// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did the 2002 Mid-Continent Conference baseball tournament ball say? It had a pitch to attend.
| Teams | 4 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Oral Roberts (5th title) |
| Winning coach | Sunny Golloway (5th title) |
| MVP | Erick Donaldson (Oral Roberts) |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oral Roberts †‡y | 16 | – | 2 | – | 0 | .889 | 48 | – | 19 | – | 0 | .716 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Utah | 11 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .611 | 18 | – | 37 | – | 0 | .327 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oakland | 9 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .529 | 19 | – | 35 | – | 0 | .352 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Valparaiso | 7 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .438 | 15 | – | 32 | – | 1 | .323 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 6 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .400 | 12 | – | 39 | – | 0 | .235 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago State | 0 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .000 | 5 | – | 36 | – | 0 | .122 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2002[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2002 Mid-Continent Conference Tournament took place from May 23 through 25. The top four 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 fifth consecutive time.[2]
Format and seeding
[edit]The top four finishers advanced to the tournament.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oral Roberts | 16 | 2 | .889 | — | 1 |
| Southern Utah | 11 | 7 | .611 | 5 | 2 |
| Oakland | 9 | 8 | .529 | 6.5 | 3 |
| Valparaiso | 7 | 9 | .438 | 8 | 4 |
| Western Illinois | 6 | 9 | .400 | 8.5 | — |
| Chicago State | 0 | 14 | .000 | 16 | — |
Tournament
[edit]| Upper round 1 | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||
| 1 | Oral Roberts | 8 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Valparaiso | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Oral Roberts | 12 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Oakland | 3 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Oakland | 8 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Southern Utah | 6 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Oral Roberts | 7 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Southern Utah | 1 | |||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Oakland | 6 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Valparaiso | 4 | 2 | Southern Utah | 7 | ||||||||
| 2 | Southern Utah | 10 | |||||||||||
Game-by-game results
[edit]| Game | Winner | Score | Loser | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) Oral Roberts | 8–0 | (4) Valparaiso | |
| 2 | (3) Oakland | 8–6 | (2) Southern Utah | |
| 3 | (2) Southern Utah | 10–4 | (4) Valparaiso | Valparaiso eliminated |
| 4 | (1) Oral Roberts | 12–3 | (3) Oakland | |
| 5 | (2) Southern Utah | 7–6 | (3) Oakland | Oakland eliminated |
| 6 | (1) Oral Roberts | 7–1 | (2) Southern Utah | Oral Roberts wins Mid-Con Championship |
All-Tournament Team
[edit]| Name | School |
|---|---|
| Doug Bernier | Oral Roberts |
| Dennis Bigley | Oral Roberts |
| Danny Boyle | Oral Roberts |
| David Castillo | Oral Roberts |
| Stockton Davis | Oral Roberts |
| Erick Donaldson | Oral Roberts |
| Ryan DuVall | Southern Utah |
| Ryan Freiburger | Oakland |
| Ty Herriott | Oakland |
| Chris Nelson | Southern Utah |
| Shane Perkins | Southern Utah |
| Jake Reynolds | Southern Utah |
| Peter Varon | Oakland |
| Rick White | Southern Utah |
Tournament Most Valuable Player
[edit]Erick Donaldson of Oral Roberts was named Tournament MVP.
References
[edit]- ↑ 2021 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Summit League. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
- ↑ "Summit League Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Summit League. Retrieved May 24, 2025.