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Marietta defends NCAA Division III Baseball title

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Marietta College fought its way through the losers bracket to capture its second straight NCAA Division III College World Series championship at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute.

Marietta knocked off St. Thomas 5-0 to advance to the Title game, then beat Wheaton College 7-2 to wrap up the Division III championship.

Marietta’s national title was an NCAA Division III-record 6th and marked the first time in their history they had won back-t0-back championships.  The last school to win back-to-back Division III crowns was Rowan University in 1979.

Marietta finished the season 48-8.  Wheaton College ends its season at 41-11.

NCAA Division 3 CWS starts today

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Top-ranked and defending champion Marietta begins defense of its NCAA

Fox Cities Stadium

Division III College World Series title this weekend at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute (Appleton).

Marietta looks to defend a Division III title for just the 3rd time in the tournament’s history and the first time since 1979.

Marietta faces Whitworth in the late game (7:45pm) tonight.  Webster opens up against Wheaton (Mass.) at 10am this morning.  SUNY-Cortland takes on Kean at 1:15pm and Midwest Regional Champion St. Thomas (Minn.) will face Christopher Newport at 4:30 today.

The tournament runs through next Tuesday.

 

No state teams in this week’s Div. 3 CWS

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The 2012 NCAA Division III College World Series begins this Friday at Fox

Fox Cities Stadium

Cities Stadium in Grand Chute, but there will be no local flavor in the 8-team field.

La Crosse, Whitewater and St. Norbert College all performed in the Midwest Regional at Whitewater over the weekend and the Warhawks stayed alive the longest.  But in the end, it was St. Thomas that bumped Whitewater from the field with a 10-6 win on Saturday.

Friday’s opening round schedule looks like this.

10am      Webster (35-12) vs. Wheaton (38-9)
1:15pm   Cortland State (39-7-1) vs. Kean (37-10)
4:30pm  St. Thomas (38-8) vs. Christopher New Port (34-8)
7:45pm  Marietta (43-7) vs. Whitworth (30-14-1)

Top-ranked and defending National Champion Marietta College has won a record five NCAA Division III national championships.