The 1991 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1991 NCAA Division I baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its forty fifth year. Eight regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event. Each region was composed of six teams, resulting in 48 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The forty-fifth tournament's champion was LSU, coached by Skip Bertman. The Most Outstanding Player was Gary Hymel of LSU.
Regionals The opening rounds of the tournament were played across eight regional sites across the country, each consisting of a six-team field. Each regional tournament is double-elimination, however region brackets are variable depending on the number of teams remaining after each round. The winners of each regional advanced to the College World Series.
Bold indicates winner.
Atlantic Regional at Tallahassee, FL
Central Regional at Austin, TX
East Regional at Gainesville, FL
Midwest Regional at Wichita, KS
Northeast Regional at Orono, ME
South Regional at Baton Rouge, LA
West I Regional at Los Angeles, CA
West II Regional at Fresno, CA
College World Series
Participants Seeding School Conference Record (conference) Head coach CWS appearances CWS best finish CWS record 1 Florida State Metro 57–12 (15–5) Mike Martin 10(last: 1989) 2nd(1970, 1986) 15–20 2 Clemson ACC 60–8 (18–3) Bill Wilhelm 5(last: 1980) 5th(1958, 1959, 1976) 4–10 3 Wichita State MVC 63–12 (21–3) Gene Stephenson 3(last: 1989) 1st(1989) 10–5 4 LSU SEC 51–18 (19–7) Skip Bertman 4(last: 1990) 4th(1987, 1989, 1990) 7–8 5 SEC 49–19 (16–8) Joe Arnold 1(last: 1988) 5th(1988) 1–2 6 Big West 44–20 (14–7) Dave Snow 1(last: 1989) 8th(1989) 0–2 7 MVC 49–20 (16–8) Jim Hendry 1stappearance N/A 0–0 8 Fresno State Big West 41–21 (15–6) Bob Bennett 2(last: 1988) 3rd(1959) 3–4
Results
Bracket
Game results Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes May 31 Game 1 Fresno State 6–3 Florida State Game 2 LSU 8–1 June 1 Game 3 8–4 Clemson Game 4 Wichita State 8–5 June 2 Game 5 5–0 Florida State Florida State eliminated Game 6 LSU 15–3 Fresno State June 3 Game 7 12–11 Clemson Clemson eliminated Game 8 Wichita State 3–2 (12 innings) June 4 Game 9 2–1 Fresno State Fresno State eliminated Game 10 13–4 Long Beach State eliminated June 5 Game 11 LSU 19–8 Florida eliminated Game 12 Wichita State 11–3 Creighton eliminated June 8 Final LSU 6–3 Wichita State LSU wins CWS
All-Tournament Team The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team.
Position Player School P Chad Ogea LSU Kennie Steenstra Wichita State C Gary Hymel (MOP) LSU 1B John Tellechea LSU 2B Mike McCafferty 3B Jason Giambi Long Beach State SS Kevin Polcovich Florida OF Jim Audley Wichita State Steve Hinton Lyle Mouton LSU DH Mario Linares Florida
Notable players Clemson: Mike Holtz, Billy McMillon, Keith Williams Creighton: Kimera Bartee, Alan Benes, Mike Heathcott, Dax Jones, Scott Stahoviak Florida: John Burke, Herb Perry, Kevin Polcovich, Marc Valdes, Rob Bonanno Florida State: Roger Bailey, Chris Brock, Tim Davis, Eduardo Pérez, Kenny Robinson, John Wasdin Fresno State: Brant Brown, Bobby Jones, Steve Soderstrom, Jason Wood Long Beach State: Brent Cookson, Jason Giambi, Steve Trachsel LSU: Paul Byrd, Rick Greene, Lyle Mouton, Chad Ogea, Armando Ríos, Andy Sheets, Mike Sirotka Wichita State: Jaime Bluma, Darren Dreifort, Tyler Green, Doug Mirabelli, Kennie Steenstra, Scot McCloughan
See also 1991 NCAA Division II baseball tournament 1991 NCAA Division III baseball tournament 1991 NAIA World Series
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