1980 NAIA College World Series
The 1980 NAIA College World Series was held in Nashville, TN with a field of teams expanded from 8 to 10. The ten team field was composed of eight teams that qualified for the tournament by winning their District and Area Tournaments, plus the highest ranked school that finished second in an area tournament, plus the host school, David Lipscomb College. Grand Canyon College defeated Lewis University in the championship game. Jim Gerlach of Grand Canyon was named MVP.
Participating Teams[edit]
School | Conference | Record (Conference) | Head Coach | CWS Appearances | CWS Best Finish |
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University of South Carolina Coastal Carolina College | 38-10 (16-4) | Larry Carr | 1 (last:1978) |
7th | |
David Lipscomb College | Ken Dugan | 6 (last:1979) |
1st | ||
Grand Canyon College | 50-14-2 | Dave Brazell | 3 (last:1973) |
5th | |
John Brown University | Allan Barker | 0 (last:none) |
none | ||
Lewis University | Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference | 61-24 | Irish O'Reilly | 9 (last:1977) |
1st |
Lewis-Clark State College | 48-12 | Ed Cheff | 3 (last:1979) |
2nd | |
Lubbock Christian College | 54-34 | Larry Hays | 1 (last:1977) |
5th | |
Point Park College | 24-6 | Ben Fiori | 3 (last:1979) |
3rd | |
Southeastern Oklahoma State University | Don Parham | 2 (last:1979) |
2nd | ||
William Jewell College | Heart of America Athletic Conference | Fred Flook | 6 (last:1977) |
1st |
Results[edit]
1980 College World Series Bracket[edit]
Upper Round 1 | Upper Round 2 | Upper Round 3 | Upper Final Both teams advance |
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Lubbock Christian | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Canyon | 9 | Grand Canyon | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lewis-Clark St. | 2 | Grand Canyon | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William Jewell | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William Jewell | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SE Oklahoma St. | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Canyon | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lewis | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Point Park | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coastal Carolina | 3 | Coastal Carolina | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
David Lipscomb | 0 | Coastal Carolina | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lewis | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lewis | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Brown | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lower Round 1 | Lower Round 2 | Lower Round 3 Both winners advance |
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Coastal Carolina | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Point Park | 7 | Lewis-Clark St. | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SE Oklahoma St. | 4 | Lewis-Clark St. | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lewis-Clark St. | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William Jewell | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lubbock Christian | 8 | Lubbock Christian | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Brown | 2 | David Lipscomb | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
David Lipscomb | 3 |
Re-Ordered Semifinals
Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
Grand Canyon | 9 | ||||||||
Lewis-Clark St. | 4 | ||||||||
Grand Canyon | 5 | x | |||||||
Lewis | 4 | x | |||||||
Lewis | 7 | ||||||||
Lubbock Christian | 2 |
Game Results[edit]
NAIA College World Series
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