# 1977 NCAA Division II baseball tournament

The 1977 NCAA Division II baseball tournament was the 10th edition of the NCAA Division II baseball tournament. The 31-team tournament decided the champion of baseball in NCAA Division II for the 1977 season. The UC Riverside Highlanders won their first national championship, beating the Eckerd Tritons. UC Riverside coach Jack Smitherman won his first title with the team, while Joe Lefebvre of Eckerd and Steve Glaum of UC Riverside were named Tournament Co-Most Outstanding Players.

## Regionals

The regionals consisted 31 teams in eight groupings. There were five 4-team brackets, one 6-team bracket, one 3-team bracket, and one 2-team bracket. All brackets were double elimination format, with the exception of the 2-team bracket which was a best of 3 format. The top team in each bracket advanced to the 1977 Division II College World Series.

### New England Regional

| First round | First round | First round | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| New Haven | New Haven | 10 | | | | | | | |
| LIU Post | LIU Post | 6 | | | | | | | |
| LIU Post | LIU Post | 6 | New Haven | New Haven | 20 | | | | |
| | | | Le Moyne | Le Moyne | 3 | | | | |
| Le Moyne | Le Moyne | 13 | Le Moyne | Le Moyne | 3 | | | | |
| Adelphi | Adelphi | 12 | | | | | | | |
| Adelphi | Adelphi | 12 | | | | New Haven | New Haven | 5 | 10 |
| | | | | | | Le Moyne | Le Moyne | 6 | 5 |
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower final | Lower final | Lower final | Le Moyne | Le Moyne | 6 | 5 |
| | | | Le Moyne | Le Moyne | 8 | | | | |
| Adelphi | Adelphi | 11 | Adelphi | Adelphi | 7 | | | | |
| LIU Post | LIU Post | 4 | | | | | | | |

### Middle Atlantic Regional

Shippensburg (3–0) California (PA) (1–2) UMBC (0–2)
Shippensburg State won regional

### South Atlantic Regional

Valdosta State (4–1) West Georgia (2–2) Columbus (1–2) Randolph–Macon (0–2)
Valdosta State won regional

### South Regional

Eckerd (3–0) Florida Southern (2–2) Jacksonville State (1–2) Troy State (0–2)
Eckerd College won regional

### Great Lakes Regional

SIU Edwardsville (3–0) Northern Kentucky (2–2) Wright State (1–2) Youngstown State (0–2)
SIU Edwardsville won regional

### North Central Regional

UMSL (4–0) Omaha (3–2) Southeast Missouri State (2–2) Southwest Missouri State (1–2) Minnesota State (0–2) South Dakota State (0–2)
UMSL won regional

### South Central Regional

Delta State (2–1) Nicholls State (1–2)
Delta State won regional

### West Regional

| First round | First round | First round | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| UC Riverside | UC Riverside | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Cal State Hayward | Cal State Hayward | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Cal State Hayward | Cal State Hayward | 1 | UC Riverside | UC Riverside | W | | | | |
| | | | Cal State Northridge | Cal State Northridge | L | | | | |
| Cal State Northridge | Cal State Northridge | 16 | Cal State Northridge | Cal State Northridge | L | | | | |
| Cal Poly | Cal Poly | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Cal Poly | Cal Poly | 1 | | | | UC Riverside | UC Riverside | 3 | W |
| | | | | | | Cal State Hayward | Cal State Hayward | 7 | L |
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower final | Lower final | Lower final | Cal State Hayward | Cal State Hayward | 7 | L |
| | | | Cal State Hayward | Cal State Hayward | W | | | | |
| Cal State Hayward | Cal State Hayward | W | Cal State Northridge | Cal State Northridge | L | | | | |
| Cal Poly | Cal Poly | L | | | | | | | |

## College World Series
### Participants

| School | Conference | Record | Head coach | CWS appearances | CWS best finish | Finals record |
| Delta State | Gulf South Conference | 41–17 | Boo Ferries | 1 (last: 1968) | 2nd | 2–2 |
| Eckerd | Independent | 34–9 | Bill Livesey | 0 (last: none) | None | 0–0 |
| New Haven | Independent | 28–4 | Frank Vieira | 1 (last: 1974) | 3rd | 2–2 |
| Shippensburg | Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference | 32–11 | Art Fairchild | 0 (last: none) | None | 0–0 |
| SIU Edwardsville | Independent | 25-18-1 | Roy Lee | 2 (last: 1976) | 2nd | 4–4 |
| UC Riverside | California Collegiate Athletic Association | 43–19 | Jack Smitherman | 0 (last: none) | None | 0–0 |
| UMSL | Independent | 30–13 | Jim Dix | 2 (last: 1973) | 4th | 1–4 |
| Valdosta State | Independent | 47–16 | Tommy Thomas | 1 (last: 1974) | 6th | 0–2 |

#### Bracket

| Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Upper final | Upper final | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Final | Final | Final |
| New Haven | New Haven | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Shippensburg | Shippensburg | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Shippensburg | Shippensburg | 1 | New Haven | New Haven | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Eckerd | Eckerd | 14 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Eckerd | Eckerd | 2 | Eckerd | Eckerd | 14 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Valdosta State | Valdosta State | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Valdosta State | Valdosta State | 1 | | | | Eckerd | Eckerd | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | UC Riverside | UC Riverside | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| UMSL | UMSL | 9 | | | | UC Riverside | UC Riverside | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| UMSL | UMSL | 9 | | | | | | | Eckerd | Eckerd | 6 | | | | | | |
| SIU Edwardsville | SIU Edwardsville | 5 | | | | | | | Eckerd | Eckerd | 6 | | | | | | |
| SIU Edwardsville | SIU Edwardsville | 5 | UMSL | UMSL | 0 | | | | Delta State | Delta State | 8 | | | | | | |
| | | | UC Riverside | UC Riverside | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| UC Riverside | UC Riverside | 8 | UC Riverside | UC Riverside | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Delta State | Delta State | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Eckerd | Eckerd | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Delta State | Delta State | 3 | UC Riverside | UC Riverside | 4 |
| | | | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | | | | | UC Riverside | UC Riverside | 5 | | | |
| | | | | | | UM St. Louis | UM St. Louis | | | | | | 4 | | | | | |
| | | | Shippensburg | Shippensburg | 1 | Valdosta State | Valdosta State | | | | | | 11 | | | | | |
| | | | Shippensburg | Shippensburg | 1 | Valdosta State | Valdosta State | | UC Riverside | UC Riverside | 8 | | 11 | | | | | |
| | | | Valdosta State | Valdosta State | 2 | | | | UC Riverside | UC Riverside | 8 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Valdosta State | Valdosta State | 2 | | | | Valdosta State | Valdosta State | 7 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | New Haven | New Haven | | Valdosta State | Valdosta State | 7 | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | SIU Edwardsville | SIU Edwardsville | 4 | Delta State | Delta State | | | | | 5 | | | | | | |
| | | | Delta State | Delta State | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Game results

| Date | Game | Winner | Score | Loser | Notes |
| May 28 | 1 | New Haven | 6–1 | Shippensburg | |
| May 28 | 2 | Eckerd | 2–1 | Valdosta State | |
| May 28 | 3 | UMSL | 9–5 | SIU Edwardsville | |
| May 28 | 4 | UC Riverside | 8–2 | Delta State | |
| May 29 | 5 | Valdosta State | 2–1 (13) | Shippensburg | Shippensburg eliminated |
| May 29 | 6 | Delta State | 5–4 | SIU Edwardsville | SIU Edwardsville eliminated |
| May 29 | 7 | Eckerd | 14–2 | New Haven | |
| May 29 | 8 | UC Riverside | 12–0 | UMSL | |
| May 30 | 9 | Delta State | 5–3 | New Haven | New Haven eliminated |
| May 30 | 10 | Valdosta State | 11–4 | Missouri-St. Louis | UMSL eliminated |
| May 30 | 11 | Eckerd | 8–2 | UC Riverside | |
| May 31 | 12 | Delta State | 8–6 | Eckerd | |
| May 31 | 13 | UC Riverside | 8–7 | Valdosta State | Valdosta St. eliminated |
| June 1 | 14 | UC Riverside | 5–3 | Delta State | Delta State eliminated |
| June 2 | 15 | UC Riverside | 4–1 | Eckerd | UC Riverside wins CWS |