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Big East Conference champions Big East Conference Tournament champions South Bend Regional champions Tallahassee Super Regional champions | |
College World Series, 4th | |
Conference | Big East Conference |
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Coaches | No. 7 |
CB | No. 6 |
Record | 50–18 (18–8 Big East) |
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Assistant coach | Wally Widelski (2nd season) |
Hitting coach | Dusty Lepper (3rd season) |
Pitching coach | Brian O'Connor (8th season) |
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Home stadium | Frank Eck Stadium |
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No. 6 Notre Dame †‡y | 18 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .692 | 50 | – | 18 | – | 0 | .735 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia Tech | 18 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .692 | 33 | – | 26 | – | 0 | .559 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston College | 15 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .577 | 30 | – | 25 | – | 0 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 15 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .577 | 25 | – | 22 | – | 0 | .532 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 14 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .560 | 36 | – | 16 | – | 1 | .689 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. John's | 14 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .538 | 29 | – | 23 | – | 0 | .558 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut | 13 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .520 | 28 | – | 22 | – | 0 | .560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Villanova | 12 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .480 | 30 | – | 23 | – | 0 | .566 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seton Hall | 11 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .423 | 25 | – | 28 | – | 0 | .472 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Virginia | 9 | – | 16 | – | 0 | .360 | 24 | – | 26 | – | 0 | .480 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgetown | 2 | – | 24 | – | 0 | .077 | 9 | – | 47 | – | 0 | .161 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2002 [1] [2] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |
The 2002 Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 2002 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Fighting Irish played their home games at Frank Eck Stadium. The team was coached by Paul Mainieri in his 8th year as head coach at Notre Dame.
The Fighting Irish won the South Bend Regional and the Tallahassee Super Regional to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Stanford Cardinal.
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