The 2010 National Club Baseball Association (NCBA) Division II World Series was held at Point Stadium in Johnstown, PA from May 21 to May 25. The third tournament's champion was Northeastern University.
Format The format is similar to the NCAA College World Series in that eight teams participate in two four-team double elimination brackets with a couple differences. One being that in the NCBA, there is only one game that decides the national championship rather than a best-of-3 like the NCAA. Another difference which is between NCBA Division I and II is that Division II games are 7 innings while Division I games are 9 innings.
Participants Macon State Northeastern Penn State† Pulaski Tech Rice Southern Illinois Western State (Colorado) William & Mary †-denotes school also fields an NCBA Division I team
Results
Bracket
Game Results Date Game Time Winner Score Loser Notes May 21 Game 1 10:00 AM Northeastern 10-2 Western State Game 2 1:00 PM Southern Illinois 5-3 Macon State Game 3 4:00 PM Penn State 10-3 Pulaski Tech Game 4 7:00 PM William & Mary 8-2 Rice May 22 Game 5 10:00 AM Macon State 12-0 Pulaski Tech Pulaski Tech eliminated Game 6 1:00 PM Rice 5-2 Western State Western State eliminated May 23 Game 7 10:00 AM Penn State 10-0 Southern Illinois Game 8 1:00 PM Northeastern 10-5 William & Mary Game 9 4:00 PM Southern Illinois 7-2 Macon State Macon State eliminated Game 10 7:00 PM Rice 6-4 William & Mary William & Mary eliminated May 24 Game 11 10:00 AM Southern Illinois 5-2 Penn State Game 12 1:00 PM Northeastern 6-3 Rice Rice eliminated Game 13 4:00 PM Penn State 12-1 Southern Illinois Southern Illinois eliminated Game 14 7:00 PM Game not needed May 25 Game 15 7:00 PM Northeastern 5-4 (8 innings) Penn State Northeastern wins the NCBA Division II World Series
Championship Game
See also 2010 NCBA Division I World Series
Notes Northeastern became the second and last school to win the NCBA Division II World Series in their first World Series appearance. The only other school to accomplish this feat was Kentucky when they won the inaugural event in 2008.
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