2025 Division II College World Series

The 2025 Division II College World Series was held May 30 - June 7 in Cary, NC. The eight schools qualified by winning one of sixteen regional tournaments and eight super regional tournaments. #1 University of Tampa defeated #2 University of Central Missouri for the title. Edgardo Villegas of Tampa was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Bracket 1

Seed	School		Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish
2		University of Central Missouri	Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association	43-11 (29-7)	Kyle Crookes	20 (last:2024)	1st
3		Lenoir-Rhyne University	South Atlantic Conference	48-13 (23-7)	Adam Skonieczki	0 (last:none)	none
6		East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference	40-14 (19-9)	John Kochmansky	0 (last:none)	none
7		Northwood University (MI)	Great Midwest Athletic Conference	40-20 (25-7)	Jake Sabol	0 (last:none)	none

Bracket 2

Seed	School		Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish
1		University of Tampa	Sunshine State Conference	49-8 (27-3)	Joe Urso	20 (last:2024)	1st
4		University of Texas at Tyler	Lone Star Conference	48-11 (40-8)	Brent Porche	0 (last:none)	none
5		Northwest Nazarene University	Great Northwest Athletic Conference	44-14 (27-5)	Joe Schaefer	1 (last:2021)	5th
8		Felician University	Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference	43-20 (28-8)	Chris Langan	0 (last:none)	none

Results

2025 College World Series Bracket

The teams in the CWS are divided into two pools of four, with each pool playing a double-elimination format.

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	2	Central Missouri	5
	7	Northwood (MI)	3
						2	Central Missouri	9
						3	Lenoir-Rhyne	12
	3	Lenoir-Rhyne	15
	6	East Stroudsburg	11
											3	Lenoir-Rhyne	2	10
										2	Central Missouri	6	14
	7	Northwood (MI)	6
	6	East Stroudsburg	9
						2	Central Missouri	12
						6	East Stroudsburg	8
																2	Central Missouri	9	8	5
																1	Tampa	8	10	11
	1	Tampa	20
	8	Felician	3
						1	Tampa	3
						5	Northwest Nazarene	5
	4	UT Tyler	1
	5	Northwest Nazarene	4
											5	Northwest Nazarene	5	5
										1	Tampa	13	6
	8	Felician	2
	4	UT Tyler	6
						1	Tampa	8
						4	UT Tyler	1

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 30
Game 1	Lenoir-Rhyne University	15-11	East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
Game 2	University of Central Missouri	5-3	Northwood University (MI)
May 31
Game 3	Northwest Nazarene University	4-1	University of Texas at Tyler
Game 4	University of Tampa	20-3	Felician University
June 1
Game 5	East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania	9-6	Northwood University (MI)	Northwood eliminated
Game 6	Lenoir-Rhyne University	12-9	University of Central Missouri
June 2
Game 7	University of Texas at Tyler	6-2	Felician University	Felician eliminated
Game 8	Northwest Nazarene University	5-3	University of Tampa
June 3
Game 9	University of Central Missouri	12-8	East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania	East Stroudsburg eliminated
Game 10	University of Tampa	8-1	University of Texas at Tyler	UT Tyler eliminated
June 4
Game 11	University of Central Missouri	6-2	Lenoir-Rhyne University
Game 12	University of Tampa	13-5	Northwest Nazarene University
June 5
Game 13	University of Central Missouri	14-10	Lenoir-Rhyne University	Lenoir-Rhyne eliminated
June 6
Game 14	University of Tampa	6-5	Northwest Nazarene University	Northwest Nazarene eliminated
Championship 1	University of Central Missouri	9-8	University of Tampa
June 7
Championship 2	University of Tampa	10-8	University of Central Missouri
Championship 3	University of Tampa	11-5	University of Central Missouri	Tampa wins CWS