1955 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

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The 1955 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was held in 1955 at various locations across the country. 25 NCAA Division I college baseball teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament, to play in the NCAA Tournament. The tournament culminated with 8 teams in the College World Series at historic Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.

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[edit] Tournament

[edit] District 1

Games played at Springfield, Massachusetts.

  Semi-Finals Finals
                 
 Springfield 4  
 Boston College 3  
     Springfield 17
   Massachusetts 6
 Massachusetts 1
 Holy Cross 0  

[edit] District 2

Games played in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

  Semi-Finals Finals
                 
 Colgate 7  
 Penn State 4  
     Colgate 7
   Ithaca 6
 Ithaca 5
 Lafayette 0  

[edit] District 3

District 3 consisted of two separate 3 game series'. The first series was played between Wake Forest and Rollins, with the winner moving on to play West Virginia in a three game series. The winner of that series moved on to the College World Series.

Games played at Morgantown, West Virginia.

  Series 1
           
   Rollins 0 2 -
   Wake Forest 4 6 -
  Series 2
           
   Wake Forest 5 7 6
   West Virginia 1 9 5

[edit] District 4

District 4 consisted of two separate 3 game series'. The first series was played between Alma and Western Michigan, with the winner moving on to play Ohio St. in a three game series. The winner of that series moved on to the College World Series.

Games played at Kalamazoo, Michigan.

  Series 1
           
   Alma 9 0 4
   Western Michigan 8 3 15
  Series 2
           
   Western Michigan 1* 5 7
   Ohio St. 0* 8 5

[edit] District 5

Games played in Norman, Oklahoma.

  3 Game Series
           
   Oklahoma State 0 6 6
   Oklahoma 3 3 2

[edit] District 6

Games played at Tucson, Arizona.

  3 Game Series
           
   Texas A&M 2 5 1
   Arizona 6 0 2

[edit] District 7

Games played at Greeley, Colorado.

  3 Game Series
           
   Wyoming 8 13 5
   Northern Colorado 17 7 12

[edit] District 8

District 8 consisted of two tiers of play. The first tier was a four-team double-elimination tournament with the winner moving on to play Southern California in a 3 game series. The winner of that series moved onto the College World Series.

Games played at Fresno, California.

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
 Fresno St. 6  
 Willamette 3  
   Fresno St. 1  
   San Jose St. 3  
 San Jose St. 9
 Pepperdine 2  
   San Jose St. 4 1
   Fresno St. 9 5
 Willamette 11  
 Pepperdine 14  
   Fresno St. 8
   Pepperdine 7  


Games played at Los Angeles, California.

  3 Game Series
           
   Fresno St. 2 2 -
   Southern California 11 15 -

[edit] College World Series

Springfield, Colgate, Wake Forest, Western Michigan, Oklahoma St., Arizona, Northern Colorado and Southern California won their regionals and moved on to the 1955 College World Series.

[edit] See also


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