|
47th Annual Avista NAIA World Series
Fact Sheet
| When: |
May 23-30 (Rain date May 31), 2003
|
| Where: |
Harris Field, Lewiston, Idaho
|
| Host School: |
Lewis-Clark State College
|
| Teams: |
Ten teams (7 Super Regional winners, 2 at
large, host institution- Lewis-Clark State College)
|
Super regional
Champions: |
West Coast Super Regional-
Plains Super Regional-
Mid South Super Regional-
Heartland Super Regional-
East Central Super Regional-
South Central Super Regional-
Atlantic South Super Regional-
At-Large 1-
At-Large 2-
Host institution-Lewis-Clark State College
|
| Format: |
Double elimination
|
| History: |
The first NAIA national baseball tournament
championship was
held in 1957 at Alpine, Texas. Since then, the tournament has
been played at Sioux City, Ia.; St. Jospeh, Mo.; Phoenix, Az.;
Nashville, Tenn.; Lubbock, Tex.; Des Moines, Ia.; Tulsa, Okla,; Juniper,
Fla,; and Lewiston, Idaho. Lewis-Clark State College
has won the championship 12 times and holds tournament
records for most games won ( ) and most appearances(21).
In the 2002 championship game, Lewis-Clark State defeated Oklahoma City,
12-8.
|
| The NAIA: |
234 institutions sponsor baseball at the
intercollegiate level
|
How teams
qualify: |
Qualification for the National baseball
tournament begins at the regional level, where each of the association's
14 regions declare
a champion through a double elimination tournament. Regional
champions then advance to seven, two-team, best-of-three
Super Regional tournament to determine the representative to the
National tournament. The At-Large team is the highest-ranked
team (in the NAIA May 7 rating) that loses in the Super Regional.
|
| Harris Field Dimensions |
|
| Left Field Line: |
315 ft. |
| Left Center Alley: |
365 ft. |
| Center Field : |
385 ft. |
| Right Center Alley: |
360 ft. |
| Right Field Line: |
335 ft. |
|
