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)
2000 Mid-Continent Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Oral Roberts  ‍†‍‡‍y 26–1–0 .96349–15–0 .766
Oakland  ‍‍‍ 17–9–0 .65428–32–0 .467
Southern Utah  ‍‍‍ 16–11–0 .59330–26–0 .536
Youngstown State  ‍‍‍ 13–13–0 .50024–31–0 .436
Western Illinois  ‍‍‍ 12–15–0 .44417–39–0 .304
Valparaiso  ‍‍‍ 10–17–0 .37014–42–1 .254
Chicago State  ‍‍‍ 7–18–0 .28017–30–0 .362
IUPUI  ‍‍‍ 4–21–0 .16010–40–0 .200
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2000[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The top six finishers advanced to the tournament.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Oral Roberts261.963—1
Oakland179.6548.52
Southern Utah1611.593103
Western Illinois1313.50012.54
Youngstown State1215.444145
Valparaiso1017.370166
Chicago State718.28018—
IUPUI421.16021—

Tournament
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
GameWinnerScoreLoserComment
1(1) Oral Roberts5–3(6) Valparaiso
2(2) Oakland5–3(5) Western Illinois
3(4) Youngstown State6–1(3) Southern Utah
4(6) Valparaiso20–13(5) Western IllinoisWestern Illinois eliminated
5(3) Southern Utah6–1(1) Oral Roberts
6(2) Oakland9–7(4) Youngstown State
7(1) Oral Roberts26–2(4) Youngstown StateYoungstown State eliminated
8(1) Oral Roberts1–0(2) Oakland
9(3) Southern Utah20–7(6) ValparaisoValparaiso eliminated
10(3) Southern Utah11–1(2) OaklandOakland eliminated
11(1) Oral Roberts8–4(3) Southern UtahOral Roberts wins Mid-Con Championship

All-Tournament Team
NameSchool
James AndersonSouthern Utah
Sean BoeschOakland
Stockton DavisOral Roberts
Steve HolmOral Roberts
Curtis JacobsenSouthern Utah
Justin KittrellSouthern Utah
Ryan NeillOral Roberts
Mark PedersenValparaiso
Mike RoseOral Roberts
Todd SantoreYoungstown State
Kyle SobeckiYoungstown State
Jeff StallingsOral Roberts
J.J. SwiatkowskiValparaiso
Eric VandeventerOral Roberts

Tournament Most Valuable Player

Eric Vandeventer of Oral Roberts was named Tournament MVP.

References
  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.
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