2008 Division III College World Series

The 2008 Division III College World Series was held from May 23 to May 27 at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute, WI. The eight schools qualified by winning one of eight regional tournaments. Trinity College was the champion, defeating Johns Hopkins University in the championship game.

Participating Teams

School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish
Adrian College	Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association	36-13 (22-6)	Craig Rainey	0 (last:none)	none
Chapman University	Independent	40-5	Tom Tereschuk	7 (last:2007)	1st
Johns Hopkins University	Centennial Conference	42-8 (16-2)	Bob Babb	1 (last:1989)	3rd
Kean University	New Jersey Athletic Conference	39-11 (14-4)	Neil Ioviero	1 (last:2007)	1st
Linfield College	Northwest Conference	35-13 (25-7)	Scott Brosius	0 (last:none)	none
SUNY-Cortland	State University of New York Athletic Conference	42-5 (14-0)	Joe Brown	8 (last:2007)	2nd
Trinity College	New England Small College Athletic Conference	45-1 (12-0)	Bill Decker	2 (last:2005)	7th
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater	Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	42-10 (20-4)	John Vodenlich	3 (last:2005)	1st

Results

2008 College World Series Bracket

	Round 1					Round 2					Round 3										Finals
		Chapman	4
		Kean	2
							Chapman	4
							Johns Hopkins	5
		Johns Hopkins	3
		Adrian	2
												Johns Hopkins	5
												Trinity	8
		Linfield	5
		Wisc.-Whitewater	1
							Linfield	5
							Trinity	6
		Trinity	2
		SUNY-Cortland	1																			Trinity	3	5
																						Johns Hopkins	4	4
	Losers Bracket 1					Losers Bracket 2					Losers Bracket 3					Losers Bracket 4
							Linfield	2
		Kean	6				Adrian	3									Johns Hopkins	12
		Adrian	7									Adrian	11				Wisc.-Whitewater	11
												Wisc.-Whitewater	13
							Chapman	4
		Wisc.-Whitewater	10				Wisc.-Whitewater	7
		SUNY-Cortland	2

Game Results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 23
	Game 1	Chapman University	4-2	Kean University
	Game 2	Johns Hopkins University	3-2 (14 inn.)	Adrian College
	Game 3	Linfield College	5-1	University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
	Game 4	Trinity College	2-1	State University of New York College at Cortland
May 24
	Game 5	Adrian College	7-6 (12 inn.)	Kean University	Kean eliminated
	Game 6	University of Wisconsin-Whitewater	10-2	State University of New York College at Cortland	Cortland eliminated
	Game 7	Johns Hopkins University	5-4	Chapman University
	Game 8	Trinity College	6-5	Linfield College
May 25
	Game 9	University of Wisconsin-Whitewater	7-4	Chapman University	Chapman eliminated
	Game 10	Adrian College	3-2	Linfield College	Linfield eliminated
	Game 11	Trinity College	8-5	Johns Hopkins University
May 26
	Game 12	University of Wisconsin-Whitewater	13-11	Adrian College	Adrian eliminated
	Game 13	Johns Hopkins University	12-11	University of Wisconsin-Whitewater	UW-Whitewater eliminated
May 27
	Game 14	Johns Hopkins University	4-3	Trinity College	Trinity's only loss of 2008 season
	Game 15	Trinity College	5-4	Johns Hopkins University	Trinity wins CWS

Related Sites

2008 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship