2003 Division II College World Series

The 2003 Division II College World Series was held at Paterson Field in Montgomery, AL. The eight schools qualified by winning one of eight regional tournaments. The tournament was won by University of Central Missouri, coached by Brad Hill. The runner-up was the University of Tampa. Tampa outfielder Jay Hyland was named the series Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams

School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish
Abilene Christian University	Lone Star Conference	45-20	Britt Bonneau	0 (last:none)	none
University of California, Davis	California Collegiate Athletic Association	36-24 (24-14)	Rex Peters	1 (last:1995)	6th
Central Missouri State University	Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association	51-7 (27-2)	Brad Hill	10 (last:2002)	1st
Franklin Pierce College	Northeast-10 Conference	32-17 (18-9)	Jayson King	0 (last:none)	none
Grand Valley State University	Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	41-14-1	Steve Lyon	0 (last:none)	none
Kennesaw State University	Peach Belt Conference	40-18 (18-12)	Mike Sansing	3 (last:1998)	1st
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference	48-13	Jeff Messer	3 (last:2000)	3rd
University of Tampa	Sunshine State Conference	45-18 (15-5)	Joe Urso	9 (last:2001)	1st

Results

2003 College World Series Bracket

	First round					Second round Re-ordered loser's bracket					Re-ordered Semifinals						Finals
		Franklin Pierce	2
		Slippery Rock	1
							Franklin Pierce	4
							Cent. Missouri St.	11
		Cent. Missouri St.	3
		Grand Valley St.	2
												Cent. Missouri St.	6	x
											Kennesaw St.	5	x
		Slippery Rock	8
		Grand Valley St.	9
							Franklin Pierce	5
							UC Davis	3
																	Cent. Missouri St.	4	x	x
																	Tampa	3	x	x
		Kennesaw St.	9
		UC Davis	5
							Kennesaw St.	0
							Tampa	6
		Tampa	14
		Abilene Christian	2
												Tampa	18	x
											Franklin Pierce	9	x
		UC Davis	5
		Abilene Christian	3
							Kennesaw St.	7
							Grand Valley St.	5

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 24
Game 1	Franklin Pierce College	2 - 1	Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
Game 2	Central Missouri State University	3 – 2	Grand Valley State University
May 25
Game 3	Kennesaw State University	9 - 5	University of California, Davis
Game 4	University of Tampa	14 - 2	Abilene Christian University
May 26
Game 5	Grand Valley State University	9 - 8	Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania	Slippery Rock eliminated
Game 6	Central Missouri State University	11 - 4	Franklin Pierce College
May 27
Game 7	University of California, Davis	5 - 3	Abilene Christian University	Abilene Christian eliminated
Game 8	University of Tampa	6 - 0	Kennesaw State University
May 28
Game 9	Franklin Pierce College	5 - 3	University of California, Davis	UC Davis eliminated
Game 10	Kennesaw State University	7 - 5	Grand Valley State University	Grand Valley St. eliminated
May 29
Game 11	University of Tampa	18 - 9	Franklin Pierce College	Franklin Pierce elminated
Game 12	Central Missouri State University	6 - 5	Kennesaw State University	Kennesaw St. eliminated
May 31
Game 13	Central Missouri State University	4 – 3	University of Tampa	Central Missouri wins CWS