1998 NAIA World Series

1998 NAIA
baseball tournament
	1998 NAIA World Series
Teams	8
Format	Double elimination; Page playoff
Finals site	Drillers Stadium; Tulsa, Oklahoma;
Champions	Albertson (1st title)
Winning coach	Tim Mooney
MVP	Chris Bradshaw (OF) (Oklahoma City)
	← 1997; NAIA baseball tournament; 1999 →;

The 1998 NAIA World Series was the 42nd annual tournament hosted by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics to determine the national champion of baseball among its member colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.^[1]

The tournament was played, for the one and only time, at Drillers Stadium in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Albertson (55–8) defeated Indiana Tech (46–22) in a single-game championship series, 6–3, to win the Coyotes' first NAIA World Series.

Oklahoma City outfielder Chris Bradshaw was named tournament MVP. Bradshaw would be the last player until 2023 to win tournament MVP on a non-championship winning team.

Bracket


First round		Upper Second Round		Upper Third Round		Semifinals		Third place final		Championship final



Cumberland (TN)	8

Point Park	4
		Cumberland	4

		Indiana Tech	16
Indiana Tech	11

St. Thomas (FL)	2
				Indiana Tech	5

				Albertson	19
Albertson	8
						Albertson	4
Culver–Stockton	7
		Albertson	6			Oklahoma City	5

		Bellevue	4
Bellevue (NE)	7

Oklahoma City	2									Albertson	6

								Oklahoma City	6	Indiana Tech	3

		Lower Second Round		Lower Third Round				Indiana Tech	8



				Cumberland	3

		Culver–Stockton	6	Oklahoma City	18
						Indiana Tech	7
		Oklahoma City	9
						Bellevue	4
				Bellevue	16

		Point Park	8	St. Thomas	8

		St. Thomas	13⁽¹⁰⁾

References

^ "Championship History" (PDF). NAIA.org. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved September 14, 2022.

[1] "Championship History" (PDF). NAIA.org. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved September 14, 2022.

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1998 NAIA World Series

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See also

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