2000 Midwestern Collegiate Conference Tournament

The 2000 Midwestern Collegiate Conference baseball tournament was held in Dayton, OH. #4 Butler University defeated #2 University of Illinois at Chicago for the title. Jeremy Sinsabaugh of Butler was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	12-6	Jerry Augustine
2	University of Illinois at Chicago	12-6	Mike Dee
3	Cleveland State University	10-9	Jay Murphy
4	Butler University	8-8	Steve Farley
5	Wright State University	8-12	Ron Nischwitz
6	University of Detroit Mercy	5-14	Bob Miller

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals					Finals
	1	Wisc.-Milwaukee	10
	6	Detroit Mercy	9			1	Wisc.-Milwaukee	6
						4	Butler	12
											4	Butler	6
											5	Wright St.	4
						6	Detroit Mercy	2
						5	Wright St.	9
	2	Ill,-Chicago	7													4	Butler	6	4
	5	Wright St.	5													2	Ill,-Chicago	2	2
						2	Ill,-Chicago	7
						3	Cleveland St.	2
	3	Cleveland St.	10								2	Ill,-Chicago	5
	4	Butler	5								1	Wisc.-Milwaukee	4
						3	Cleveland St.	5
						1	Wisc.-Milwaukee	6

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	10-9	University of Detroit Mercy
Game 2	Cleveland State University	10-5	Butler University
Game 3	University of Illinois at Chicago	7-5	Wright State University
Game 4	Wright State University	9-2	University of Detroit Mercy	Detroit eliminated
Game 5	Butler University	12-6	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Game 6	University of Illinois at Chicago	7-2	Cleveland State University
Game 7	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	6-5 (10)	Cleveland State University	Cleveland State eliminated
Game 8	Butler University	6-4	Wright State University	Wright State eliminated
Game 9	University of Illinois at Chicago	5-4	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	Wisconsin-Milwaukee eliminated
Game 10	Butler University	6-2	University of Illinois at Chicago
Game 11	Butler University	4-2	University of Illinois at Chicago	Butler advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• P Nick Worm, UIC
• P Neal Walther, Butler
• C Chris Grimm, Wright State
• 1B Justin Keever, Butler
• 2B Keith Lillash, Cleveland State
• 3B Bob Rosinski, UIC
• SS Scott Gillitzer, Milwaukee
• OF Jeremy Sinsabaugh, Butler
• OF J.P. Moran, UIC
• OF Luke Murphy, Butler
• DH Lance Links, Butler