2002 Mid-Continent Conference baseball tournament

2002 Mid-Continent Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	J. L. Johnson Stadium Tulsa, Oklahoma
Champions	Oral Roberts  (5th title)
Winning coach	Sunny Golloway  (5th title)
MVP	Erick Donaldson (Oral Roberts)
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2002 Mid-Continent Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
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

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

	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

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

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

Erick Donaldson of Oral Roberts was named Tournament MVP.

References

1. 2021 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Summit League. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
2. "Summit League Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Summit League. Retrieved May 24, 2025.