1965 NJCAA Baseball World Series

The 1965 NJCAA Baseball World Series was held May 28 to June 2 at Sam Suplizio Field in Grand Junction, CO. Phoenix College defeated Gulf Coast Community College in the championship game.

Participating Teams

School	Record	Head Coach
Bacone Junior College	24-2	Enos Semore
Blinn College	20-4	Leroy Dreyer
Grand View Junior College	16-1	Dave Sisam
Gulf Coast Community College	19-9	Bob McAlpine
Mesa State College	13-7	Bus Bergman
Nassau Community College	23-1	Bruce DuBois
Phoenix College	25-5	Martin "Pug" Marich
Wingate Junior College	20-3	Ron Christopher

Results

1965 College World Series Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round
		Wingate	3
		Nassau	0
							Wingate	0
							Phoenix	13
		Phoenix	15
		Grand View	0
												Phoenix	4
												Gulf Coast	1
		Gulf Coast	12
		Blinn	2
							Gulf Coast	9
							Bacone	4
		Bacone	3
		Mesa St.	2
						Loser's bracket
							Nassau	7
							Grand View	5				Bacone	12
												Nassau	4
							Blinn	8
							Mesa St.	7				Wingate	2
												Blinn	11

	Semifinals					Elimination					Final
		Phoenix	13									Gulf Coast	6
		Bacone	4									Phoenix	9
							Phoenix	11
							Bacone	1
		Gulf Coast	11
		Blinn	1

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 28
Game 1	Wingate Junior College	3-0	Nassau Community College
Game 2	Phoenix College	15-0	Grand View Junior College
Game 3	Gulf Coast Community College	12-2	Blinn College
Game 4	Bacone College	3-2	Mesa State College
May 29
Game 5	Nassau Community College	7-5	Grand View Junior College	Grand View eliminated
Game 6	Blinn College	8-7	Mesa State College	Mesa eliminated
Game 7	Phoenix College	13-0	Wingate Junior College
Game 8	Gulf Coast Community College	9-4	Bacone College
May 30
Game 9	Bacone College	12-4	Nassau Community College	Nassau eliminated
Game 10	Blinn College	11-2	Wingate Junior College	Wingate eliminated
Game 11	Phoenix College	4-1	Gulf Coast Community College
May 31
Game 12	Gulf Coast Community College	11-1	Blinn College	Blinn eliminated
Game 13	Bacone College	13-4	Phoenix College
June 1
Game 14	Phoenix College	11-1	Bacone College	Bacone eliminated
June 2
Game 15	Phoenix College	9-6	Gulf Coast Community College	Phoenix wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

• 1B: Tom Robson, Phoenix
• 1B: Howard Maye, Gulf Coast
• 2B: Dave Alvarado, Phoenix
• 2B: Pete Garza, Blinn
• 3B: Bob Smith, Bacone
• SS: John Hill, Phoenix
• SS: Pon Sutton, Blinn
• OF: Jesus Pesquiera, Phoenix
• OF: Jim Johnson, Bacone
• OF: Phil Ogee, Bacone
• C: Nate Marham, Gulf Coast
• P: Tom Burgess, Phoenix
• P: Q.V. Lowe, Gulf Coast
• P: Gary Gentry, Phoenix

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