2001 Mid-Continent Conference baseball tournament

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]

2001 Mid-Continent Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsOral Roberts (4th title)
Winning coachSunny Golloway (4th title)
MVPTrevor Leu (Oral Roberts)
  • 2000
  • Mid-Con baseball tournament
  • 2002
2001 Mid-Continent Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Oral Roberts  y 2410 .96048130 .787
Southern Utah   1990 .67923370 .383
Valparaiso   14100 .58328290 .491
Youngstown State   12150 .44424301 .445
IUPUI   11170 .39317370 .315
Western Illinois   10160 .38512380 .240
Chicago State   8180 .30815360 .294
Oakland   7190 .26911430 .204
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2001[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

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The top four finishers advanced to the tournament.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Oral Roberts241.9601
Southern Utah199.6796.52
Valparaiso1410.5839.53
Youngstown State1215.444134
IUPUI1117.39314.5
Western Illinois1016.38514.5
Chicago State818.30816.5
Oakland719.26917.5

Tournament

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Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1Oral Roberts10
4Youngstown State3
1Oral Roberts4
2Southern Utah2
3Valparaiso4
2Southern Utah5
1Oral Roberts13
2Southern Utah7
Lower round 1Lower final
2Southern Utah14
4Youngstown State53Valparaiso1
3Valparaiso7

Game-by-game results

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GameWinnerScoreLoserComment
1(1) Oral Roberts10–3(4) Youngstown State
2(2) Southern Utah5–4(3) Valparaiso
3(3) Valparaiso7–5(4) Youngstown StateYoungstown State eliminated
4(1) Oral Roberts4–2(2) Southern Utah
5(2) Southern Utah6–1(3) ValparaisoValparaiso eliminated
6(1) Oral Roberts13–7(2) Southern UtahOral Roberts wins Mid-Con Championship

All-Tournament Team

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NameSchool
Doug BernierOral Roberts
Keith DickinsonSouthern Utah
Erick DonaldsonOral Roberts
Chad GrundySouthern Utah
Travis HatchSouthern Utah
Steve HolmOral Roberts
Curtis JacobsenSouthern Utah
Trevor LeuOral Roberts
Chris NelsonSouthern Utah
Mark PedersenValparaiso
Rene RecioOral Roberts
Kendall SchlabachYoungstown State
Wilton ReynoldsOral Roberts
Rick WhiteSouthern Utah

Tournament Most Valuable Player

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Trevor Leu of Oral Roberts was named Tournament MVP.

References

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  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.