1983 NAIA District 27 Tournament

The 1983 NAIA District 27 Tournament was held May 11-13 in Pensacola, FL. The tournament also acted essentially as the Southern States Conference tournament. #1 University of West Florida defeated #3 Birmingham-Southern College for the title.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	District Record	Head Coach
1	University of West Florida	10-6	Jim Spooner
2	Huntingdon College	10-6	Steve Shartzer
3	Birmingham-Southern College	9-7	Bill Meyer
4	University of Montevallo	9-7	Bob Riesener

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Final
	1	West Florida	4
	4	Montevallo	3
						1	West Florida	7
						2	Huntingdon	6
	2	Huntingdon	2
	3	Birmingham-Southern	0
											1	West Florida	7	3
											3	Birmingham-Southern	12	2
						2	Huntingdon	2
	4	Montevallo	7			3	Birmingham-Southern	3
	3	Birmingham-Southern	8

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 11
Game 1	Huntingdon College	2-0	Birmingham-Southern College
Game 2	University of West Florida	4-3	University of Montevallo
Game 3	Birmingham-Southern College	8-7	University of Montevallo	Montevallo eliminated
May 12
Game 4	University of West Florida	7-6	Huntingdon College
Game 5	Birmingham-Southern College	3-2	Huntingdon College	Huntingdon eliminated
May 13
Game 6	Birmingham-Southern College	12-7	University of West Florida
Game 7	University of West Florida	3-2 (13)	Birmingham-Southern College	West Florida advances to Area 5 tournament