2001 Mid-Continent Conference baseball tournament

2001 Mid-Continent Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	J. L. Johnson Stadium Tulsa, Oklahoma
Champions	Oral Roberts  (4th title)
Winning coach	Sunny Golloway  (4th title)
MVP	Trevor Leu (Oral Roberts)
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2001 Mid-Continent Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Oral Roberts  ‍†‍‡‍y	24	–	1	–	0		.960			48	–	13	–	0		.787
Southern Utah  ‍‍‍	19	–	9	–	0		.679			23	–	37	–	0		.383
Valparaiso  ‍‍‍	14	–	10	–	0		.583			28	–	29	–	0		.491
Youngstown State  ‍‍‍	12	–	15	–	0		.444			24	–	30	–	1		.445
IUPUI  ‍‍‍	11	–	17	–	0		.393			17	–	37	–	0		.315
Western Illinois  ‍‍‍	10	–	16	–	0		.385			12	–	38	–	0		.240
Chicago State  ‍‍‍	8	–	18	–	0		.308			15	–	36	–	0		.294
Oakland  ‍‍‍	7	–	19	–	0		.269			11	–	43	–	0		.204
‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2001 [1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2001 Mid-Continent Conference Tournament took place from May 17 through 19. 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 fourth time. ^[2]

Format and seeding

The top four finishers advanced to the tournament.

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
Oral Roberts	24	1	.960	—	1
Southern Utah	19	9	.679	6.5	2
Valparaiso	14	10	.583	9.5	3
Youngstown State	12	15	.444	13	4
IUPUI	11	17	.393	14.5	—
Western Illinois	10	16	.385	14.5	—
Chicago State	8	18	.308	16.5	—
Oakland	7	19	.269	17.5	—

Tournament

	Upper round 1					Upper final					Final
	1	Oral Roberts	10
	4	Youngstown State	3
						1	Oral Roberts	4
						2	Southern Utah	2
	3	Valparaiso	4
	2	Southern Utah	5
											1	Oral Roberts	13
											2	Southern Utah	7
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						2	Southern Utah	14
	4	Youngstown State	5			3	Valparaiso	1
	3	Valparaiso	7

Game-by-game results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Comment
1	(1) Oral Roberts	10–3	(4) Youngstown State
2	(2) Southern Utah	5–4	(3) Valparaiso
3	(3) Valparaiso	7–5	(4) Youngstown State	Youngstown State eliminated
4	(1) Oral Roberts	4–2	(2) Southern Utah
5	(2) Southern Utah	6–1	(3) Valparaiso	Valparaiso eliminated
6	(1) Oral Roberts	13–7	(2) Southern Utah	Oral Roberts wins Mid-Con Championship

All-Tournament Team

Name	School
Doug Bernier	Oral Roberts
Keith Dickinson	Southern Utah
Erick Donaldson	Oral Roberts
Chad Grundy	Southern Utah
Travis Hatch	Southern Utah
Steve Holm	Oral Roberts
Curtis Jacobsen	Southern Utah
Trevor Leu	Oral Roberts
Chris Nelson	Southern Utah
Mark Pedersen	Valparaiso
Rene Recio	Oral Roberts
Kendall Schlabach	Youngstown State
Wilton Reynolds	Oral Roberts
Rick White	Southern Utah

Tournament Most Valuable Player

Trevor Leu of Oral Roberts was named Tournament MVP.

References

1. 2021 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Summit League. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
2. "Summit League Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Summit League. Retrieved July 31, 2024.