2002 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament

The 2002 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held May 22-26 in Wichita, KS. #1 Wichita State University defeated #3 Southwest Missouri State University for the title. Randy Walter of Wichita State was named tournament MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Wichita State University	23-9	Gene Stephenson
2	Creighton University	21-10	Jack Dahm
3	Southwest Missouri State University	19-13	Keith Guttin
4	Southern Illinois University	17-15	Dan Callahan
5	Indiana State University	16-15	Bob Warn
6	University of Northern Iowa	14-18	Rick Heller

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Wichita State	8
	6	Northern Iowa	1			1	Wichita State	17
						4	Southern Illinois	1
	2	Creighton	7								1	Wichita State	3
	5	Indiana State	9								3	SW Missouri State	0
						5	Indiana State	5													1	Wichita State	8	7
						3	SW Missouri State	11													3	SW Missouri State	12	6
	3	SW Missouri State	14													3	SW Missouri State	5
	4	Southern Illinois	7								5	Indiana State	4			5	Indiana State	2
						6	Northern Iowa	4			6	Northern Iowa	1
						2	Creighton	0

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 22
Game 1	Southwest Missouri State University	14-7	Southern Illinois University
Game 2	Indiana State University	9-7	Creighton University
Game 3	Wichita State University	8-1	University of Northern Iowa
May 23
Game 4	University of Northern Iowa	4-0	Creighton University	Creighton eliminated
Game 5	Southwest Missouri State University	11-5	Indiana State University
Game 6	Wichita State University	17-1	Southern Illinois University	suspended in 6th due to rain, finished 5/24. Southern Illinois eliminated
May 24
Game 7	Indiana State University	4-1	University of Northern Iowa	Northern Iowa eliminated
Game 8	Wichita State University	3-0	Southwest Missouri State University	suspended in 5th due to rain, finished 5/25
May 25
Game 9	Southwest Missouri State University	5-2	Indiana State University	Indiana State eliminated
May 26
Game 10	Southwest Missouri State University	12-8 (10)	Wichita State University
Game 11	Wichita State University	7-6 (11)	Southwest Missouri State University	Wichita State advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• C Tony Piazza, SW Missouri State
• 1B Donnie Watchowski, Sw Missouri State
• 2B Brian Burgamy, Wichita State
• SS Shaun Marcum, SW Missouri State
• 3B Brandon Green, Wichita State
• OF Randy Walter, Wichita State
• OF Dustin Hawkins, Wichita State
• OF Michael Miller, Indiana State
• DH Matt Gardner, SW Missouri State
• UT Brooks Colvin, SW Missouri State
• P Matt Palmer, SW Missouri State
• P John Tetuan, Wichita State