2005 Mid-Continent Conference baseball tournament

2005 Mid-Continent Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	J. L. Johnson Stadium Tulsa, Oklahoma
Champions	Oral Roberts  (8th title)
Winning coach	Rob Walton  (2nd title)
MVP	Michael Holliman (Oral Roberts)
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2005 Mid-Continent Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Oral Roberts  ‍†‍‡‍y	22	–	2		.917			42	–	20		.677
Western Illinois  ‍‍‍	14	–	10		.583			24	–	34		.414
Southern Utah  ‍‍‍	12	–	10		.545			26	–	28		.481
Centenary  ‍‍‍	12	–	12		.500			27	–	30		.474
Valparaiso  ‍‍‍	10	–	12		.455			21	–	31		.404
Oakland  ‍‍‍	9	–	15		.375			14	–	38		.269
Chicago State  ‍‍‍	3	–	21		.125			6	–	50		.107
‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2005 [1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2005 Mid-Continent Conference Tournament took place from May 26 through 28. 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 eighth consecutive time. ^[2]

Format and seeding

The top four finishers advanced to the tournament.

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
Oral Roberts	22	2	.917	—	1
Western Illinois	14	10	.583	8	2
Southern Utah	12	10	.545	9	3
Centenary	12	12	.500	10	4
Valparaiso	10	12	.455	11	—
Oakland	9	15	.375	13	—
Chicago State	3	21	.125	19	—

Tournament

	Upper round 1					Upper final					Final
	1	Oral Roberts	6
	4	Centenary	1
						1	Oral Roberts	11
						3	Southern Utah	2
	3	Southern Utah	6
	2	Western Illinois	2
											1	Oral Roberts	9
											4	Centenary	1
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						3	Southern Utah	3
	4	Centenary	6			4	Centenary	7
	2	Western Illinois	5

Game-by-game results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Comment
1	(1) Oral Roberts	6–1	(4) Centenary
2	(3) Southern Utah	6–2	(2) Western Illinois
3	(4) Centenary	6–5	(2) Western Illinois	Western Illinois eliminated
4	(1) Oral Roberts	11–2	(3) Southern Utah
5	(4) Centenary	16–12 10	(3) Southern Utah	Southern Utah eliminated
6	(1) Oral Roberts	9–1	(4) Centenary	Oral Roberts wins Mid-Con Championship

All-Tournament Team

Name	School
Brian Aguailar	Oral Roberts
J.C. Biagi	Centenary
Dennis Bigley	Oral Roberts
Brandon Fulenchek	Centenary
Michael Hollimon	Oral Roberts
Kasey Hubbard	Southern Utah
T.J. Kistner	Western Illinois
Bobby Mahon	Western Illinois
Taylor McIntyre	Oral Roberts
Kelly Minissale	Oral Roberts
Aaron Nelson	Southern Utah
Jeff Oliverson	Southern Utah
Tim Ryan	Centenary
Tim Torres	Oral Roberts

Tournament Most Valuable Player

Michael Holliman of Oral Roberts was named Tournament MVP.

References

1. 2021 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Summit League. Retrieved May 25, 2025.
2. "Summit League Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Summit League. Retrieved May 25, 2025.