# 2002 Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball team

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.

## Schedule

2002 Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball game log :
Regular season :
February (1–2)
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordBig East record
February 22vs. MissouriNo. 19Maestri Field at Privateer Park • New Orleans, LouisianaW 7–61–0–
February 23at New OrleansNo. 19Maestri Field at Privateer Park • New Orleans, LouisianaL 7–81–1–
February 24vs. Southern IllinoisNo. 19Maestri Field at Privateer Park • New Orleans, LouisianaL 2–61–2– :
March (11–8)
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordBig East record
March 1vs. DuquesneNo. 24Homestead Sports Complex • Homestead, FloridaW 6–02–2–
March 2vs. FairfieldNo. 24Homestead Sports Complex • Homestead, FloridaW 6–43–2–
March 2vs. FIUNo. 24Homestead Sports Complex • Homestead, FloridaL 4–133–3–
March 3vs. Sacred HeartNo. 24Homestead Sports Complex • Homestead, FloridaW 4–14–3–
March 8vs. TCUNo. 24Dell Diamond • Round Rock, TexasL 3–74–4–
March 9vs. USCNo. 24Dell Diamond • Round Rock, TexasW 15–85–4–
March 10vs. Texas–Pan AmericanNo. 24Dell Diamond • Round Rock, TexasL 5–65–5–
March 11vs. CreightonDell Diamond • Round Rock, TexasL 6–85–6–
March 13vs. CreightonNelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium • San Antonio, TexasW 6–26–6–
March 14vs. Southern IllinoisNelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium • San Antonio, TexasW 5–37–6–
March 15vs. Arkansas–Little RockNelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium • San Antonio, TexasW 7–58–6–
March 16vs. Southern IllinoisNelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium • San Antonio, TexasW 3–29–6–
March 23at ConnecticutJ. O. Christian Field • Storrs, ConnecticutL 3–49–70–1
March 23at ConnecticutJ. O. Christian Field • Storrs, ConnecticutL 8–99–80–2
March 24at ConnecticutJ. O. Christian Field • Storrs, ConnecticutL 6–139–90–3
March 28at West VirginiaHawley Field • Morgantown, West VirginiaL 2–49–100–4
March 28at West VirginiaHawley Field • Morgantown, West VirginiaW 10–610–101–4
March 30at GeorgetownShirley Povich Field • Bethesda, MarylandW 10–611–102–4
March 30at GeorgetownShirley Povich Field • Bethesda, MarylandW 12–312–103–4 :
April (19–2)
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordBig East record
April 1BYUFrank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IndianaW 1–013–103–4
April 3ValparaisoFrank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IndianaW 16–014–103–4
April 3ValparasioFrank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IndianaW 12–115–103–4
April 6St. John'sFrank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IndianaW 4–116–104–4
April 6St. John'sFrank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IndianaL 3–416–114–5
April 7St. John'sFrank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IndianaW 5–217–115–5
April 9Western MichiganFrank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IndianaW 5–418–115–5
April 11PittsburghFrank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IndianaL 5–718–125–6
April 11PittsburghFrank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IndianaW 12–219–126–6
April 12Virginia TechFrank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IndianaW 2–120–127–6
April 12Virginia TechFrank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IndianaW 4–221–128–6
April 15Central MichiganFrank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IndianaW 10–922–127–6
April 16Ball StateFrank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IndianaW 10–123–127–6
April 17ToledoFrank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IndianaW 15–424–128–6
April 20at Seton HallOwen T. Carroll Field • South Orange, New JerseyW 9–425–129–6
April 21at Seton HallOwen T. Carroll Field • South Orange, New JerseyW 4–226–1210–6
April 21at Seton HallOwen T. Carroll Field • South Orange, New JerseyW 6–127–1211–6
April 23Chicago StateFrank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IndianaW 9–828–1211–6
April 24Bowling GreenFrank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IndianaW 3–229–1211–6
April 26No. 30 Arizona StateFrank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IndianaW 11–530–1211–6
April 30vs. MichiganNo. 19Fifth Third Ballpark • Grand Rapids, MichiganW 7–431–1211–6 :
May (10–2)
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordBig East record
May 1OaklandNo. 19Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IndianaW 11–532–1211–6
May 4RutgersNo. 19Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IndianaW 6–533–1212–6
May 4RutgersNo. 19Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IndianaW 7–234–1213–6
May 5RutgersNo. 19Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IndianaL 0–1134–1313–7
May 11at VillanovaNo. 19Richie Ashburn Field • Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaL 7–834–1413–8
May 12at VillanovaNo. 19Richie Ashburn Field • Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaW 8–135–1414–8
May 12at VillanovaNo. 19Richie Ashburn Field • Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaW 9–536–1415–8
May 15RochesterNo. 23Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IndianaW 10–337–1415–8
May 15DetroitNo. 23Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IndianaW 23–138–1415–8
May 17Boston CollegeNo. 23Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IndianaW 8–239–1416–8
May 18Boston CollegeNo. 23Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IndianaW 10–640–1417–8
May 18Boston CollegeNo. 23Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IndianaW 5–241–1418–8 :
Postseason :
Big East Tournament (3–1)
DateOpponentSeed/RankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordBIGET record
May 23vs. (4) Rutgers(1) No. 18Commerce Bank Ballpark • Bridgewater, New JerseyW 8–342–141–0
May 24vs. (2) Virginia Tech(1) No. 18Commerce Bank Ballpark • Bridgewater, New JerseyW 8–443–142–0
May 25vs. (4) Rutgers(1) No. 18Commerce Bank Ballpark • Bridgewater, New JerseyL 3–443–152–1
May 23vs. (4) Rutgers(1) No. 18Commerce Bank Ballpark • Bridgewater, New JerseyW 3–244–153–1 :
NCAA tournament: South Bend Regional (3–0)
DateOpponentSeed/RankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordNCAAT record
May 31(3) No. 30 Ohio State(2) No. 17Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IndianaW 8–645–151–0
June 1(1) No. 20 South Alabama(2) No. 17Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IndianaW 25–146–152–0
June 2(3) No. 30 Ohio State(2) No. 17Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IndianaW 9–647–153–0 :
NCAA tournament: Tallahassee Super Regional (2–1)
DateOpponentSeed/RankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordNCAAT record
June 7at (1) No. 1 Florida StateNo. 11Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FloridaW 10–448–154–0
June 9at (1) No. 1 Florida StateNo. 11Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FloridaL 5–1248–164–1
June 10at (1) No. 1 Florida StateNo. 11Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FloridaW 3–149–165–1 :
College World Series (1–2)
DateOpponentSeed/RankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordNCAAT record
June 15vs. (8) No. 5 StanfordNo. 8Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NebraskaL 3–449–1718–8
June 17vs. (4) No. 1 RiceNo. 8Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NebraskaW 5–350–1718–8
June 18vs. (8) No. 5 StanfordNo. 8Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NebraskaL 3–550–1818–8 :
All rankings from Collegiate Baseball. :

## South Bend Regional

South Bend Regional Teams :
| (1) South Alabama Jaguars | (2) Notre Dame Fighting Irish | (3) Ohio State Buckeyes | (4) Kent State Golden Flashes |
| First round | First round | First round | Regional semifinals | Regional semifinals | Regional semifinals | Regional final | Regional final | Regional final | Regional final |
| 1 | South Alabama | 7 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Kent State | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Kent State | 4 | 1 | South Alabama | 1 | | | | |
| | | | 2 | Notre Dame | 25 | | | | |
| 3 | Ohio State | 6 | 2 | Notre Dame | 25 | | | | |
| 2 | Notre Dame | 8 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Notre Dame | 8 | | | | 2 | Notre Dame | 9 | — |
| | | | | | | 3 | Ohio State | 6 | — |
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower final | Lower final | Lower final | 3 | Ohio State | 6 | — |
| | | | 3 | Ohio State | 6 | | | | |
| 4 | Kent State | 8 | 1 | South Alabama | 4 | | | | |
| 3 | Ohio State | 12 | | | | | | | |

## Tallahassee Super Regional

Tallahassee Super Regional Game 1 :
| (11) Notre Dame Fighting Irish | vs. | (1) Florida State Seminoles |
June 7, 2002, 6:00 pm (EST) at Dick Howser Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| (11) Notre Dame | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| (1) Florida State | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Tallahassee Super Regional Game 2 :
| (1) Florida State Seminoles | vs. | (11) Notre Dame Fighting Irish |
June 9, 2002, 12:30 pm (EST) at Dick Howser Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| (1) Florida State | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| (11) Notre Dame | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Tallahassee Super Regional Game 3 :
| (1) Florida State Seminoles | vs. | (11) Notre Dame Fighting Irish |
June 10, 2002, 11:00 am (EST) at Dick Howser Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| (1) Florida State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| (11) Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Attendance: 5,195 |||||||||||||

## College World Series

College World Series Teams :
| Notre Dame Fighting Irish | (2) Clemson Tigers | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | (4) Rice Owls | (5) Texas Longhorns | (6) South Carolina Gamecocks | Nebraska Cornhuskers | (8) Stanford Cardinal |
| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | Notre Dame | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Stanford | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Stanford | 4 | 8 | Stanford | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Texas | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Texas | 2 | 5 | Texas | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Rice | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Rice | 1 | | | | 5 | Texas | 6 | — | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 8 | Stanford | 5 | — | | | | | |
| | Notre Dame | 5 | | | | | | | | 8 | Stanford | 5 | — | | | | |
| 4 | Rice | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Rice | 3 | | Notre Dame | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Stanford | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Texas | 12 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | South Carolina | 6 |
| 2 | Clemson | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | South Carolina | 6 |
| | Nebraska | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Nebraska | 10 | 2 | Clemson | 9 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Georgia Tech | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | South Carolina | 0 | | Georgia Tech | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Georgia Tech | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Georgia Tech | 11 | | | | 2 | Clemson | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | South Carolina | 12 | 10 | | | | | |
| | Nebraska | 8 | | | | | | | | 6 | South Carolina | 12 | 10 | | | | |
| 6 | South Carolina | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | South Carolina | 10 | 6 | South Carolina | 9 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Georgia Tech | 5 | | | | | | | | | |

## Awards and honors
### Matt Bok

* Third Team All-Big East Conference

### Andrew Bushey

* Third Team All-Big East Conference

### Grant Johnson

* First Freshman All-American Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
* Second Freshman Team All-American Baseball America

### Paul O'Toole

* Second Team All-Big East Conference

### Steve Sollmann

* Second Team All-Big East Conference

### Steve Stanley

* First Team All-American American Baseball Coaches Association
* First Team All-American Baseball America
* First Team All-American National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association
* First Team All-American Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
* First Team All-American USA Today
* Big East Conference Player of the Year
* Big East Conference Tournament MVP
* First Team All-Big East Conference
* College World Series All-Tournament Team

### Brian Stavisky

* Second Team All-Big East Conference