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2008 NCAA Division II baseball tournament

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2008 NCAA Division II
baseball tournament
Season2008
Finals site
ChampionsMount Olive (1st title)
Runner-upOuachita Baptist (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning coachCarl Lancaster (1st title)
MOPSteve Smith, P (Ouachita Baptist)
Attendance16,555

The 2008 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 2008 NCAA Division II baseball season.[1]

The final, eight-team double elimination tournament, also known as the College World Series, was played at GCS Ballpark in Sauget, Illinois from May 24–31, 2008. This was the first Division II College World Series since 1984 to not be played in Montgomery, Alabama.

Mount Olive defeated Ouachita Baptist in the championship game, 6–2, to claim the Trojans' first Division II national title.

Bracket

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College World Series

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  • Note: Losers of each round are shifted to the opposing bracket.
First Rounds
May 24–27, 2008
Second Rounds
May 26–May 28, 2008
Semifinals
May 29, 2008
Championship
May 30–31, 2008
         
Sonoma State 10
Shippensburg 1
Sonoma State 619
Central Missouri 5
Central Missouri 1311
Franklin Pierce 12
Sonoma State 1 1
Bracket One
Ouachita Baptist 2 2
Ouachita Baptist 12
Tampa 10
Ashland 5
Ouachita Baptist 12
Ouachita Baptist 2
Mount Olive 6
Ouachita Baptist 5
Mount Olive 6
Mount Olive 18
Ashland 7
Tampa 5
Ashland 6
Mount Olive 5
Bracket Two
Central Missouri 3
Shippensburg 9
Franklin Pierce 2
Central Missouri 5
Shippensburg 1

See also

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References

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