1971 NAIA World Series

1971 NAIA
baseball tournament

1971 NAIA World Series

Teams| 8
Format| Double elimination
Finals site|

* Phoenix Municipal Stadium
* Phoenix, Arizona

Champions| Linfield (2nd title)
Winning coach| Ad Rutschman
MVP| Rob Webb (C) (Linfield)

* ← 1970
* NAIA baseball tournament
* 1972 →

The 1971 NAIA World Series was the 15th annual tournament hosted by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics to determine the national champion of baseball among its member colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.[1]

The tournament was played at Phoenix Municipal Stadium in Phoenix, Arizona.

Linfield (28-11) defeated David Lipscomb (44-15) in the first game of the championship series, 9–8, to win the Wildcats' second NAIA World Series (the first team to win a second) and first since 1966.

Linfield catcher Rob Webb was named tournament MVP.

## Bracket[edit]

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| Upper round 1| | | Upper round 2| | | Upper final| | | Semifinals| | | Final
| | | | |
| Southwestern State| 9
| | |
| Oshkosh State| 6| |
| | | Southwestern State| 6
| | | | |
| | | Linfield| 9| |
| Grand Canyon| 9| | | |
| | | |
| Linfield| 10| |
| | | Linfield| 6
| | |
| | | Indiana (PA)| 5|
| Appalachian State| 5| | | | |
| | | | | Linfield| 7
| Indiana (PA)| 7| | | |
| | | Indiana (PA)| 11| Lewis (IL)| 2| |
| | | | | | |
| | | Lewis (IL)| 9| | |
| David Lipscomb| 4| | | |
| | |
| Lewis (IL)| 13| | |
| |
| | Linfield| 9| –
| | |
| Lower round 1| Lower round 2| | | David Lipscomb| 8| –
| | |
| | |
| | Lewis (IL)| 7

| Oshkosh State| 7| | | Oshkosh State| 3
| | | Indiana (PA)| 6
| Grand Canyon| 3| | | | |
| | | David Lipscomb| 7| |
| | Southwestern State| 3| |

| Appalachian State| 13| | | David Lipscomb| 4
| |
| David Lipscomb| 14| | |
| | | | | | | |

## See also[edit]

* 1971 NCAA University Division baseball tournament
* 1971 NCAA College Division baseball tournament

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Championship History" (PDF). NAIA.org. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved August 21, 2022.

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