1953 CWS District Tournaments

The field of 24 teams in the 1953 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship is broken down into 4 4-team District Tournaments and 4 2-team District Tournaments. The winners of each District advance to the College World Series.

District 1

• Worcester, MA

June 1-2

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Boston College	10-6	Trinity College	Trinity eliminated
Game 2	Springfield College	3-2	College of the Holy Cross	Holy Cross eliminated
Game 3	Boston College	9-2	Springfield College	Boston College advances to College World Series

District 2

• Easton, PA

June 3-4

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Penn State University	4-2	Fordham University	Fordham eliminated
Game 2	Lafayette College	6-1	University of Pittsburgh	Pitt eliminated
Game 3	Lafayette College	5-3	Penn State University	Lafayette advances to College World Series

District 3

• Charlotte, NC

June 2-4

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Duke University	9-1	Mississippi State University
Game 2	University of Georgia	8-4	Rollins College
Game 3	Mississippi State University	6-5	Rollins College	Rollins eliminated
Game 4	University of Georgia	9-4	Duke University
Game 5	Duke University	5-4	Mississippi State University	Mississippi St eliminated
Game 6	Duke University	9-1	University of Georgia
Game 7	Duke University	11-3	University of Georgia	Duke advances to College World Series

District 4

• Ann Arbor, MI

May 29-30

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	University of Michigan	6-5	Ohio University
Game 2	University of Michigan	7-0	Ohio University	Michigan advances to College World Series

District 5

May 26-27

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	University of Oklahoma	7-4	University of Houston
Game 2	University of Houston	5-2 (10)	University of Oklahoma
Game 3	University of Houston	5-3	University of Oklahoma	Houston advances to College World Series

District 6

• Tucson, AZ

June 3-5

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	University of Texas	7-6	University of Arizona
Game 2	University of Arizona	4-3	University of Texas
Game 3	University of Texas	5-3	University of Arizona	Texas advances to College World Series

District 7

• Salt Lake City, UT

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	University of Utah	6-3	Colorado State College
Game 2	Colorado State College	8-5	University of Utah
Game 3	Colorado State College	4-0	University of Utah	Colorado State advances to College World Series

District 8

• Los Angeles, CA

May 29-30

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	University of Southern California	12-6	San Diego State College
Game 2	University of Southern California	11-1	Seattle University
Game 3	San Diego State College	13-12 (15)	Seattle University	Seattle eliminated
Game 4	San Diego State College	3-1	University of Southern California
Game 5	University of Southern California	3-1	San Diego State College	USC advances to meet Stanford University for District 8 title

Stanford University could not play USC for District 8 title due to Semester Finals schedule. A coin flip was used to determine championship. Stanford advances to College World Series