1997 Division II College World Series

The 1997 Division II College World Series was held in Montgomery, AL. The tournament was won by Cal State Chico, coached by Lindsay Meggs. The runner-up was the University of Central Oklahoma. Tampa catcher Angel Diaz was named the series Most Outstanding Player, despite not making it to the championship game.

[edit] Participating Teams

School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish
Adelphi University	New York Collegiate Athletic Conference	30-16		2 (last:1996)	3rd
Cal State Chico	Northern California Athletic Conference	52-11 (30-5)	Lindsay Meggs	0 (last:none)	none
Central Missouri State University	MIAA	39-13 (17-2)	Brad Hill	5 (last:1995)	1st
University of Central Oklahoma	Lone Star Conference	42-21	Wendell Simmons	0 (last:none)	none
Kennesaw State University	Peach Belt Conference	49-14 (19-4)	Mike Sansing	1 (last:1996)	1st
Slippery Rock	Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference	30-21	Jeff Messer	1 (last:1989)	3rd
SIU Edwardsville	Great Lakes Valley Conference	37-19 (17-9)	Gary Collins	6 (last:1991)	2nd
University of Tampa	Sunshine State Conference	46-16 (16-5)	Terry Rupp	6 (last:1996)	1st

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	University of Central Oklahoma	13 - 4	University of Central Missouri
Game 2	Kennesaw State University	20 - 4	Slippery Rock
Game 3	Cal State Chico	25 - 5	SIU Edwardsville
Game 4	University of Tampa	13 - 1	Adelphi University
Game 5	University of Central Missouri	18 - 6	Shippensburg	Slippery Rock elminated
Game 6	SIU Edwardsville	26 - 4	Adelphi University	Adelphi elminated
Game 7	University of Central Oklahoma	9 - 7	Kennesaw State University
Game 8	Cal State Chico	5 - 3	University of Tampa
Game 9	University of Tampa	14 - 4	SIU Edwardsville	SIU elminated
Game 10	Kennesaw State University	7 - 4	University of Central Missouri	Central Missouri elminated
Game 11	University of Tampa	18 - 1	University of Central Oklahoma
Game 12	Cal State Chico	4 - 2	Kennesaw State University	Kennesaw St. elminated
Game 13	University of Central Oklahoma	8 - 4	University of Tampa	Tampa elminated
Game 14	Cal State Chico	13 - 12	University of Central Oklahoma	Cal State Chico wins CWS