| 1981 NCAA Tournament |
| The Tigers went to the East Regional in Columbus, SC, for the 1981 NCAA Tournament. They made it to the Regional Championship game before losing to South Carolina. |
| Season Record: 48-11-1 Head Coach: Bobby Kilpatrick |
| Date | Opponent | Location | W/L | Score |
| 05/22/81 | James Madison | Columbia, SC | W | 16-3 |
| 05/23/81 | @ South Carolina | Columbia, SC | L | 5-8 |
| 05/24/81 | James Madison | Columbia, SC | W | 8-3 |
| 05/24/81 | @ South Carolina | Columbia, SC | L | 5-11 |
| Box Score Memphis State 16, James Madison 3 May 22, 1981 - Columbia, SC East Region |
| James Madison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3 | |
| Memphis State | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | x | 16 | 18 | 1 |
| JMU: Yancey, Kwiatkoski (3), Blondino (5), Faulconer and Smith. MSU: Corder, Litano (6), Field (9) and Webster. WP: Corder (9-1). LP: Yancey (5-5). HR – MSU: Anderson, Young, Hernandez, Logan. 3B – MSU: Logan. 2B – MSU: Blasye. SB – MSU: Hernandez, Anderson, Webster. SH – MSU: Pearson, Anderson. |
| Box Score Memphis State 5, South Carolina 8 May 23, 1981 - Columbia, SC East Region |
| Memphis State | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | |
| South Carolina | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | x | 8 | 13 | 2 |
| MSU: Williamson, Dial (5), Williams (7) and Webster. USC: Baynham, Kish (7) and Lowery. WP: Baynham (9-1). LP: Williamson (8-2). HR – MSU: Hernandez. USC: Curl, Williams. SB – MSU: Anderson. USC: McCarthy. SH – USC: Vollmer. BK – MSU: Williamson. |
| Box Score Memphis State 8, James Madison 3 May 24, 1981 - Columbia, SC East Region |
| James Madison | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | |
| Memphis State | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 8 | 14 | 0 |
| JMU: Crumb, Hall (4) and Faulconer. MSU: Thetford and Webster. WP: Thetford (5-1). LP: Crumb (9-2). HR – JMU: Knight. MSU: Hernandez, Webster, Williams. 2B – JMU: Kidd. SH – JMU: Bobock. PB – MSU: Webster. |
| Box Score Memphis State 5, South Carolina 11 May 24, 1981 - Columbia, SC East Region |
| Memphis State | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 2 | |
| South Carolina | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | x | 11 | 15 | 1 |
| MSU: Fowler, Williams (5), Field (7) and Webster. USC: Gordon and Lowery. WP: Gordon (8-3). LP: Fowler (6-2). HR – MSU: Anderson. USC: Boyle, Vollmer, Lowery, Thaw. 2B – MSU: Webster, Anderson, Hernandez. USC: Thaw, Hollins. SB – MSU: Anderson. USC: Williams. SH – USC: Thaw. SF – USC: Boyle. |
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