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2000 Mid-Continent Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	J. L. Johnson Stadium Tulsa, Oklahoma
Champions	Oral Roberts (3rd title)
Winning coach	Sunny Golloway (3rd title)
MVP	Eric Vandeventer (Oral Roberts)

2000 Mid-Continent Conference baseball standings

	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Oral Roberts  ‍†‍‡‍y	26	–	1	–	0		.963			49	–	15	–	0		.766
Oakland  ‍‍‍	17	–	9	–	0		.654			28	–	32	–	0		.467
Southern Utah  ‍‍‍	16	–	11	–	0		.593			30	–	26	–	0		.536
Youngstown State  ‍‍‍	13	–	13	–	0		.500			24	–	31	–	0		.436
Western Illinois  ‍‍‍	12	–	15	–	0		.444			17	–	39	–	0		.304
Valparaiso  ‍‍‍	10	–	17	–	0		.370			14	–	42	–	1		.254
Chicago State  ‍‍‍	7	–	18	–	0		.280			17	–	30	–	0		.362
IUPUI  ‍‍‍	4	–	21	–	0		.160			10	–	40	–	0		.200
‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2000 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2000 Mid-Continent Conference Tournament took place from May 17 through 20. The top six regular season finishers from the regular season met in the double-elimination tournament held at J. L. Johnson Stadium on the campus of Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Oral Roberts won the tournament for the third time.

Format and seeding

The top six finishers advanced to the tournament.

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
Oral Roberts	26	1	.963	—	1
Oakland	17	9	.654	8.5	2
Southern Utah	16	11	.593	10	3
Western Illinois	13	13	.500	12.5	4
Youngstown State	12	15	.444	14	5
Valparaiso	10	17	.370	16	6
Chicago State	7	18	.280	18	—
IUPUI	4	21	.160	21	—

Tournament

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semifinals					Final
						1	Oral Roberts	1
						3	Southern Utah	6
	1	Oral Roberts	5								3	Southern Utah	20
	6	Valparaiso	3								6	Valparaiso	7			3	Southern Utah	11
						6	Valparaiso	20
																2	Oakland	1
						5	Western Illinois	13
	3	Southern Utah	1
																					3	Southern Utah	4
	4	Youngstown State	6
						4	Youngstown State	7													1	Oral Roberts	8
						2	Oakland	9
	2	Oakland	5								2	Oakland	1
	5	Western Illinois	3								1	Oral Roberts	20
						1	Oral Roberts	26
						4	Youngstown State	2

Game-by-game results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Comment
1	(1) Oral Roberts	5–3	(6) Valparaiso
2	(2) Oakland	5–3	(5) Western Illinois
3	(4) Youngstown State	6–1	(3) Southern Utah
4	(6) Valparaiso	20–13	(5) Western Illinois	Western Illinois eliminated
5	(3) Southern Utah	6–1	(1) Oral Roberts
6	(2) Oakland	9–7	(4) Youngstown State
7	(1) Oral Roberts	26–2	(4) Youngstown State	Youngstown State eliminated
8	(1) Oral Roberts	1–0	(2) Oakland
9	(3) Southern Utah	20–7	(6) Valparaiso	Valparaiso eliminated
10	(3) Southern Utah	11–1	(2) Oakland	Oakland eliminated
11	(1) Oral Roberts	8–4	(3) Southern Utah	Oral Roberts wins Mid-Con Championship

All-Tournament Team

Name	School
James Anderson	Southern Utah
Sean Boesch	Oakland
Stockton Davis	Oral Roberts
Steve Holm	Oral Roberts
Curtis Jacobsen	Southern Utah
Justin Kittrell	Southern Utah
Ryan Neill	Oral Roberts
Mark Pedersen	Valparaiso
Mike Rose	Oral Roberts
Todd Santore	Youngstown State
Kyle Sobecki	Youngstown State
Jeff Stallings	Oral Roberts
J.J. Swiatkowski	Valparaiso
Eric Vandeventer	Oral Roberts

Tournament Most Valuable Player

Eric Vandeventer of Oral Roberts was named Tournament MVP.