1995 Division III College World Series

The 1995 Division III College World Series was the first to be held in Salem, VA. The tournament suffered from a full weekend of rainouts on Saturday, May 27 and Sunday, May 28. University of La Verne defeated Methodist College in the championship game. 1B Jeff Polinsky of La Verne was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament.

Participating Teams

School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish
Carthage College	College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin	37-8-1 (14-4)	Augie Schmidt	2 (last:1994)	3rd
Eastern Connecticut State University	Independent	28-12	Bill Holowaty	5 (last:1993)	1st
University of La Verne	Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	39-9 (21-0)	Owen Wright	1 (last:1984)	4th
Marietta College	Ohio Athletic Conference	46-9 (16-2)	Don Schaly	12 (last:1992)	1st
Methodist College	Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	36-19-1 (8-2)	Tom Austin	0 (last:none)	none
State University of New York College at Cortland	State University of New York Athletic Conference	30-13 (11-1)	Steve Owens	0 (last:none)	none
William Paterson College	New Jersey Athletic Conference	36-9 (15-3)	Jeff Albies	4 (last:1992)	1st
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh	Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	39-5 (12-0)	Tom Lechnir	13 (last:1994)	1st

Results

1995 College World Series Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round
		Methodist	7
		East. Conn. St.	4
							Methodist	4
							Wisc.-Oshkosh	3
		Wisc.-Oshkosh	7
		Carthage	2
												Methodist	7
												La Verne	8
		La Verne	8
		William Paterson	3
							La Verne	5
							Marietta	3
		Marietta	11
		SUNY-Cortland	10
						Loser's bracket
							East. Conn. St.	6
							Carthage	12				Marietta	7
												Carthage	11
							William Paterson	16
							SUNY-Cortland	10				Wisc.-Oshkosh	9
												William Paterson	8

	Semifinals					Elimination					Final
	Re-ordered Semifinals
		La Verne	5									La Verne	5
		Wisc.-Oshkosh	10									Methodist	3
							Wisc.-Oshkosh	3
							Methodist	9
		Methodist	12
		Carthage	2

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 25
Game 1	Methodist College	7-4	Eastern Connecticut State University
Game 2	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh	7-2	Carthage College
Game 3	University of La Verne	8-3	William Paterson College
Game 4	Marietta College	11-10	SUNY-Cortland
May 26
Game 5	Carthage College	12-6	Eastern Connecticut State University	Eastern Connecticut eliminated
Game 6	William Paterson College	16-10	SUNY-Cortland	Cortland eliminated
May 29
Game 7	University of La Verne	5-3	Marietta College
Game 8	Methodist College	4-3	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Game 9	Carthage College	11-7	Marietta College	Marietta eliminated
Game 10	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh	9-8	William Paterson College	William Paterson eliminated
May 30
Game 11	University of La Verne	8-7 (10 Inn)	Methodist College
Game 12	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh	10-5	University of La Verne
Game 13	Methodist College	12-2	Carthage College	Carthage eliminated
May 31
Game 14	Methodist College	9-3	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh	UW Oshkosh eliminated
Game 15	University of La Verne	5-3	Methodist College	La Verne wins CWS