2000 Mid-Continent Conference baseball tournament
Appearance
Teams | 6 |
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Format | Double-elimination |
Finals site | |
Champions | Oral Roberts (3rd title) |
Winning coach | Sunny Golloway (3rd title) |
MVP | Eric Vandeventer (Oral Roberts) |
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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[1] 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.[2]
Format and seeding
[edit]The top six finishers advanced to the tournament.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]Game | Winner | Score | Loser | Comment |
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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
[edit]Name | School |
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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
[edit]Eric Vandeventer of Oral Roberts was named Tournament MVP.
References
[edit]- ^ 2021 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Summit League. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
- ^ "Summit League Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Summit League. Retrieved June 2, 2024.