2002 NCAA Division II baseball tournament
| Season | 2002 |
|---|---|
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Columbus State (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Chico State (3rd CWS Appearance) |
| Winning coach | Greg Appleton (1st title) |
| MOP | Brian Baker, P (Columbus State) |
| Attendance | 15,142 |
The 2002 NCAA Division II baseball tournament was the postseason tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of baseball among its Division II members at the end of the 2002 NCAA Division II baseball season.[1]
The final, eight-team double elimination tournament, also known as the College World Series, was played at Paterson Field in Montgomery, Alabama from May 25–June 2, 2002.
After losing their first game, Columbus State won five consecutive games and defeated Chico State in the championship game, 5–3, to claim the Cougars' first Division II national title.
Bracket
College World Series
| First Rounds May 25–28, 2002 | Second Rounds May 27–29, 2002 | Semifinals May 31–June 1, 2002 | Championship June 2, 2002 | |||||||||||||
| Florida Southern | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Kutztown | 11 | |||||||||||||||
| Kutztown | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Chico State | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| UMass Lowell | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Chico State | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Chico State | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Bracket One | ||||||||||||||||
| UMass Lowell | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Florida Southern | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| UMass Lowell | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Ashland | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| UMass Lowell | 10 | |||||||||||||||
| Chico State | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Columbus State | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Delta State | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Ashland | 12 | |||||||||||||||
| Ashland | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Central Missouri State | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Central Missouri State | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Columbus State | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Central Missouri State | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Bracket Two | ||||||||||||||||
| Columbus State | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Delta State | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Columbus State | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Kutztown | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Columbus State | 6 | |||||||||||||||
See also
- 2002 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
- 2002 NCAA Division III baseball tournament
- 2002 NAIA World Series
References
- ^ "DIVISION II BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). NCAA.org. NCAA. Retrieved 28 June 2024.