1998 NCAA Division II baseball tournament

American college baseball tournament

Collegiate baseball tournament

1998 NCAA Division II
baseball tournamentSeason| 1998

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Finals site|

* Paterson Field
* Montgomery, Alabama

Champions| Tampa (3rd title)
Runner-up| Kennesaw State (2nd CWS Appearance)
Winning coach| Terry Rupp (1st title)
MOP| Ronnie Merrill, SS (Tampa)
Attendance| 22,586

* ← 1997
* NCAA Division II Baseball Championship
* 1999 →

The 1998 NCAA Division II baseball tournament was the postseason tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of baseball among its Division II members at the end of the 1998 NCAA Division II baseball season.[1]

The final, eight-team double elimination tournament, also known as the College World Series, was again played at Paterson Field in Montgomery, Alabama.

Tampa defeated Kennesaw State, 6–1, in the championship game, the Spartans' third Division II national title and first since 1993.

## Bracket

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### College World Series

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| First Round
May 23–26, 1998 | | | Second Round
May 25–27, 1998 | | | Semifinals
May 28, 1998 | | | Championship
May 30, 1998 |

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| Central Missouri State | 5 | | | |
| Tampa | 9 |
| | Tampa | 5 |
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| | | West Georgia | 1 |
| Chico State | 2 |

| West Georgia | 5 |
| | Tampa | 10 |  |
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| | | West Georgia | 0 |  |
| Saint Joseph's (IN) | 15 | |

| New Haven | 3 |
| | West Georgia | 8 |
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| | | Saint Joseph's (IN) | 7 |
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| | Tampa | 6 |
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| | | Kennesaw State | 1 |
| Millersville | 6 | | |

| Saint Joseph's (IN) | 0 |
| | Millersville | 4 |
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| | | Kennesaw State | 11 |
| New Haven | 6 |

| Kennesaw State | 7 |
| | Kennesaw State | 15 |  |
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| | | Chico State | 5 |  |
| Central Missouri State | 3 | |

| Chico State | 5 |
| | Millersville | 5 |
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| | | Chico State | 6 |

## See also

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* 1998 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
* 1998 NCAA Division III baseball tournament
* 1998 NAIA World Series
* 1998 NCAA Division II softball tournament

## References

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1. ^ "DIVISION II BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). NCAA.org. NCAA. Retrieved June 23, 2024.

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