1979 NAIA College World Series

The 1979 NAIA College World Series was held in Nashville, TN for the first time. Seven of the eight teams qualified for the tournament by winning their District and Area Tournaments. Host school David Lipscomb College, which had finished 2nd in the Area 5 tournament was given the opportunity to enter when Grand Canyon College pulled itself out of the tournament. The Southern Baptist affiliated school pulled its #1 ranked team out of the College World Series after a local paper published a picture of the team celebrating its Area 2 championship with champagne. Lipscomb went on to defeat High Point College in the championship game. Kal Koenig of Lipscomb was named MVP.

Participating Teams

School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish
Birmingham-Southern College		49-11	Bill Meyer	1 (last:1975)	5th
David Lipscomb College		34-11	Ken Dugan	5 (last:1978)	1st
High Point College	Carolinas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	34-13-1	Jim Speight	2 (last:1974)	7th
Lewis-Clark State College		35-16	Ed Cheff	2 (last:1978)	2nd
Point Park College		25-3	Ben Fiori	2 (last:1978)	4th
Saint Xavier College		40-26	John Boles	0 (last:none)	none
Southeastern Oklahoma State University	Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference	48-11	Don Parham	1 (last:1977)	2nd
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse	Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	22-13	Bill Terry	0 (last:none)	none

Results

1979 College World Series Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round
		Wisc.-La Crosse	2
		Lewis-Clark St.	1
							Wisc.-La Crosse	12
							David Lipscomb	2
		David Lipscomb	3
		Saint Xavier	2
												David Lipscomb	6
												High Point	3
		SE Oklahoma St.	4
		Point Park	3
							SE Oklahoma St.	8
							High Point	9
		High Point	3
		Birmingham-Sou.	2
						Loser's bracket
							Lewis-Clark St.	1
							Saint Xavier	7				SE Oklahoma St.	3
												Saint Xavier	4
							Point Park	5
							Birmingham-Sou.	3				Wisc.-La Crosse	4
												Point Park	8

	Semifinals					Elimination					Final
	Re-ordered Semifinals
		David Lipscomb	2									David Lipscomb	5
		Point Park	3									High Point	4
							Point Park	6
							High Point	10
		High Point	4
		Saint Xavier	2

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 28
Game 1	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse	2-1	Lewis-Clark State College
Game 2	David Lipscomb College	3-2	Saint Xavier College
May 29
Game 3	Saint Xavier College	7-1	Lewis-Clark State College	Lewis-Clark eliminated
Game 4	Southeastern Oklahoma State University	4-3	Point Park College
Game 5	High Point College	3-2	Birmingham-Southern College
May 30
Game 6	Point Park College	5-3	Birmingham-Southern College	Birmingham-Southern eliminated
Game 7	David Lipscomb College	12-2	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Game 8	High Point College	9-8	Southeastern Oklahoma State University	game suspended in 6th inning due to rain, finished May 31
May 31
Game 9	Point Park College	8-4	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse	UW La Crosse eliminated
Game 10	Saint Xavier College	4-3	Southeastern Oklahoma State University	SE Oklahoma eliminated
Game 11	David Lipscomb College	6-3	High Point College
June 2
Game 12	High Point College	4-2	Saint Xavier College	St. Xavier eliminated
Game 13	Point Park College	3-2	David Lipscomb College
June 2
Game 14	High Point College	10-6	Point Park College	game suspended in 4th inning due to rain, finished June 3 Point Park eliminated
June 4
Game 15	David Lipscomb College	5-4	High Point College	Lipscomb wins CWS