2000 Mid-Continent Conference baseball tournament

The 2000 Mid-Continent Conference Tournament took place from May 17 through 20. The top six 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 third time.[2]

2000 Mid-Continent Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsOral Roberts (3rd title)
Winning coachSunny Golloway (3rd title)
MVPEric Vandeventer (Oral Roberts)
  • 1999
  • Mid-Con baseball tournament
  • 2001
2000 Mid-Continent Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Oral Roberts  ‍y 26 1 0   .963 49 15 0   .766
Oakland  ‍‍‍ 17 9 0   .654 28 32 0   .467
Southern Utah  ‍‍‍ 16 11 0   .593 30 26 0   .536
Youngstown State  ‍‍‍ 13 13 0   .500 24 31 0   .436
Western Illinois  ‍‍‍ 12 15 0   .444 17 39 0   .304
Valparaiso  ‍‍‍ 10 17 0   .370 14 42 1   .254
Chicago State  ‍‍‍ 7 18 0   .280 17 30 0   .362
IUPUI  ‍‍‍ 4 21 0   .160 10 40 0   .200
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2000[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

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The top six finishers advanced to the tournament.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Oral Roberts 26 1 .963 1
Oakland 17 9 .654 8.5 2
Southern Utah 16 11 .593 10 3
Western Illinois 13 13 .500 12.5 4
Youngstown State 12 15 .444 14 5
Valparaiso 10 17 .370 16 6
Chicago State 7 18 .280 18
IUPUI 4 21 .160 21

Tournament

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First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsFinal
1Oral Roberts1
3Southern Utah6
1Oral Roberts53Southern Utah20
6Valparaiso36Valparaiso73Southern Utah11
6Valparaiso20
2Oakland1
5Western Illinois13
3Southern Utah1
3Southern Utah4
4Youngstown State6
4Youngstown State71Oral Roberts8
2Oakland9
2Oakland52Oakland1
5Western Illinois31Oral Roberts20
1Oral Roberts26
4Youngstown State2

Game-by-game results

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Game Winner Score Loser Comment
1 (1) Oral Roberts 5–3 (6) Valparaiso
2 (2) Oakland 5–3 (5) Western Illinois
3 (4) Youngstown State 6–1 (3) Southern Utah
4 (6) Valparaiso 20–13 (5) Western Illinois Western Illinois eliminated
5 (3) Southern Utah 6–1 (1) Oral Roberts
6 (2) Oakland 9–7 (4) Youngstown State
7 (1) Oral Roberts 26–2 (4) Youngstown State Youngstown State eliminated
8 (1) Oral Roberts 1–0 (2) Oakland
9 (3) Southern Utah 20–7 (6) Valparaiso Valparaiso eliminated
10 (3) Southern Utah 11–1 (2) Oakland Oakland eliminated
11 (1) Oral Roberts 8–4 (3) Southern Utah Oral Roberts wins Mid-Con Championship

All-Tournament Team

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Name School
James Anderson Southern Utah
Sean Boesch Oakland
Stockton Davis Oral Roberts
Steve Holm Oral Roberts
Curtis Jacobsen Southern Utah
Justin Kittrell Southern Utah
Ryan Neill Oral Roberts
Mark Pedersen Valparaiso
Mike Rose Oral Roberts
Todd Santore Youngstown State
Kyle Sobecki Youngstown State
Jeff Stallings Oral Roberts
J.J. Swiatkowski Valparaiso
Eric Vandeventer Oral Roberts

Tournament Most Valuable Player

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Eric Vandeventer of Oral Roberts was named Tournament MVP.

References

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  1. ^ 2021 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Summit League. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  2. ^ "Summit League Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Summit League. Retrieved June 2, 2024.