan.

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
		San Diego St.	11
		Miami (Ohio)	6
							San Diego St.	9
							Pepperdine	15
		Pepperdine	15
		Michigan St.	0
												Pepperdine	13	-
											San Diego St.	2	-
		Miami (Ohio)	4
		Michigan St.	6
							San Diego St.	5
							Michigan St.	4

[edit] East Regional

Games played at Tallahassee, Florida

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
		Delaware	10
		Seton Hall	1				Delaware	7
							Florida St.	6
		Arkansas	12									Delaware	6
		George Washington	11									Arkansas	8
							Arkansas	9														Arkansas	4	-
							Florida	1														Delaware	3	-
		Florida	9														Delaware	5
		Florida St.	5									Florida	12				Florida	5
							Seton Hall	2				George Washington	7
							George Washington	5

[edit] Midwest Regional

Games played at Tucson, Arizona.

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
		Hawaii	4
		Indiana St.	3
							Hawaii	2
							Arizona	10
		Arizona	8
		Oklahoma	1
												Arizona	5	-
											Hawaii	3	-
		Indiana St.	2
		Oklahoma	9
							Hawaii	12
							Oklahoma	8

[edit] Central Regional

Games played at Austin, Texas.

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
		Texas	4
		Texas-Pan American	2
							Texas	6
							Lamar	4
		Lamar	3
		BYU	2
												Texas	6	-
											BYU	2	-
		Texas-Pan American	5
		BYU	11
							Lamar	4
							BYU	7

[edit] South Regional

Games played at Starkville, Mississippi.

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
		Murray St.	5
		Tulane	3
							Murray St.	16
							New Orleans	15
		New Orleans	13
		Mississippi St.	11
												Murray St.	6	8
											Mississippi St.	8	18
		Tulane	4
		Mississippi St.	12
							New Orleans	10
							Mississippi St.	13

[edit] West Regional

Games played at Fresno, California.

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
		UCLA	5
		Cal St. Fullerton	4
							UCLA	5
							Fresno St.	4
		Fresno St.	10*
		Portland	8*
												UCLA	2	5
											Cal St. Fullerton	9	9
		Cal St. Fullerton	20
		Portland	3
							Fresno St.	3
							Cal St. Fullerton	12

[edit] College World Series

Connecticut, Miami (FL), Pepperdine, Arkansas, Arizona, Texas, Mississippi St., and Cal St. Fullerton won their regionals and moved on to the 1979 College World Series.

Main article: 1979 College World Series

[edit] See also

• NCAA Division I Baseball Championship

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