2012 NCBA Division II World Series

American collegiate baseball competition June 2014 The 2012 National Club Baseball Association (NCBA) Division II World Series was played at Golden Park in Columbus, GA from May 18 to May 22. The fifth tournament's champion was Hofstra University. 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 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. 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 Hofstra Illinois† Kennesaw State Maryland† Penn State† Texas A&M Corps of Cadets Wisconsin† Wyoming † denotes school also fielded an NCBA Division I team that season Results http://www.pointstreak.com/baseball/schedule.html?leagueid=1041&seasonid=16028 2012 NCBA Division II World Series Results pointstreak.com 2014-05-19 Bracket Game results Date Game Time Winner Score Loser Notes May 18 Game 1 10:00 AM Illinois 2–0 Wyoming Game 2 1:00 PM Kennesaw State 3–2 (9 innings) Maryland Game 3 4:00 PM Hofstra 9–5 Texas A&M Corps of Cadets Game 4 7:30 PM Wisconsin 4–1 Penn State May 19 Game 5 10:00 AM Texas A&M Corps of Cadets 5–1 Maryland Maryland eliminated Game 6 1:00 PM Penn State 5–4 (9 innings) Wyoming Wyoming eliminated Game 7 4:00 PM Hofstra 12–8 Kennesaw State Game 8 7:00 PM Illinois 4–2 Wisconsin May 20 Game 9 4:00 PM Kennesaw State 5–3 Penn State Penn State eliminated Game 10 7:00 PM Wisconsin 5–1 Texas A&M Corps of Cadets Texas A&M Corps of Cadets eliminated May 21 Game 11 10:00 AM Kennesaw State 4–1 Hofstra Game 12 1:00 PM Illinois 5–0 Wisconsin Wisconsin eliminated Game 13 4:00 PM Hofstra 9–7 Kennesaw State Kennesaw State eliminated Game 14 7:00 PM Game not needed May 22 Game 15 7:00 PM Hofstra 5–1 Illinois Hofstra wins the NCBA Division II World Series Championship game no Tuesday, May 22 7:00 PM Columbus, GA Hofstra HOF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 7 1 Illinois ILL 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 Brian Adler Matt Wozniak Brian Adler Matt Wozniak None None Joe Elio N/A http://www.pointstreak.com/baseball/boxscore.html?gameid=96210 Notes Hofstra's 5–1 title game victory over Illinois set an NCBA Division II World Series record for largest margin of victory in a championship game. This record still holds through the 2013 season as this could be broken in the 2014 title game. See also 2012 NCBA Division I World Series References Category:2012 in baseball Category:College baseball tournaments in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:National Club Baseball Association Category:May 2011 sports events in the United States Category:2011 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:Sports in Columbus, Georgia