1970 NCAA University Division baseball tournament

The 1970 NCAA University Division baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1970 NCAA University Division 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 twenty-fourth year. Eight regional districts sent representatives to the College World Series with preliminary rounds within each district serving to determine each representative. These events would later become known as regionals. Each district had its own format for selecting teams, resulting in 26 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament.^[1] The twenty-fourth tournament's champion was the Southern California, coached by Rod Dedeaux. The Most Outstanding Player was Gene Ammann of Florida State.

1970 NCAA University Division
baseball tournament

Season	1970
Teams	26
Finals site	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, NE
Champions	Southern California (6th title)
Runner-up	Florida State (4th CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Rod Dedeaux (6th title)
MOP	Gene Ammann (Florida State)
← 1969  NCAA Division I Baseball Championship 1971 →

Tournament

The opening rounds of the tournament were played across eight district sites across the country, each consisting of between two and four teams.^[1] The winners of each District advanced to the College World Series.

Bold indicates winner.

District 1 at Hanover, NH

	Semifinals				Finals
	Dartmouth	7
	Providence	2
					Dartmouth	8	12	—
					Connecticut	2	3	—
	Connecticut	8
	Providence	0

District 2 at Princeton, NJ

	Upper round 1					Upper final					Final
	Delaware		7
	Penn State		1
						Delaware		5
						Seton Hall		1
	Seton Hall		3
	Rutgers		0
											Delaware		4	—
											Seton Hall		0	—
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						Seton Hall		1
	Penn State		5			Penn State		0
	Rutgers		1

District 3 at Gastonia, NC

	Upper round 1					Upper final					Final
	Florida State		2
	East Carolina		0
						Florida State		10
						Maryland		1
	Maryland		3
	Mississippi State		2
											Florida State		5	—
											Mississippi State		4	—
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						Maryland		4
	East Carolina		6			Mississippi State		8
	Mississippi State		12

District 4 at Columbus, OH

Upper round 1

Upper final

Final

Minnesota

4*

Ohio

6*

Ohio

7

Southern Illinois

0

Southern Illinois

10

Notre Dame

2

Ohio

8

—

Southern Illinois

5

—

Lower round 1

Lower final

Notre Dame

0

Minnesota

1

Southern Illinois

1

Notre Dame

6

District 5 at Ames, IA

	Finals
	Tulsa	6*	0	—
	Iowa State	7*	4	—

District 6 at Austin, TX

	Semifinals				Finals
	Texas–Pan American	5
	Arkansas State	0
					Texas-Pan American	1	3*	—
					Texas	2	4*	—
	Texas	5
	Arkansas State	0

District 7 at Denver, CO & Tucson, AZ

	Denver, CO						Tucson, AZ
							Arizona	4	7*	9
	Denver	1	13	—			Denver	2	9*	8
	Weber State	0	4	—

District 8 at Los Angeles

	Semifinal						Final
							Southern California	12	6	—
	Santa Clara	4	12	—			Santa Clara	1	1	—
	Long Beach State	3	4	—

College World Series

Participants

School	Conference	Record (conference)	Head coach	CWS appearances	CWS best finish	CWS record
Arizona	WAC	44–16 (11–7)	Frank Sancet	8 (last: 1966)	2nd (1956, 1958, 1960)	17–16
Dartmouth	EIBL	23–8 (11–2)	Tony Lupien	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Delaware	Middle Atlantic	22–4 (9–1)	Bob Hannah	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Florida State	n/a	45–7–1 (n/a)	Jack Stallings	4 (last: 1965)	4th (1962)	4–8
Iowa State	Big 8	18–9 (13–5)	Cap Timm	1 (last: 1957)	3rd (1957)	2–2
Ohio	MAC	31–4 (14–1)	Bob Wren	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Southern California	Pac-8	41–12 (11–3)	Rod Dedeaux	11 (last: 1968)	1st (1948, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1968)	34–15
Texas	SWC	36–6 (14–1)	Cliff Gustafson	12 (last: 1969)	1st (1949, 1950)	23–21

Results

Bracket

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final					Semifinals					Preliminary final					Final
	Texas		12
	Delaware		4
						Texas		7
						Ohio		2
	Ohio		4
	Southern California		1
											Texas		5
											Florida State		1
	Florida State		4
																Texas		7
	Arizona		0
						Florida State		6								Southern California		814
						Dartmouth		0
	Dartmouth		7
	Iowa State		6																							Southern California		215
																					Texas		2			Florida State		1
						Lower round 1					Lower round 2										Florida State		11
											Dartmouth		1
						Delaware		1			Southern California		6
																Florida State		2
						Southern California		7
																Ohio		0
											Ohio		9
						Arizona		1			Iowa State		6
						Iowa State		7

Game results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 12	Game 1	Texas	12–4	Delaware
	Game 2	Ohio	4–1	Southern California
June 13	Game 3	Florida State	4–0	Arizona
	Game 4	Dartmouth	7–6	Iowa State
	Game 5	Southern California	7–1	Delaware	Delaware eliminated
June 14	Game 6	Iowa State	7–1	Arizona	Arizona eliminated
	Game 7	Texas	7–2	Ohio
	Game 8	Florida State	6–0	Dartmouth
June 15	Game 9	Ohio	9–6	Iowa State	Iowa State eliminated
	Game 10	Southern California	6–1	Dartmouth	Dartmouth eliminated
	Game 11	Texas	5–1	Florida State
June 16	Game 12	Florida State	2–0	Ohio	Ohio eliminated
	Game 13	Southern California	8–7 (14 innings)	Texas
June 17	Game 14	Florida State	11–2	Texas	Texas eliminated
June 18	Final	Southern California	2–1 (15 innings)	Florida State	Southern California wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.

Position	Player	School
P	Gene Ammann (MOP)	Florida State
	Jim Barr	USC
C	Tommy Harmon	Texas
1B	John Langerhans	Texas
2B	Frank Alfano	USC
3B	Dan Stoligrosz	USC
SS	Jerry Lundin	Iowa State
OF	John Grubb	Florida State
	Mike Markl	Texas
	Gary Shade	Ohio

Notable players

• Arizona: Leon Hooten
• Dartmouth: Pete Broberg, Chuck Seelbach
• Delaware:
• Florida State: Ron Cash, Johnny Grubb, Pat Osburn, Mac Scarce, Stan Thomas
• Iowa State:
• Ohio: Mike Schmidt, Steve Swisher
• Southern California: Jim Barr, Steve Busby, Dave Kingman, Eric Raich, Brent Strom, John Vella
• Texas: Mike Beard, Dave Chalk, Larry Hardy, Burt Hooton

See also

• 1970 NCAA College Division baseball tournament
• 1970 NAIA World Series