1974 NAIA College World Series

The 1974 NAIA College World Series was held at Phil Welch Stadium in St. Joseph, MO. The eight teams qualified for the tournament by winning their District and Area Tournaments. Lewis University defeated Sam Houston State College in the championship game.

Participating Teams

School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish
David Lipscomb College		45-9	Ken Dugan	2 (last:1972)	2nd
Fort Hays Kansas State College		26-16	Earl Hobbs	0 (last:none)	none
High Point College		32-8	Chuck Hartman	1 (last:1972)	7th
La Verne College		40-8	Ben Hines	2 (last:1972)	1st
Lewis University	Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference	45-12	Gordie Gillespie	5 (last:1972)	2nd
Point Park College		17-3	Frankie Gustine	0 (last:none)	none
Sam Houston State College		38-9	Bob Britt	7 (last:1972)	1st
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh	Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	27-9 (13-3)	Russ Tiedemann	2 (last:1973)	3rd

Results

1974 College World Series Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round
		La Verne	4
		Point Park	1
							La Verne	7
							Lewis	8
		Lewis	4
		High Point	1
												Sam Houston St.	6
												Lewis	1
		Sam Houston St.	5
		Fort Hays St.	0
							Sam Houston St.	4
							David Lipscomb	0
		David Lipscomb	6
		wisc.-Oshkosh	0
						Loser's bracket
							Point Park	2
							High Point	1				David Lipscomb	1
												Point Park	5
							Fort Hays St.	3
							wisc.-Oshkosh	11				La Verne	8
												wisc.-Oshkosh	2

	Semifinals					Elimination					Final
	Re-ordered Semifinals
		Sam Houston St.	4									Lewis	3
		La Verne	2									Sam Houston St.	2
							Sam Houston St.	5
							La Verne	4
		Lewis	6
		Point Park	3

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 31
Game 1	La Verne College	4-1	Point Park College
Game 2	Lewis University	4-1	High Point College
June 1
Game 3	Sam Houston State College	5-0	Fort Hays Kansas State College
Game 4	David Lipscomb College	6-0	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Game 5	Point Park College	2-1	High Point College	High Point eliminated
June 2
Game 6	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh	11-3	Fort Hays Kansas State College	Fort Hays eliminated
Game 7	Lewis University	8-7	La Verne College
Game 8	Sam Houston State College	4-0	David Lipscomb College
June 3
Game 9	Point Park College	5-1	David Lipscomb College	Lipscomb eliminated
Game 10	La Verne College	8-2	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh	Oshkosh eliminated
Game 11	Sam Houston State College	6-1	Lewis University
June 4
Game 12	Lewis University	6-3	Point Park College	Point Park eliminated
Game 13	La Verne College	4-2	Sam Houston State College
June 5
Game 14	Sam Houston State College	5-4	La Verne College	La Verne eliminated
Game 15	Lewis University	3-2	Sam Houston State College	Lewis wins CWS