# 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.

## Format and seeding

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

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | 1 | Oral Roberts | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 3 | Southern Utah | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Oral Roberts | 5 | 3 | Southern Utah | 6 | 3 | Southern Utah | 20 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Valparaiso | 3 | | | | 6 | Valparaiso | 7 | 3 | Southern Utah | 11 | |
| 6 | Valparaiso | 3 | 6 | Valparaiso | 20 | 6 | Valparaiso | 7 | 3 | Southern Utah | 11 | |
| | | | 6 | Valparaiso | 20 | | | | 2 | Oakland | 1 | |
| | | | 5 | Western Illinois | 13 | | | | 2 | Oakland | 1 | | | |
| 3 | Southern Utah | 1 | 5 | Western Illinois | 13 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Southern Utah | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Southern Utah | 4 |
| 4 | Youngstown State | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Southern Utah | 4 |
| 4 | Youngstown State | 6 | 4 | Youngstown State | 7 | | | | | | | 1 | Oral Roberts | 8 |
| | | | 2 | Oakland | 9 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Oakland | 5 | 2 | Oakland | 9 | 2 | Oakland | 1 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Western Illinois | 3 | | | | 1 | Oral Roberts | 20 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Western Illinois | 3 | 1 | Oral Roberts | 26 | 1 | Oral Roberts | 20 | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Youngstown State | 2 | | | | | | | | | |

### Game-by-game results

| 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

| 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

Eric Vandeventer of Oral Roberts was named Tournament MVP.