2001 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Tournament

The 2001 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference baseball tournament was held in Winona, MN. Wayne State College defeated Winona State University for the title. Gary Redden of Wayne State was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Winona State University	9-1	Gary Grob
2	Wayne State College	12-2	John Manganaro
3	Southwest Minnesota State University	11-4	Paul Blanchard
4	University of Minnesota Crookston	5-9	Steve Olson

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Final
	1	Winona St.	15
	4	Minnesota Crookston	6
						1	Winona St.	6
						3	Southwest Minnesota St.	5
	2	Wayne St. (NE)	8
	3	Southwest Minnesota St.	10
											1	Winona St.	0	3
											2	Wayne St. (NE)	3	4
						3	Southwest Minnesota St.	5
	4	Minnesota Crookston	2			2	Wayne St. (NE)	12
	2	Wayne St. (NE)	16

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Winona State University	15-6	University of Minnesota Crookston
Game 2	Southwest Minnesota State University	10-8	Wayne State College
Game 3	Wayne State College	16-2	University of Minnesota Crookston	Minnesota Crookston eliminated
Game 4	Winona State University	6-5	Southwest Minnesota State University
Game 5	Wayne State College	12-5	Southwest Minnesota State University	Southwest Minnesota State eliminated
Game 6	Wayne State College	3-0	Winona State University
Game 7	Wayne State College	4-3	Winona State University	Wayne State College advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• Gary Redden Jr. C Wayne State
• Matt Hanson Sr. 1B Southwest State
• Joey Baldwin Jr. 2B Wayne State
• Andy Schultz Sr. 3B Wayne State
• Jason Denzer Sr. SS Winona State
• Jeff Dobbertin So. OF Winona State
• Brian Zimmerman Sr. OF Wayne State
• Kyle Simon Sr. OF Winona State
• Ryan Dalum Sr. DH Southwest State
• Brady Borner Sr. P Wayne State
• John Spaeth Sr. P Winona State