1983 NAIA World Series

The 1983 NAIA World Series was a double-elimination tournament to determine the baseball champion of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The tournament was held at Chaparral Stadium^{[note 1]} on the campus of Lubbock Christian College^{[note 2]} in Lubbock, Texas from May 30 through June 6.^[1] The Lubbock Christian Chaparrals won the tournament, the team's first NAIA baseball championship.^[2]

Participants

1983 NAIA World Series participants^[2]
Team	Record	Head coach	Previous Appearances
Coastal Carolina		Larry Carr	3 (1978, 1980, 1982)
Lewis-Clark State	65–4	Ed Cheff	5 (1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982)
Liberty		Al Worthington	2 (1981, 1982)
Lubbock Christian	50–26	Larry Hays	4 (1977, 1980, 1981, 1982)
Newman		Paul Sanagorski	None
Southern Arkansas		Steve Goodheart	None
Southwestern		Jim Mallon	None
St. Francis (IL)		Gordie Gillespie	1 (1978)
Union		David Blackstock	None
William Jewell		Fred Flook	8 (1957, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981)

To be addded

1983 NAIA World Series game results^[1]^[2]
Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 30	Game 1	Union	13–12	William Jewell
	Game 2	Lewis-Clark State	15–2	St. Francis (IL)	7 Innings
	Game 3	Coastal Carolina	5–2	Liberty
	Game 4	Lubbock Christian	7–1	Southwestern
May 31	Game 5	St. Francis (IL)	10–0	William Jewell	William Jewell eliminated
	Game 6	Liberty	5–3	Southwestern	Southwestern eliminated
	Game 7	Union	7–2	Southern Arkansas
	Game 8	Lubbock Christian	13–3	Newman
June 1	Game 9	Liberty	4–3	Southern Arkansas	Southern Arkansas eliminated
	Game 10	Newman	12–10	St. Francis	St. Francis eliminated
	Game 11	Lewis-Clark	22–6	Union
	Game 12	Lubbock Christian	14–9	Coastal Carolina
June 2	Game 13	Newman	23–12	Coastal Carolina	Coastal Carolina eliminated
	Game 14	Union	21–17	Liberty	Liberty eliminated
	Game 15	Lewis-Clark	18–17	Lubbock Christian	10 Innings
June 3	Game 16	Lewis-Clark	16–2	Newman	Newman eliminated
June 3	Game 17	Lubbock Christian	4–0	Union	Union eliminated
June 5^{[note 3]}	Game 18	Lubbock Christian	4–3	Lewis-Clark
June 6	Final	Lubbock Christian	12–4	Lewis-Clark	Lubbock Christian wins NAIA World Series

↑ Hays Field was named Chaparral Stadium 1978–1999.
↑ Lubbock Christian University was named Lubbock Christian College 1956–1988.
↑ Originally scheduled for June 4, Game 18 was postponed to June 5 due to rain delay.^[1]

NAIA World Series

Ballparks	Kokernot Field (1957–1959) Soos Park (1960–1961) Phil Welch Stadium (1962–1969, 1974–1978) Phoenix Municipal Stadium (1970–1973) Herschel Greer Stadium (1979–1980) Chaparral Stadium (1981–1983) Harris Field (1984–1991, 2000–present) Sec Taylor Stadium (1992–1994) Lewis and Clark Park (1995–1997) Drillers Stadium (1998) Roger Dean Stadium (1999)

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