1973 NAIA Area Tournaments

The 32 winners of the 1973 NAIA District Tournaments advanced to one of 8 Area Tournaments. As with the District Tournaments, the Area Tournaments are geographically grouped. The four-team brackets are double elimination format. The top team in each bracket advanced to the 1973 NAIA College World Series.

Area 1

• Commerce, CA

May 24-26

Seed	School	District	Results	Finish
	Lewis-Clark State College	1	1-2	3rd
	Linfield College	2	2-2	2nd
	Rocky Mountain College	5	0-2	4th
	U.S. International University	3	3-0	Advances to CWS

Area 2

• Phoenix, AZ

May 24-26

Seed	School	District	Results	Finish
	Grand Canyon College	7	3-1	Advances to CWS
	Lubbock Christian College	8	1-2	3rd
	Sam Houston State University	4	0-2	4th
	Southern University and A&M College	30	3-2	2nd

Area 3

• Enid, OK

May 24-26

Seed	School	District	Results	Finish
	Fort Hays Kansas State College	10	1-2	3rd
	Northern State College	12	0-2	4th
	Phillips University	9	4-1	Advances to CWS
	Wayne State College	11	2-2	2nd

Area 4

• Waverly, IA

Seed	School	District	Results	Finish
	Missouri Western State College	16	0-2	4th
	Morningside College	15	1-2	3rd
	Winona State College	13	2-2	2nd
	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh	14	4-1	Advances to CWS

Area 5

• Knoxville, TN

Seed	School	District	Results	Finish
	State College of Arkansas	17	0-2	4th
	Birmingham-Southern College	27	3-2	2nd
	David Lipscomb College	24	1-2	3rd
	Valdosta State College	25	3-1	Advances to CWS

Area 6

• Grand Rapids, MI

May 24 -?

Seed	School	District	Results	Finish
	Ferris State College	23		2nd
	Lewis College	20	1-2	3rd
	Malone College	22		Advances to CWS
	Marian College	21	0-2	4th

Area 7

• Pembroke, NC

May 22-24

Seed	School	District	Results	Finish
	Elon College	26	2-2	2nd
	Erskine College	6	0-2	4th
	Pembroke State University	29	3-0	Advances to CWS
	West Liberty State College	28	1-2	3rd

Area 8

• Fairfax, VA

May 25-26

Seed	School	District	Results	Finish
	Eastern Connecticut State College	32	2-0*	Advances to CWS
	Husson College	31	0-1	3rd
	Point Park College	18	1-1*	2nd
	York College of Pennsylvania	19	0-1	3rd

*Rain cancelled multiple games, causing the tournament to be changed to a single elimination format.