The 2014 National Club Baseball Association (NCBA) Division I World Series was played at University of Tampa Baseball Stadium in Tampa, FL from May 23 to May 29. The fourteenth tournament's champion was Utah State University. This was Utah State's second title in the last three seasons.

Format The format is similar to the NCAA College World Series in that eight teams participate in two four-team double elimination brackets. There are a few differences between the NCAA and the NCBA format. One of which is that the losers of Games 1–4, 7 and 8 move to the other half of the bracket. Another difference is that the NCBA plays a winner take all for its national title game while the NCAA has a best-of-3 format to determine its national champion.

Participants Seeding School Conference Record (Conference) 1 East Carolina Mid-Atlantic South 30–5 (14–1) 2 Utah State Northern Pacific South 22–8 (14–1) 3 Florida South Atlantic South 20–6 (13–5) 4 Delaware North Atlantic East 21–4 (10–2) 5 Texas Gulf Coast South 21–9 (13–5) 6 California Southern Pacific North 22–7 (14–4) 7 Colorado State Mid-America West 22–16 (11–7) 8 Wisconsin Great Lakes West 19–8 (11–4)

Results

Bracket

* denotes game went to extra innings

Game results Date Game Time Winner Score Loser Notes May 23 Game 1 11:00 AM California 10–1 Florida Game 2 3:15 PM Utah State 6–5 Colorado State Game 3 7:30 PM Wisconsin 16–8 East Carolina May 24 Game 4 11:00 AM Delaware 11–2 Texas Game 5 3:15 PM Florida 8–7 Colorado State Colorado State eliminated May 25 Game 6 11:00 AM East Carolina 8–7 Texas Texas eliminated Game 7 5:15 PM California 14–13 Utah State † Game 8 11:30 PM Wisconsin 8–7 (13 innings) Delaware ‡ May 26 Game 9 3:15 PM Utah State 10–9 (13 innings) Florida Florida eliminated Game 10 7:30 PM East Carolina 5–3 Delaware Delaware eliminated May 27 Game 11 3:15 PM Utah State 11–5 Wisconsin May 28 Game 12 11:00 AM California 11–6 East Carolina East Carolina eliminated # Game 13 3:15 PM Utah State 6–4 Wisconsin Wisconsin eliminated Game 14 7:30 PM Game not needed May 29 Game 15 11:00 AM Utah State 6–3 California Utah State wins the NCBA Division I World Series † – Game was originally scheduled for 3:15 PM, but was pushed back due to a rain delay in the previous game. ‡ – Game was originally scheduled for 7:30 PM, but was pushed back due to rain delays in the two earlier games. # – Game was originally scheduled on May 27 at 7:30 PM, but was postponed to the next morning due to rain.

Championship game

Notes Utah State became only the second to win multiple NCBA Division I World Series joining Colorado State (2004–06, 2008–10). Utah State had previously won in 2012.

See also 2014 NCBA Division I Tournament 2014 NCBA Division II World Series 2014 NCBA Division II Tournament

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