2009 NCBA Division II World Series
The 2009 National Club Baseball Association (NCBA) Division II World Series was played at Pullman Park in Butler, PA from May 15 to May 19. The second tournament's champion was the University of Kentucky, who won their second consecutive Division II title.[1]
As of 2014, Kentucky is the only school to repeat as NCBA Division II National Champions. The only other school to repeat as NCBA World Series Champions in any division is Colorado State, who won three straight titles from 2004–06 and again from 2008-10 in Division I.
Format
The format is similar to the NCAA College World Series in that eight teams participate in two four-team double elimination brackets with a couple differences. One being that in the NCBA, there is only one game that decides the national championship rather than a best-of-3 like the NCAA. Another difference which is between NCBA Division I and II is that Division II games are 7 innings while Division I games are 9 innings.
Participants
†-denotes school also fields an NCBA Division I team
Results
Bracket
Game Results
| Date | Game | Time | Winner | Score | Loser | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15 | Game 1 | 10:00 AM | Coastal Carolina | 3-1 | Penn State | |
| Game 2 | 1:00 PM | LSC-Kingwood | 3-2 (8 innings) | Kentucky | ||
| Game 3 | 4:00 PM | Wyoming | 8-3 | Southern Illinois | ||
| Game 4 | 7:00 PM | VCU | 20-2 | Hofstra | ||
| May 16 | Game 5 | 10:00 AM | Kentucky | 11-3 | Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois eliminated |
| Game 6 | 1:00 PM | Hofstra | 9-6 | Penn State | Penn State eliminated | |
| Game 7 | 4:00 PM | Wyoming | 4-3 | LSC-Kingwood | ||
| May 17 | Game 8 | 1:00 PM | Coastal Carolina | 17-12 | VCU | |
| Game 9 | 4:00 PM | Kentucky | 9-8 | LSC-Kingwood | LSC-Kingwood eliminated | |
| Game 10 | 7:00 PM | VCU | 6-5 | Hofstra | Hofstra eliminated | |
| May 18 | Game 11 | 10:00 AM | Kentucky | 8-1 | Wyoming | |
| Game 12 | 1:00 PM | Coastal Carolina | 8-5 | VCU | VCU eliminated | |
| Game 13 | 4:00 PM | Kentucky | 12-6 | Wyoming | Wyoming eliminated | |
| Game 14 | 7:00 PM | Game not needed | ||||
| May 19 | Game 15 | 7:00 PM | Kentucky | 3-2 | Coastal Carolina | Kentucky wins the NCBA Division II World Series |
Championship Game
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Coastal Carolina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Starting pitchers: UK: Mike Berry CC: Jeff Richard WP: Mike Berry LP: Jeff Richard Sv: None Home runs: UK: None CC: None Attendance: N/A Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
Notes
- VCU's victory of Hofstra in the first round set NCBA Division II World Series records for most runs scored by a single team in one game (20) and the largest margin of victory (18) in a NCBA Division II World Series game. Those records still stand as of 2014.
- Kentucky became the first and currently only school to repeat as NCBA Division II National Champions. Unless a team wins a title that fields both a Division I and II team, Kentucky will likely be the only repeat champion for quite a while because of new rules regarding automatic promotion to Division I for Division II teams that began on 7/1/13 which includes a team winning the NCBA Division II World Series.[3]
References
- "Kentucky wins Division II World Series". kykernel.com. Archived from the original on 2014-05-16. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
- "2009 NCBA Division II World Series Results". dakstats.com. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
- "2014 NCBA Division II Rules". clubbaseball.org. Retrieved 2014-05-20.