2009 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament

The 2009 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 2009 NCAA Division III baseball season to determine the 34th national champion of college baseball at the NCAA Division III level. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing at Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute, Wisconsin for the championship. Eight regional tournaments were held to determine the participants in the World Series. Regional tournaments were contested in double-elimination format, with five regions consisting of six teams and three consisting of eight, for a total of 54 teams participating in the tournament. The tournament champion was St. Thomas (MN), who defeated Wooster for the championship.[1]

2009 NCAA Division III
Baseball Tournament

Season	2009
Teams	54
Finals site	Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium Grand Chute, Wisconsin
Champions	St. Thomas (MN) (2nd title)
Runner-up	Wooster
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Bids

The 54 competing teams were:

Regionals

[2]

Central Regional

Brunner Field in the Duane R. Swanson Stadium-Moline, IL (Host: Augustana College)

	First Round					Second Round/Elimination Round 1					Semifinals/Elimination Round 2					Elimination Final					Final
	1	Carthage	8
	6	Fontbonne	7				Carthage	21
							Washington-St. Louis	3
	2	Millsaps	5									Carthage	12
	5	Wartburg	3									Millsaps	5
							Millsaps	12														Carthage	2	8
							Wisconsin-Whitewater	4														Wisconsin-Whitewater	4	3
	3	Wisconsin-Whitewater	3														Millsaps	4
	4	Washington-St. Louis	2									Wisconsin-Whitewater	8				Wisconsin-Whitewater	10
							Fontbonne	2				Wartburg	3
							Wartburg	4

Mideast Regional

Nicolay Field-Adrian, MI (Host: Adrian College)

	First Round					Second Round/Elimination Round 1					Third Round/Elimination Round 2					Elimination Final					Final
	1	Heidelberg	2
	6	Rose-Hulman	12				Rose-Hulman	8
							Adrian	9^10
												Adrian	3
												Heidelberg	1				Adrian	2
							Heidelberg	14									Wooster	8
							Concordia-Chicago	2
	2	Wooster	5																			Wooster	4
	5	Concordia-Chicago	1																			Marietta	3
							Wooster	13
							Marietta	3
	3	Marietta	14									Wooster	2
	4	Adrian	3									Marietta	6
							Rose-Hulman	2
							Marietta	5

Mid-Atlantic Regional

FirstEnergy Park-Lakewood, NJ (Host: Kean University)

	First Round/Elimination Round 1					Second Round/Elimination Round 2					Semifinals/Elimination Semifinals					Elimination Finals					Finals
	Winner's Bracket
	4	Penn State-Behrend	1
	5	TCNJ	13
							TCNJ	5
							Kean	7
	1	Kean	10
	8	Penn State-Berks	1
												Kean	6
												Keystone	3
	3	Montclair State	2
	6	Elizabethtown	5
							Elizabethtown	8
							Keystone	10
	2	Keystone	2
	7	Alvernia	1																			Kean	12	--
																						Keystone	6	--
	Loser's Bracket
		Penn State-Behrend	5
		Penn State-Berks	8				Elizabethtown	9
							Penn State-Berks	2
												Elizabethtown	3
		Montclair State	1									TCNJ	5				Keystone	11
		Alvernia	10				TCNJ	8									TCNJ	3
							Alvernia	2

New England Regional

Eastern Baseball Stadium-Mansfield, CT (Host: Eastern Connecticut University/Little East Conference)

	First Round/Elimination Round 1					Second Round/Elimination Round 2					Semifinals/Elimination Semifinals					Elimination Finals					Finals
	Winner's Bracket
	4	WPI	7
	5	Suffolk	6
							WPI	15
							Babson	5
	1	Eastern Connecticut State	6
	8	Babson	10
												WPI	0
												Trinity (CT)	14
	3	Trinity (CT)	6
	6	Westfield State	4
							Trinity (CT)	6
							Southern Maine	0
	2	Southern Maine	5
	7	Husson	4^10																			Trinity (CT)	5	--
																						Eastern Connecticut State	4	--
	Loser's Bracket
		Suffolk	2
		Eastern Connecticut State	13				Southern Maine	2
							Eastern Connecticut State	7
												Eastern Connecticut State	18
		Westfield State	3									Husson	3				WPI	5
		Husson	10				Babson	6									Eastern Connecticut State	6
							Husson	10

South Regional

Arthur W. Perdue Stadium-Salisbury, MD (Host: Salisbury University)

	First Round/Elimination Round 1					Second Round/Elimination Round 2					Semifinals/Elimination Semifinals					Elimination Finals					Finals
	Winner's Bracket
	4	Christopher Newport	5
	5	Washington & Jefferson	3
							Christopher Newport	5
							Salisbury	4^10
	1	Salisbury	3
	8	Washington & Lee	2
												Christopher Newport	4
												Shenandoah	8
	3	N.C. Wesleyan	1
	6	York (PA)	12
							York (PA)	2
							Shenandoah	11
	2	Shenandoah	8
	7	Johns Hopkins	2																			Shenandoah	11	--
																						Christopher Newport	7	--
	Loser's Bracket
		Washington & Jefferson	8
		Washington & Lee	3				York (PA)	1
							Washington & Jefferson	4
												Washington & Jefferson	2
		N.C. Wesleyan	2									Johns Hopkins	10				Christopher Newport	5
		Johns Hopkins	14				Salisbury	6									Johns Hopkins	12
							Johns Hopkins	11

New York Regional

Farmingdale State Baseball Stadium-East Farmingdale, NY (Host: State University of New York at Farmingdale/Skyline Conference)

	First Round					Second Round/Elimination Round 1					Semifinals					Final
	1	Cortland State	10
	6	Clarkson	15				Clarkson	10
							Farmingdale State	19
												Farmingdale State	6
												Cortland State	4
							Cortland State	3
							Ithaca	2
	2	Ithaca	5														Farmingdale State	13	8
	5	Western New England	16														Rensselaer	9	0
							Western New England	1
							Ithaca	3
	3	Rensselaer	5									Rensselaer	11
	4	Farmingdale State	4									Clarkson	10
							Clarkson	5
							Western New England	2

West Regional

Roy Helser Field and Jim Wright Stadium-McMinnville, OR (Host: Linfield College)

	First Round					Second Round/Elimination Round 1					Semifinals					Final
	1	Pomona-Pitzer	8
	6	Hendrix	3				Pomona-Pitzer	6
							George Fox	12
												George Fox	10
												Texas-Tyler	4
							Hendrix	3
							Texas-Tyler	5
	2	Texas-Tyler	2														George Fox	5	4
	5	Chapman	16														Chapman	4^10	7
							Chapman	7
							Cal Lutheran	6
	3	Cal Lutheran	2									Chapman	5
	4	George Fox	1									Pomona-Pitzer	2
							Pomona-Pitzer	16
							Cal Lutheran	4

Midwest Regional

E.J. Schneider Field-Oshkosh, WI (Host: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh)

	First Round					Second Round/Elimination Round 1					Semifinals/Elimination Round 2					Elimination Final					Final
	1	St. Olaf	2
	6	Beloit	1^11				St. Olaf	8
							St. Norbert	4
	2	St. Thomas (MN)	5									St. Olaf	5
	5	Wisconsin-Stevens Point	4^17									St. Thomas (MN)	2
							St. Thomas (MN)	8														St. Olaf	2	0
							St. Scholastica	4														St. Thomas (MN)	11	5
	3	St. Scholastica	7														St. Thomas (MN)	6
	4	St. Norbert	6^11									St. Scholastica	3				Wisconsin-Stevens Point	0
							Beloit	2				Wisconsin-Stevens Point	9
							Wisconsin-Stevens Point	8

World Series

Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium-Grand Chute, WI (Host: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh/Lawrence University/Fox Cities Convention and Visitors Bureau) [3]

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Winner's Bracket

C1

Carthage

1

ME2

Wooster

8

Wooster

14

Kean

1

MA1

Kean

8

NE3

Trinity (CT)

5

Wooster

3

St. Thomas (MN)

0

S2

Shenandoah

12

NY4

Farmingdale State

2

Shenandoah

5

St. Thomas (MN)

16

W5

Chapman

1

MW2

St. Thomas (MN)

9

Loser's Bracket

Carthage

10

Trinity (CT)

1

Shenandoah

8

Carthage

9^11

Farmingdale State

2

Chapman

4

Kean

5

Chapman

7

Semifinals

Finals

if needed

Re-ordered Semi-finals

Wooster

11

St. Thomas (MN)

3

Chapman

7

Wooster

2^12

Wooster

4

St. Thomas (MN)

6

St. Thomas (MN)

3

Carthage

1

References

1. "Toms terrific on final Tuesday". d3baseball.com. May 26, 2009. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
2. "2009 Division III Regionals". Baseball Reference. April 29, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
3. "2009 Division III College World Series". Baseball Reference. May 30, 2014. Retrieved January 13, 2018.