NCAA DII Baseball: Tampa Wins 2025 Championship Game

Tampa wins 2025 NCAA DII baseball championship

Tampa defeated Central Missouri in three games to win the 2025 NCAA DII baseball title. Now, Tampa has won two consecutive DII baseball championships.

On Sunday, May 11, the 2025 NCAA DII baseball championship picks were made public on NCAA.com. The USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, North Carolina, hosted the championship finals.

Double-elimination regional competitions were held at sixteen college locations, culminating in best-of-three super regionals. The last best-of-three series to determine a national champion was set up by a double-elimination system for the eight victors who advanced to the championship finals.

2025 NCAA DII baseball championship bracket

2025 NCAA DII baseball championship schedule

*All times: Eastern Standard Time

Championship finals (Best two of three) — Watch live on NCAA.com
- June 6
  - Game 1: No. 2 Central Mo. 9, No. 1 Tampa 8
- June 7
  - Game 2: No. 1 Tampa 10, No. 2 Central Mo. 8
  - Game 3: No. 1 Tampa 11, No. 2 Central Mo. 5
    - 🏆 Tampa wins 2025 DII baseball championship

Championship —
- Friday, May 30-Saturday, June 7 at USA Baseball National Training Complex | Cary, N.C.
- May 30
  - Game 1: No. 3 Lenoir-Rhyne 15, No. 6 East Stroudsburg 11
  - Game 2: No. 2 Central Mo. 5, No. 7 Northwood 3
- May 31
  - Game 3: No. 5 Northwest Nazarene 4, No. 4 UT Tyler 1
  - Game 4: No. 1 Tampa 20, No. 8 Felician 3
- June 1
  - Game 5: No. 6 East Stroudsburg 9, No. 7 Northwood 6
    - Northwood eliminated
  - Game 6: No. 3 Lenoir-Rhyne 12, No. 2 Central Mo. 9
- June 2
  - Game 7: No. 4 UT Tyler 6, No. 8 Felician 2
    - Felician eliminated
  - Game 8: No. 5 Northwest Nazarene 5, No. 1 Tampa 3
- June 3
  - Game 9: No. 2 Central Mo. 12, No. 6 East Stroudsburg 8
    - East Stroudsburg eliminated
  - Game 10: No. 1 Tampa 8, No. 4 UT Tyler 1
    - UT Tyler eliminated
- June 4
  - Game 11: No. 2 Central Mo. 6, No. 3 Lenoir-Rhyne 2
  - Game 12: No. 1 Tampa 13, No. 5 Northwest Nazarene 5
- June 5
  - Game 13: No. 2 Central Mo. 14, No. 3 Lenoir-Rhyne 10
    - Lenoir-Rhyne eliminated
- June 6
  - Game 14: No. 1 Tampa 6, No. 5 Northwest Nazarene 5
    - Northwest Nazarene eliminated

NCAA DII baseball championship history

Tampa captured the 2024 title after taking down Angelo State in the championship.

YEAR	CHAMPION (RECORD)	COACH	SCORE	RUNNER-UP	SITE
2024	*Tampa (52-8)	Joe Urso	8-3	Angelo State	Cary, N.C.
2023	*Angelo State (56-9)	Kevin Brooks	6-5	Rollins	Cary, N.C.
2022	*North Greenville (54-10)	Landon Powell	5-3	Point Loma	Cary, N.C.
2021	Wingate (39-13)	Jeff Gregory	5-3	Central Missouri	Cary, N.C.
2020	Canceled due to Covid-19	—	—	—	—
2019	*Tampa	Joe Urso	3-1	Colorado Mesa	Cary, N.C.
2018	*Augustana (SD) (52-9)	Tim Huber	3-2	Columbus State	Cary, N.C.
2017	*West Chester (44-11)	Jad Prachniak	5-2	UC San Diego	Grand Prairie, Texas
2016	*Nova Southeastern (44-16)	Greg Brown	8-6	Millersville	Cary, N.C.
2015	Tampa (43-13)	Joe Urso	3-1	Catawba	Cary, N.C.
2014	Southern Indiana (49-13)	Tracy Archuleta	3-2 (12)	Colorado Mesa	Cary, N.C.
2013	Tampa (47-12)	Joe Urso	8-2	Minn. St.-Mankato	Cary, N.C.
2012	West Chester (46-10)	Jad Prachniak	9-0	Delta State	Cary, N.C.
2011	West Florida (52-9)	Mike Jeffcoat	12-2	Winona State	Cary, N.C.
2010	Southern Indiana (52-14)	Tracy Archuleta	6-4	UC San Diego	Cary, N.C.
2009	Lynn (46-16)	Rudy Garbalosa	2-1	Emporia State	Cary, N.C.
2008	*Mount Olive (58-6)	Carl Lancaster	6-2	Ouachita Baptist	Sauget, Ill.
2007	*Tampa (53-10)	Joe Urso	7-2	Columbus State	Montgomery, Ala.
2006	*Tampa (54-6)	Joe Urso	3-2 (12)	Chico State	Montgomery, Ala.
2005	Florida Southern (51-11)	Pete Meyer	12-9	North Florida	Montgomery, Ala.
2004	Delta State (54-11)	Mike Kinnison	12-8	Grand Valley State	Montgomery, Ala.
2003	Central Missouri (51-7	Brad Hill	11-4	Tampa	Montgomery, Ala.
2002	Columbus State (48-15)	Greg Appleton	5-3	Chico State	Montgomery, Ala.
2001	St. Mary’s (Texas) (50-13)	Charlie Migl	11-3	Central Missouri	Montgomery, Ala.
2000	*Southeastern Oklahoma (43-12)	Mike Metheny	7-2	Fort Hays State	Montgomery, Ala.
1999	Chico State (50-17)	Lindsay Meggs	11-5	Kennesaw State	Montgomery, Ala.
1998	*Tampa (46-14)	Terry Rupp	6-1	Kennesaw State	Montgomery, Ala.
1997	*Chico State (52-11)	Lindsay Meggs	13-12	Central Oklahoma	Montgomery, Ala.
1996	*Kennesaw State (48-17)	Mike Sansing	4-0	St. Joseph’s (Ind.)	Montgomery, Ala.
1995	*Florida Southern (51-10)	Chuck Anderson	15-0	Georiga College	Montgomery, Ala.
1994	Central Missouri (51-11)	Dave Van Horn	14-9	Florida Southern	Montgomery, Ala.
1993	*Tampa (43-21)	Lelo Prado	7-5	#Cal Poly	Montgomery, Ala.
1992	Tampa (42-19)	Lelo Prado	11-8	Mansfield	Montgomery, Ala.
1991	Jacksonville State (41-12)	Rudy Abbott	20-4	Missouri Southern State	Montgomery, Ala.
1990	Jacksonville State (43-9)	Rudy Abbott	12-8	Cal State Northridge	Montgomery, Ala.
1989	#Cal Poly (38-25)	Steve McFarland	9-5	New Haven	Montgomery, Ala.
1988	*Florida Southern (48-10)	Chuck Anderson	5-4 (10)	Cal State Sacramento	Montgomery, Ala.
1987	*Troy (38-10-1)	Chase Riddle	7-5	Tampa	Montgomery, Ala.
1986	Troy (46-8)	Chase Riddle	5-0	Columbus State	Montgomery, Ala.
1985	*Florida Southern (48-10)	Chuck Anderson	15-5	Cal Poly Pomona	Montgomery, Ala.
1984	Cal State Northridge (46-21-1)	Bib Hiegert	10-5	Florida Southern	Riverside, Calif.
1983	*Cal Poly Pomona (41-22)	John Scolinos	9-7	Jacksonville State	Riverside, Calif.
1982	*UC Riverside (36-23)	Jack Smitheran	10-1	Florida Southern	Riverside, Calif.
1981	*Florida Southern (55-8)	Joe Arnold	9-0	Eastern Illinois	Riverside, Calif.
1980	*Cal Poly Pomona (42-25-1)	John Scolinos	13-6	New Haven	Riverside, Calif.
1979	Valdosta State (47-14)	Tommy Thomas	3-2	Florida Southern	Springfield, Ill.
1978	Florida Southern (41-8)	Joe Arnold	7-2	Delta State	Springfield, Ill.
1977	UC Riverside (43-19)	Jack Smitheran	4-1	Eckerd	Springfield, Ill.
1976	Cal Poly Pomona (40-27-1)	John Scolinos	17-3	SIU-Edwardsville	Springfield, Ill.
1975	Florida Southern (35-10)	Hal Smeltzly	10-7	Marietta	Springfield, Ill.
1974	UC Irvine (48-8)	Gary Adams	14-1	New Orleans	Springfield, Ill.
1973	*UC Irvine (44-12)	Gary Adams	9-6	Ithaca	Springfield, Ill.
1972	Florida Southern (31-6)	Hal Smeltzly	5-1	Cal State Northridge	Springfield, Ill.
1971	Florida Southern (34-4)	Hal Smeltzly	4-0	Central Michigan	Springfield, Mo.
1970	Cal State Northridge (41-21)	Bob Hiegert	2-1	Nicholls State	Springfield, Mo.
1969	*Illinois State (33-5)	Duffy Bass	12-0	Missouri State	Springfield, Mo.
1968	*Chapman (35-18)	Paul Deese	11-0	Delta State	Springfield, Mo.