2002 Division II College World Series

The 2002 Division II College World Series was held at Paterson Field in Montgomery, AL. The eight schools qualified by winning one of eight regional tournaments. The tournament was won by Columbus State University, coached by Greg Appleton. The runner-up was the Cal State Chico. Columbus St. pitcher Brian Baker was named the series Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams

School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish
Ashland University	Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	48-13	John Schaly	1 (last:1995)	8th
California State University, Chico	California Collegiate Athletic Association	55-10 (33-7)	Lindsay Meggs	2 (last:1998)	1st
Central Missouri State University	Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association	54-8 (28-3)	Brad Hill	9 (last:2001)	1st
Columbus State University	Peach Belt Conference	48-15 (21-9)	Greg Appleton	4 (last:1990)	2nd
Delta State University	Gulf South Conference	50-8 (20-2)	Mike Kinnison	7 (last:2001)	2nd
Florida Southern College	Sunshine State Conference	43-16 (14-7)	Pete Meyer	18 (last:1995)	1st
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference	36-24 (16-8)	Matt Royer	1 (last:2001)	7th
University of Massachusetts Lowell	Northeast-10 Conference	35-18	Jim Stone	1 (last:2001)	5th

Results

2002 College World Series Bracket

	First round					Second round Re-ordered loser's bracket					Re-ordered Semifinals						Finals
		Kutztown	11
		Florida Southern	7
							Kutztown	1
							Chico St.	6
		Chico St.	5
		UMass Lowell	2
												Chico St.	8	x
											UMass Lowell	4	x
		Florida Southern	2
		UMass Lowell	7
							Kutztown	4
							Columbus St.	7
																	Chico St.	3	x	x
																	Columbus St.	5	x	x
		Ashland	12
		Delta St.	5
							Ashland	6
							Cent. Missouri St.	8
		Cent. Missouri St.	7
		Columbus St.	3
												Cent. Missouri St.	4	3
											Columbus St.	5	4
		Delta St.	5
		Columbus St.	6
							Ashland	5
							UMass Lowell	10

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 25
Game 1	Kutztown University of Pennsylvania	11 - 7	Florida Southern College
Game 2	California State University, Chico	5 – 2	University of Massachusetts Lowell
May 26
Game 3	Ashland University	12 - 5	Delta State University
Game 4	Central Missouri State University	7 - 3	Columbus State University
May 27
Game 5	University of Massachusetts Lowell	7 - 2	Florida Southern College	Florida Southern eliminated
Game 6	California State University, Chico	6 - 1	Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
May 28
Game 7	Columbus State University	6 - 5	Delta State University	Delta St. eliminated
Game 8	Central Missouri State University	8 - 6	Ashland University
May 29
Game 9	Columbus State University	7 - 4	Kutztown University of Pennsylvania	Kutztown eliminated
Game 10	University of Massachusetts Lowell	10 - 5	Ashland University	Ashland eliminated
May 30
Game 11	Columbus State University	5 - 4	Central Missouri State University
Game 12	California State University, Chico	8 - 4	University of Massachusetts Lowell	UMass Lowell eliminated
May 31
Game 13	Columbus State University	4 – 3	Central Missouri State University	Central Missouri eliminated
June 1
Game 14	Columbus State University	5 – 3	California State University, Chico	Columbus State wins CWS