1976 NCAA Division II baseball tournament

1976 NCAA Division II
baseball tournament

Season	1976
Teams	30
Finals site	Lanphier Park Springfield, Illinois
Champions	Cal Poly Pomona (1st title)
Runner-up	SIU Edwardsville (3rd CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	John Scolinos (1st title)
MOP	Ken Hellyer (Cal Poly Pomona)

The 1976 NCAA Division II baseball tournament decided the champion of baseball at the NCAA Division II level for the 1976 season. This was the eighth such tournament for the Division, having separated from the University Division in 1957, and further dividing into Division II and Division III for the 1976 season. Cal Poly Pomona won the championship by defeating SIU Edwardsville.^[1]

Regionals

Northeast Regional

Team	Wins	Losses
Sacred Heart	4	0
New Haven	3	2
LIU Post	2	2
Le Moyne	1	2
Siena	0	2
Springfield	0	2

South Atlantic Regional

Team	Wins	Losses
Florida Southern	4	0
James Madison	3	2
Eckerd	2	2
Rollins	1	2
Columbus State	0	2
FIU	0	2

Mideast Regional

Team	Wins	Losses
SIU Edwardsville	4	0
Wright State	3	2
Eastern Illinois	2	2
Valparaiso	1	2
Evansville	0	2
Western Illinois	0	2

South Regional

Team	Wins	Losses
Livingston	4	1
Southeastern Louisiana	2	2
Jacksonville State	1	2
Nicholls State	0	2

Midwest Regional

Team	Wins	Losses
Southeast Missouri State	3	0
Omaha	2	2
Minnesota State	1	2
UMSL	0	2

West Regional

Team	Wins	Losses
Cal Poly Pomona	3	0
Chapman	2	2
Cal State Northridge	1	2
San Diego	0	2

Finals

Participants

School	Conference	Record (conference)	Head coach	Previous finals appearances	Best finals finish	Finals record
Cal Poly Pomona	CCAA	40–27–1	John Scolinos	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Florida Southern	Independent	31–13	Hal Smeltzly	5 (last: 1973)	1st	12–7
Livingston	Gulf South	33–16 (8–7)	Hoss Bowlin	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Sacred Heart	Independent	22-7-1	Pete DiOrio	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Southeast Missouri State	MAIAA	28–15	Joe Uhls	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
SIU Edwardsville	Independent	30–21	Roy Lee	1 (last: 1972)	3rd	1–2

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round					Final
						Southeast Missouri State		3
						Florida Southern		5
	1	Southeast Missouri State	4^11								Florida Southern		1
	6	Sacred Heart	3								Cal Poly Pomona		5
						Sacred Heart		1
						Cal Poly Pomona		12
	2	Livingston	6^11													Cal Poly Pomona		6	17
	5	Cal Poly Pomona	5													SIU Edwardsville		5	3
						Livingston		4
						SIU Edwardsville		11
	3	SIU Edwardsville	9								SIU Edwardsville		9
	4	Florida Southern	5								Southeast Missouri State		3
						Southeast Missouri State		9
						Livingston		7

Game results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Southeast Missouri State	4–3^11	Sacred Heart
Game 2	Livingston	6–5^11	Cal Poly Pomona
Game 3	SIU Edwardsville	9–5	Florida Southern
Game 4	Cal Poly Pomona	12–1	Sacred Heart	Sacred Heart eliminated
Game 5	Florida Southern	5–3	Southeast Missouri State
Game 6	SIU Edwardsville	11–4	Livingston
Game 7	Southeast Missouri State	9–7	Livingston	Livingston eliminated
Game 8	Cal Poly Pomona	5–1	Florida Southern	Florida Southern eliminated
Game 9	SIU Edwardsville	9–3	Southeast Missouri State	Southeast Missouri State eliminated
Game 10	Cal Poly Pomona	6–5	SIU Edwardsville
Game 11	Cal Poly Pomona	17–3	SIU Edwardsville	Cal Poly Pomona wins National Championship

References

1. "Division II Baseball Championships Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved November 8, 2022.