2002 Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2002 Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Melching Field at Conrad Park on the campus of Stetson University in DeLand, Florida from May 22 through 25.[2] UCF won its sixth and final tournament championship to earn the Atlantic Sun Conference's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[3]

2002 Atlantic Sun Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsUCF (6th title)
Winning coachJay Bergman (6th title)
MVPMatt Myers, UCF
2002 Atlantic Sun Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
UCF  ‍†‍‡‍y 23–7 .767  41–22 .651
No. 15 Florida Atlantic  ‍‍‍y 22–8 .733  46–21 .687
Stetson  ‍‍‍y 19–9 .679  42–19 .689
Troy State  ‍‍‍ 16–14 .533  28–30 .483
Jacksonville  ‍‍‍ 15–15 .500  27–31 .466
Samford  ‍‍‍ 13–17 .433  27–31 .466
Mercer  ‍‍‍ 13–17 .433  22–32 .407
Georgia State  ‍‍‍ 13–17 .433  24–32 .429
Campbell  ‍‍‍ 13–17 .433  19–38 .333
Jacksonville State  ‍‍‍ 9–20 .310  23–31 .426
Belmont  ‍‍‍ 9–20 .310  22–30 .423
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2002[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding

The top six teams (based on conference results) from the conference earn invites to the tournament.

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
UCF237.767—1
Florida Atlantic228.73312
Stetson199.67933
Troy State1614.53374
Jacksonville1515.50085
Samford1317.433106
Mercer1317.43310—
Georgia State1317.43310—
Campbell1119.36712—
Jacksonville State920.31013.5—
Belmont920.31013.5—

Results
  First round Second round Third round Semi-finals Finals
                                                 
  1 UCF 7  
  6 Samford 5     1 UCF  
    4 Troy State    
  3 Stetson 7         1 UCF 13            
  4 Troy State 6           3 Stetson 6              
      3 Stetson 3           1 UCF 8 —
      2 Florida Atlantic 0         2 Florida Atlantic 3 —
  2 Florida Atlantic 4         3 Stetson 3    
  5 Jacksonville 2       2 Florida Atlantic 6     2 Florida Atlantic 10  
  6 Samford 6     5 Jacksonville 4  
  5 Jacksonville 11  

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]

PosNameTeam
PJustin PopeUCF
Danny CoreFlorida Atlantic
Roger LincolnStetson
V D StertzbachUCF
RPAndy WilsonStetson
IFMike CoxFlorida Atlantic
Mike MyersUCF
OFGabe SomaribbaFlorida Atlantic
Clay TimpnerUCF
Phil NoverJacksonville
Ty HansonUCF
Robert OrtonFlorida Atlantic

Tournament Most Valuable Player

Mike Myers was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Myers was an infielder for UCF.[4]

References
  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2002". boydsworld.com. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  2. Baseball Media Guide (PDF). UCF Knights. p. 68. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  3. Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. p. 7. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  4. Baseball Record Book (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conferece. p. 13. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
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