// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did the 2004 Mid-Continent Conference baseball say? It had a ball.
| Teams | 4 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Oral Roberts (7th title) |
| Winning coach | Rob Walton (1st title) |
| MVP | Ricky Rivera (Oral Roberts) |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 22 Oral Roberts †‡y | 21 | – | 1 | .955 | 50 | – | 11 | .820 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 13 | – | 11 | .542 | 29 | – | 36 | .446 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Centenary | 10 | – | 11 | .476 | 23 | – | 31 | .426 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Utah | 11 | – | 13 | .458 | 19 | – | 30 | .388 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Valparaiso | 11 | – | 13 | .458 | 20 | – | 34 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oakland | 10 | – | 13 | .435 | 20 | – | 34 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago State | 5 | – | 19 | .208 | 8 | – | 52 | .133 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2004[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2004 Mid-Continent Conference Tournament took place from May 27 through 29. The top four regular season finishers from the regular season met in the double-elimination tournament held at Fair Grounds Field in Shreveport, Louisiana. Oral Roberts won the tournament for the seventh consecutive time.[2]
Format and seeding
[edit]The top four finishers advanced to the tournament.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oral Roberts | 21 | 1 | .955 | — | 1 |
| Western Illinois | 13 | 11 | .542 | 9 | 2 |
| Centenary | 10 | 11 | .476 | 10.5 | 3 |
| Southern Utah | 11 | 13 | .458 | 11 | 4 |
| Valparaiso | 11 | 13 | .458 | 11 | — |
| Oakland | 10 | 13 | .435 | 11.5 | — |
| Chicago State | 5 | 19 | .208 | 17 | — |
Tournament
[edit]| Upper round 1 | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||
| 1 | Oral Roberts | 28 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Southern Utah | 8 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Oral Roberts | 8 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Western Illinois | 5 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Centenary | 3 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Western Illinois | 5 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Oral Roberts | 12 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Southern Utah | 4 | |||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Western Illinois | 5 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Southern Utah | 7 | 4 | Southern Utah | 6 | ||||||||
| 3 | Centenary | 4 | |||||||||||
Game-by-game results
[edit]| Game | Winner | Score | Loser | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) Oral Roberts | 28–8 | (4) Southern Utah | |
| 2 | (2) Western Illinois | 5–3 | (3) Centenary Gentlemen baseball | |
| 3 | (4) Southern Utah | 7–4 | (3) Centenary Gentlemen baseball | Centenary eliminated |
| 4 | (1) Oral Roberts | 8–5 | (2) Western Illinois | |
| 5 | (4) Southern Utah | 6–5 | (2) Western Illinois | Western Illinois eliminated |
| 6 | (1) Oral Roberts | 12–4 | (4) Southern Utah | Oral Roberts wins Mid-Con Championship |
All-Tournament Team
[edit]| Name | School |
|---|---|
| Justin Abbott | Southern Utah |
| Amos Burgess | Southern Utah |
| Corey Ferger | Western Illinois |
| Shelby Guest | Southern Utah |
| Brian Hanson | Oral Roberts |
| David Kiefer | Centenary |
| Josh Lex | Oral Roberts |
| Kyle Malan | Western Illinois |
| Taylor McIntyre | Oral Roberts |
| Grant Plumley | Oral Roberts |
| Ricky Rivera | Oral Roberts |
| Ryan Schmidgall | Western Illinois |
| Blake Schultz | Western Illinois |
| Ryan Zimmerman | Southern Utah |
Tournament Most Valuable Player
[edit]Ricky Rivera 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.