2012 NCBA Division II World Series
# 2012 NCBA Division II World Series

The 2012 National Club Baseball Association (NCBA) Division II World Series was played at Golden Park in Columbus, GA from May 18 to May 22. The fifth tournament's champion was Hofstra University.

## Format

The format is similar to the NCAA College World Series in that eight teams participate in two four-team double elimination brackets. There are a few differences between the NCAA and the NCBA format. One of which is that the losers of Games 1–4 move to the other half of the bracket. Another difference is that the NCBA plays a winner take all for its national title game while the NCAA has a best-of-3 format to determine its national champion. Another difference which is between NCBA Division I and II is that Division II games are 7 innings while Division I games are 9 innings.

## Participants

* Hofstra
* Illinois†
* Kennesaw State
* Maryland†
* Penn State†
* Texas A&M Corps of Cadets
* Wisconsin†
* Wyoming

† denotes school also fielded an NCBA Division I team that season

## Results

### Game results

| Date | Game | Time | Winner | Score | Loser | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| May 18 | Game 1 | 10:00 AM | Illinois | 2–0 | Wyoming | |
| May 18 | Game 2 | 1:00 PM | Kennesaw State | 3–2 (9 innings) | Maryland | |
| May 18 | Game 3 | 4:00 PM | Hofstra | 9–5 | Texas A&M Corps of Cadets | |
| May 18 | Game 4 | 7:30 PM | Wisconsin | 4–1 | Penn State | |
| May 19 | Game 5 | 10:00 AM | Texas A&M Corps of Cadets | 5–1 | Maryland | Maryland eliminated |
| May 19 | Game 6 | 1:00 PM | Penn State | 5–4 (9 innings) | Wyoming | Wyoming eliminated |
| May 19 | Game 7 | 4:00 PM | Hofstra | 12–8 | Kennesaw State | |
| May 19 | Game 8 | 7:00 PM | Illinois | 4–2 | Wisconsin | |
| May 20 | Game 9 | 4:00 PM | Kennesaw State | 5–3 | Penn State | Penn State eliminated |
| May 20 | Game 10 | 7:00 PM | Wisconsin | 5–1 | Texas A&M Corps of Cadets | Texas A&M Corps of Cadets eliminated |
| May 21 | Game 11 | 10:00 AM | Kennesaw State | 4–1 | Hofstra | |
| May 21 | Game 12 | 1:00 PM | Illinois | 5–0 | Wisconsin | Wisconsin eliminated |
| May 21 | Game 13 | 4:00 PM | Hofstra | 9–7 | Kennesaw State | Kennesaw State eliminated |
| May 21 | Game 14 | 7:00 PM | Game not needed | Game not needed | Game not needed | Game not needed |
| May 22 | Game 15 | 7:00 PM | Hofstra | 5–1 | Illinois | Hofstra wins the NCBA Division II World Series |

### Championship game

Tuesday, May 22 7:00 PM Columbus, GA :

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hofstra | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
| Illinois | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Starting pitchers: HOF: Brian Adler ILL: Matt Wozniak WP: Brian Adler LP: Matt Wozniak Sv: None Home runs: HOF: Joe Elio ILL: None Attendance: N/A Boxscore |||||||||||
