1982 Division II College World Series

The 1982 Division II College World Series was held at the Riverside Sports Center in Riverside, CA. The six schools qualified by winning one of six regional tournaments. The tournament was won by UC Riverside, coached by Jack Smitheran. The runner-up was the Florida Southern College. Florida Southern outfielder Joe Sickles was named the series Most Outstanding Player for the second straight year and became the first two time winner.

Participating Teams

School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish
University of California, Riverside	California Collegiate Athletic Association	36-23 (19-10)	Jack Smitheran	2 (last:1981)	1st
Delta State University	Gulf South Conference	41-19 (7-1)	Boo Ferriss	3 (last:1978)	2nd
Florida Southern College	Sunshine State Conference	50-11 (19-2)	Joe Arnold	10 (last:1981)	1st
Longwood College	Independent	31-10-1	Buddy Bolding	0 (last:none)	none
Southwest Missouri State University	Independent	31-14	Bill Rowe	3 (last:1978)	2nd
University of New Haven	Independent	27-7	Frank Vieira	5 (last:1980)	3rd

Results

1982 College World Series Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semi-finals					Finals
		Florida Southern	18
		Delta St.	2				Florida Southern	11
							Longwood	0
		New Haven	6									Florida Southern	7
		SW Missouri St.	1									UC Riverside	8
							New Haven	3														UC Riverside	10	x
							UC Riverside	4														Florida Southern	1	x
		UC Riverside	6														Florida Southern	13
		Longwood	1									New Haven	1				Delta St.	9
							Delta St.	7				Delta St.	5
							SW Missouri St.	5

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 22
Game 1	Florida Southern College	18 - 2	Delta State University
Game 2	University of New Haven	6 - 1	Southwest Missouri State University
Game 3	University of California, Riverside	6 - 1	Longwood College
May 23
Game 4	Delta State University	7 - 5	Southwest Missouri State University	Missouri St. elminated
Game 5	Florida Southern College	11 - 0	Longwood College	Longwood elminated
Game 6	University of California, Riverside	4 - 3	University of New Haven
May 24
Game 7	Delta State University	5 - 1	University of New Haven	New Haven elminated
Game 8	University of California, Riverside	8 - 7	Florida Southern College
Game 9	Florida Southern College	13 - 9	Delta State University	Delta St. elminated
May 25
Game 10	University of California, Riverside	10 - 1	Florida Southern College	UC Riverside wins CWS