2017 NJCAA Division II Baseball World Series

The 2017 NJCAA Division II Baseball World Series was held May 27-June 2 at David Allen Memorial Ballpark in Enid, OK. The ten schools qualified by winning one of ten District tournaments. Kankakee Community College defeated Mercer County Community College in the championship game. Matt Littrell of Kankakee was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Record	Head Coach	District
1	Murray State College	49-12	Zach Crabtree	Plains
2	Parkland College	50-7-1	Dave Garcia	Midwest
3	Pitt Community College	41-7	Tommy Eason	Southeast
4	Mercer County Community College	45-12	Kevin Kerins	Northeast
5	Phoenix College	41-20	Kevin Kimball	Southwest
6	Hinds Community College	34-16	Sam Temple	South
7	Kankakee Community College	48-10-1	Todd Post	North Central
8	Lansing Community College	38-15	Andrew Huard	North
9	Southeast Community College	40-18	Dion Parks	North Plains
10	University of Connecticut at Avery Point	27-14	Mike Aldrich	East

Results

College World Series Bracket

	Opening round					Opening round					Second round					Semi-finals					Bracket Finals Winners advance to Finals
	8	Lansing CC	8
	9	Southeast CC	4			1	Murray St. (OK)	9
						8	Lansing CC	11
											8	Lansing CC	7
											4	Mercer County CC	9
						4	Mercer County CC	8													4	Mercer County CC	6	9
						5	Phoenix	5													8	Lansing CC	7	2
																8	Lansing CC	13
											1	Murray St. (OK)	7			5	Phoenix	2
						9	Southeast CC	11			5	Phoenix	12
						5	Phoenix	13

	7	Kankakee CC	9
	10	UConn-Avery Point	11			2	Parkland	8
						10	UConn-Avery Point	5
											2	Parkland	16
											3	Pitt CC	12
						3	Pitt CC	8													2	Parkland	9	3
						6	Hinds CC	6													7	Kankakee CC	11	13
																3	Pitt CC	6
											10	UConn-Avery Point	2			7	Kankakee CC	14
						7	Kankakee CC	8			7	Kankakee CC	12
						6	Hinds CC	7

	Best of Three Series
	4	Mercer County CC	5	x	x
	7	Kankakee CC	11	x	x

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 27	Game 1	Lansing Community College	8-4	Southeast Community College
	Game 2	Mercer County Community College	8-5	Phoenix College
	Game 3	University of Connecticut at Avery Point	11-9	Kankakee Community College
	Game 4	Pitt Community College	8-6	Hinds Community College
May 28	Game 5	Phoenix College	13-11	Southeast Community College	Southeast eliminated
	Game 6	Lansing Community College	11-9	Murray State College
	Game 7	Kankakee Community College	8-7	Hinds Community College	Hinds eliminated
	Game 8	Parkland College	8-5	University of Connecticut at Avery Point
May 29	Game 9	Phoenix College	12-7	Murray State College	Murray eliminated
	Game 10	Kankakee Community College	12-2 (5)	University of Connecticut at Avery Point	UConn Avery Point eliminated
	Game 11	Parkland College	16-12	Pitt Community College
	Game 12	Mercer County Community College	9-7	Lansing Community College
May 30	Game 13	Lansing Community College	13-2 (7)	Phoenix College	Phoenix eliminated
	Game 14	Kankakee Community College	14-6 (7)	Pitt Community College	Pitt eliminated
May 31	Game 15	Lansing Community College	7-6	Mercer County Community College
	Game 16	Kankakee Community College	11-9	Parkland College
June 1	Game 17	Mercer County Community College	9-2	Lansing Community College	Lansing eliminated
	Game 18	Kankakee Community College	13-3 (6)	Parkland College	Parkland eliminated
June 2	Game 19	Kankakee Community College	11-5	Mercer County Community College	Kankakee wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

• Chase Gadau - Kankakee (IL) 1B
• Dylan Dodd - Kankakee (IL) OF/P
• Bryce Butler - Kankakee (IL) OF
• Waylon Richardson - Kankakee (IL) P
• Sid Kumar - Mercer County (NJ) 1B
• Gabriel Castillo - Mercer County (NJ) INF
• Jordyn Muffley - Parkland (IL) C
• Carson Eby - Lansing (MI) C
• Hunter Ruhstorfer - Lansing (MI) OF
• Ryan Cornell - Southeast CC IF
• Dominick Cammarata - Pitt (NC) OF
• Ben Aklinski - Phoenix (AZ) OF

http://njcaa.org/sports/bsb/2016-17/div2/national_championship/index