2001 Northern Illinois-Iowa Conference Tournament

The 2001 Northern Illinois-Iowa Conference baseball tournament was held May 4-5 at Marinelli Field in Rockford, IL. #1 Aurora University defeated #4 Concordia University Chicago for the title.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Aurora University	15-3	Mark Walsh
2	Benedictine University	13-5	John Ostrowski
3	Clarke College	12-6	Eric Frese
4	Concordia University Chicago	12-6	Spiro Lempesis

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Final
	1	Aurora	3
	4	Concordia (IL)	4
						4	Concordia (IL)	4
						2	Benedictine (IL)	0
	2	Benedictine (IL)	7
	3	Clarke	2
											4	Concordia (IL)	10	8
											1	Aurora	23	10
						2	Benedictine (IL)	8
	1	Aurora	12			1	Aurora	9
	3	Clarke	3

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 4
Game 1	Concordia University Chicago	4-3	Aurora University
Game 2	Benedictine University	7-2	Clarke College
Game 3	Aurora University	12-3	Clarke College	Clarke eliminated
Game 4	Concordia University Chicago	4-0	Benedictine University
May 5
Game 5	Aurora University	9-8	Benedictine University	Benedictine eliminated
Game 6	Aurora University	23-10	Concordia University Chicago
Game 7	Aurora University	10-8 (10)	Concordia University Chicago	Aurora advances to NCAA tournament