1971 NAIA College World Series

The 1971 NAIA College World Series was held in Phoenix, AZ. The eight teams qualified for the tournament by winning their District and Area Tournaments. Linfield College defeated David Lipscomb College in the championship game.

Participating Teams

School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish
Appalachian State University		30-10	Frank Lovrich	1 (last:1969)	7th
David Lipscomb College			Ken Dugan	0 (last:none)	none
Grand Canyon College		39-17	Dave Brazell	1 (last:1969)	5th
Indiana University of Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference	19-6	Archie Moore	1 (last:1960)	5th
Lewis College	Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference	43-24	Gordie Gillespie	3 (last:1966)	2nd
Linfield College	Northwest Conference	28-11 (14-4)	Ad Rutschman	1 (last:1966)	1st
Southwestern State College				2 (last:1958)	2nd
Wisconsin State University-Oshkosh	Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	24-16 (13-3)	Russ Tiedemann	0 (last:none)	none

Results

1971 College World Series Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round
		Lewis	13
		David Lipscomb	4
							Lewis	9
							Indiana (PA)	11
		Indiana (PA)	7
		Appalachian St.	5
												Indiana (PA)	5
												Linfield	6
		Southwestern St.	9
		Wisc.-Oshkosh	5
							Southwestern St.	6
							Linfield	9
		Linfield	10
		Grand Canyon	9
						Loser's bracket
							David Lipscomb	14
							Appalachian St.	13				Southwestern St.	3
												David Lipscomb	4
							Wisc.-Oshkosh	7
							Grand Canyon	3				Lewis	7
												Wisc.-Oshkosh	3

	Semifinals					Elimination					Final
	Re-ordered Semifinals
		Linfield	7									David Lipscomb	8
		Lewis	2									Linfield	9
							Linfield	6
							David Lipscomb	7
		Indiana (PA)	5
		David Lipscomb	6

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 4
Game 1	Southwestern State College	9-5	Wisconsin State University-Oshkosh
Game 2	Indiana University of Pennsylvania	7-5	Appalachian State University
Game 3	Lewis College	13-4	David Lipscomb College
Game 4	Linfield College	10-9	Grand Canyon College
June 5
Game 5	Wisconsin State University-Oshkosh	7-3	Grand Canyon College	Grand Canyon eliminated
Game 6	David Lipscomb College	14-13	Appalachian State University	Appalachian St. eliminated
Game 7	Indiana University of Pennsylvania	11-9	Lewis College
Game 8	Linfield College	9-6	Southwestern State College
June 6
Game 9	David Lipscomb College	4-3	Southwestern State College	Southwestern eliminated
Game 10	Lewis College	7-3	Wisconsin State University-Oshkosh	Oshkosh eliminated
Game 11	Linfield College	6-5	Indiana University of Pennsylvania
June 7
Game 12	David Lipscomb College	6-5	Indiana University of Pennsylvania	Indiana eliminated
Game 13	Linfield College	7-2	Lewis College	Lewis eliminated
June 8
Game 14	David Lipscomb College	7-6	Linfield College
June 9
Game 15	Linfield College	9-8 (10)	David Lipscomb College	Linfield wins CWS