2023 NJCAA Division II Baseball World Series

The 2023 NJCAA Division II Baseball World Series was held May 27-June 3 at David Allen Memorial Ballpark in Enid, OK. The ten schools qualified by winning one of ten District tournaments. #1 Heartland Community College defeated #6 Southeastern Community College (IA) for the title. Meade Johnson of Heartland was named Player of the Tournament.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Record	Head Coach	District
1	Heartland Community College	53-5	Chris Razo	Central
2	Lansing Community College	47-10	Steven Cutter	Great Lakes
3	East Central Community College	37-18	Neal Holliman	Gulf
4	Madison Area Technical College	44-10	Mike Davenport	Midwest
5	St. Johns River State College	44-17	Ross Jones	South Atlantic
6	Southeastern Community College (IA)	46-16	Justin Schulte	North Plains
7	South Arkansas Community College	45-16	Cannon Lester	Plains
8	Lackawanna College	38-15	Mike McCarry	East
9	Glendale Community College (AZ)	32-28	Ed Trujillo	West
10	Frederick Community College	37-13	Rodney Bennett	Mid-Atlantic

Results

Bracket

	Opening round					Opening round					Second round					Semi-finals					Bracket Finals Winners advance to Finals
	8	Lackawanna	9
	9	Glendale CC (AZ)	1			1	Heartland CC	6
						8	Lackawanna	3
											1	Heartland CC	5
											5	St. Johns River St.	4
						4	Madison Area Tech	7													1	Heartland CC	10	x
						5	St. Johns River St.	13													5	St. Johns River St.	9	x
																5	St. Johns River St.	23
											8	Lackawanna	10			8	Lackawanna	9
						9	Glendale CC (AZ)	7			9	Glendale CC (AZ)	8
						4	Madison Area Tech	1

	7	South Arkansas CC	10
	10	Frederick CC	0			2	Lansing CC	1
						7	South Arkansas CC	11
											7	South Arkansas CC	2
											6	Southeastern CC (IA)	10
						3	East Central (MS)	2													6	Southeastern CC (IA)	3	12
						6	Southeastern CC (IA)	12													2	Lansing CC	5	4
																7	South Arkansas CC	0
											2	Lansing CC	12			2	Lansing CC	10
						10	Frederick CC	11			10	Frederick CC	2
						3	East Central (MS)	10

	Best of Three Series
	1	Heartland CC	8	x	x
	6	Southeastern CC (IA)	6	x	x

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 27
Game 1	South Arkansas Community College	10-0 (5)	Frederick Community College
Game 2	Southeastern Community College (IA)	12-2 (6)	East Central Community College
Game 3	Lackawanna College	9-1 (8)	Glendale Community College (AZ)
Game 4	St. Johns River State College	13-7	Madison Area Technical College
May 28
Game 5	Frederick Community College	11-10	East Central Community College	East Central eliminated
Game 6	South Arkansas Community College	11-1 (5)	Lansing Community College
Game 7	Glendale Community College (AZ)	7-1	Madison Area Technical College	Madison Area Tech eliminated
Game 8	Heartland Community College	6-3	Lackawanna College
May 29
Game 9	Lansing Community College	12-2 (8)	Frederick Community College	Frederick eliminated
Game 10	Lackawanna College	10-8	Glendale Community College (AZ)	Glendale eliminated
Game 11	Heartland Community College	5-4	St. Johns River State College
Game 12	Southeastern Community College (IA)	10-2	South Arkansas Community College
May 30
Game 13	Lansing Community College	10-0 (7)	South Arkansas Community College	South Arkansas eliminated
Game 14	St. Johns River State College	23-9 (8)	Lackawanna College	Lackawanna eliminated
May 31
Game 15	Lansing Community College	5-3	Southeastern Community College (IA)	Suspended due to weather in 5th, resumed 6/1
June 1
Game 16	Heartland Community College	10-9 (10)	St. Johns River State College	Suspended due to weather in 10th inning, resumed 6/2 St. Johns River eliminated
June 2
Game 17	Southeastern Community College (IA)	12-4	Lansing Community College	Lansing eliminated
Game 18	Heartland Community College	8-6	Southeastern Community College (IA)	Suspended in 1st inning, resumed 6/3 Heartland wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

• Dennis Pierce - Lackawanna (PA) 3B
• Ryan Riggs - South Arkansas C
• Maverick Stallings - St. Johns River State (FL) IF
• Aaron Potter - St. Johns River State (FL) P
• Lukas Brewer - Lansing (MI) P
• Hunter Lay - Lansing (MI) IF
• Taichi Nakao - Southeastern (IA) IF
• Casey Perrenoud - Southeastern (IA) P
• Bryce Phelps - Southeastern (IA) OF
• Mark Kattula - Heartland (IL) 1B
• Gallien Coupet - Heartland (IL) IF
• Ben Hartl - Heartland (IL) C/1B