1971 NAIA World Series

1971 NAIA
baseball tournament
1971 NAIA World Series
Teams8
FormatDouble elimination
Finals site
ChampionsLinfield (2nd title)
Winning coachAd Rutschman
MVPRob Webb (C) (Linfield)
  • 1970
  • NAIA baseball tournament
  • 1972

The 1971 NAIA World Series was the 15th annual tournament hosted by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics to determine the national champion of baseball among its member colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.[1]

The tournament was played at Phoenix Municipal Stadium in Phoenix, Arizona.

Linfield (28-11) defeated David Lipscomb (44-15) in the first game of the championship series, 9–8, to win the Wildcats' second NAIA World Series (the first team to win a second) and first since 1966.

Linfield catcher Rob Webb was named tournament MVP.

  1. ^ "Championship History" (PDF). NAIA.org. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved August 21, 2022.