2002 Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball team

March 2026 American college baseball season August 2023 2002 Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo.svg 150 Big East Conference Big East Conference (1979–2013) Big East 7 6 50–18 18–8 Paul Mainieri 8th Wally Widelski 2nd Dusty Lepper 3rd Brian O'Connor 8th Andrew Bushey Steve Stanley Frank Eck Stadium Big East Conference championsBig East Conference Tournament championsSouth Bend Regional championsTallahassee Super Regional champions College World Series 4th The 2002 Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 2002 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Fighting Irish played their home games at Frank Eck Stadium. The team was coached by Paul Mainieri in his 8th year as head coach at Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish won the South Bend Regional and the Tallahassee Super Regional to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Stanford Cardinal. Roster 2002 Notre Dame Fighting Irish y Steve Stanley 2 OF L L 5 8 155 SR Upper Arlington, Ohio C Steve Sollmann 3 INF R R 5 10 190 SO Cincinnati, Ohio Drew Duff 5 RHP R R 5 11 190 SR Sevierville, Tennessee Geoff Milsom 6 INF L R 6 1 195 FR New York, New York Zach Sisko 7 INF L R 6 1 195 SO Belleville, Illinois Kris Billmaier 8 OF R R 5 10 200 JR Woodinville, Washington Matt Bok 9 OF S R 5 10 190 SR Akron, Ohio Chris Niesel 10 RHP R R 5 11 205 FR Plantation, Florida Matt Macri y 11 U R R 6 1 185 FR Clive, Iowa Andrew Bushy 12 INF L R 5 10 190 SR Boardman, Ohio C Jay Molina 13 C R R 5 11 195 FR Moline, Illinois Matt Edwards 14 U R R 6 1 180 FR Mechanicsville, Virginia Javier Sanchez 15 INF R R 6 2 200 SO Miami, Florida Ken Meyer 17 INF R R 6 0 205 SR Fort Myers, Florida Brent Weiss 18 U R R 6 1 215 FR Cockeysville, Maryland Brian Stavisky 19 OF L R 6 3 220 JR Port Allegany, Pennsylvania Peter Ogilvie 20 RHP R R 6 3 215 JR Buffalo Grove, Illinois Joe Thaman 21 U L L 6 4 210 SO St. Louis, Missouri Grant Johnson 22 RHP R R 6 6 220 FR Burr Ridge, Illinois Martin Vergara 23 RHP R R 6 0 185 FR Paterson, New Jersey Mike Holba 25 INF R R 6 0 185 JR Lansing, Illinois Paul O'Toole 27 C L R 6 1 205 SR Lakewood, Ohio Cody Wilkins 29 LHP R L 6 1 225 SO Hudson, North Carolina Mike Morgalis 30 RHP R R 6 4 205 SO Cincinnati, Ohio Ryan Kalita 32 RHP R R 6 2 210 JR Oak Park, Illinois Scott Bickford 33 LHP R L 6 4 160 FR Owings, Maryland Matt Strickroth 35 U R R 6 4 230 SR Mission Viejo, California Matt Laird 37 RHP R R 6 0 195 JR Bellaire, Texas Tyler Jones 38 RHP R R 6 4 205 FR Arlington, Texas Matt Buchmeier 39 RHP R R 6 0 195 SR Greenwood, Indiana George Howard 40 OF R R 5 7 145 FR Pine Bluff, Arkansas Mike Milligan 44 C R R 5 10 240 FR Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Brandon Viloria 45 RHP R R 5 11 210 JR Wailuku, Hawaii J. P. Gagne 46 RHP R R 6 0 200 JR Bloomington, Minnesota John Axford y 49 RHP R R 6 5 175 FR Port Dover, Ontario https://und.com/2002-notre-dame-baseball-roster/ October 2, 2021 1 Paul Mainieri 28 Wally Widelski 4 Dusty Lepper 26 Brian O'Connor Schedule Notre Dame Fighting Irish 2 white 2002 Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball game log ! style="Notre Dame Fighting Irish white" | Regular season |- valign="top" y background:#Notre Dame Fighting Irish;color:#Notre Dame Fighting Irish; February (1–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Big East record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | February 22 || vs. Missouri || No. 19 || Maestri Field at Privateer Park • New Orleans, Louisiana || W 7–6 || || || || || 1–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | February 23 || at 2002 New Orleans Privateers New Orleans || No. 19 || Maestri Field at Privateer Park • New Orleans, Louisiana || L 7–8 || || || || || 1–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | February 24 || vs. 2002 Southern Illinois Salukis Southern Illinois || No. 19 || Maestri Field at Privateer Park • New Orleans, Louisiana || L 2–6 || || || || || 1–2 || – |- y background:#Notre Dame Fighting Irish;color:#Notre Dame Fighting Irish; March (11–8) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Big East record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 1 || vs. 2002 Duquesne Dukes Duquesne || No. 24 || Homestead Sports Complex • Homestead, Florida || W 6–0 || || || || || 2–2 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 2 || vs. 2002 Fairfield Stags Fairfield || No. 24 || Homestead Sports Complex • Homestead, Florida || W 6–4 || || || || || 3–2 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | March 2 || vs. 2002 FIU Panthers FIU || No. 24 || Homestead Sports Complex • Homestead, Florida || L 4–13 || || || || || 3–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 3 || vs. 2002 Sacred Heart Pioneers Sacred Heart || No. 24 || Homestead Sports Complex • Homestead, Florida || W 4–1 || || || || || 4–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | March 8 || vs. 2002 TCU Horned Frogs TCU || No. 24 || Dell Diamond • Round Rock, Texas || L 3–7 || || || || || 4–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 9 || vs. 2002 USC Trojans USC || No. 24 || Dell Diamond • Round Rock, Texas || W 15–8 || || || || || 5–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | March 10 || vs. 2002 Texas–Pan American Broncs Texas–Pan American || No. 24 || Dell Diamond • Round Rock, Texas || L 5–6 || || || || || 5–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | March 11 || vs. 2002 Creighton Bluejays Creighton || || Dell Diamond • Round Rock, Texas || L 6–8 || || || || || 5–6 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 13 || vs. Creighton || || Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium • San Antonio, Texas || W 6–2 || || || || || 6–6 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 14 || vs. Southern Illinois || || Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium • San Antonio, Texas || W 5–3 || || || || || 7–6 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 15 || vs. 2002 Arkansas–Little Rock Trojans Arkansas–Little Rock || || Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium • San Antonio, Texas || W 7–5 || || || || || 8–6 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 16 || vs. Southern Illinois || || Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium • San Antonio, Texas || W 3–2 || || || || || 9–6 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | March 23 || at Connecticut || || J. O. Christian Field • Storrs, Connecticut || L 3–4 || || || || || 9–7 || 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | March 23 || at Connecticut || || J. O. Christian Field • Storrs, Connecticut || L 8–9 || || || || || 9–8 || 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | March 24 || at Connecticut || || J. O. Christian Field • Storrs, Connecticut || L 6–13 || || || || || 9–9 || 0–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | March 28 || at 2002 West Virginia Mountaineers West Virginia || || Hawley Field • Morgantown, West Virginia || L 2–4 || || || || || 9–10 || 0–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 28 || at West Virginia || || Hawley Field • Morgantown, West Virginia || W 10–6 || || || || || 10–10 || 1–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 30 || at 2002 Georgetown Hoyas Georgetown || || Shirley Povich Field • Bethesda, Maryland || W 10–6 || || || || || 11–10 || 2–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 30 || at Georgetown || || Shirley Povich Field • Bethesda, Maryland || W 12–3 || || || || || 12–10 || 3–4 |- y background:#Notre Dame Fighting Irish;color:#Notre Dame Fighting Irish; April (19–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Big East record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 1 || 2002 BYU Cougars BYU || || Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana || W 1–0 || || || || || 13–10 || 3–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 3 || 2002 Valparaiso Crusaders Valparaiso || || Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana || W 16–0 || || || || || 14–10 || 3–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 3 || Valparasio || || Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana || W 12–1 || || || || || 15–10 || 3–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 6 || 2002 St. John's Red Storm St. John's || || Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana || W 4–1 || || || || || 16–10 || 4–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | April 6 || St. John's || || Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana || L 3–4 || || || || || 16–11 || 4–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 7 || St. John's || || Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana || W 5–2 || || || || || 17–11 || 5–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 9 || 2002 Western Michigan Broncos Western Michigan || || Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana || W 5–4 || || || || || 18–11 || 5–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | April 11 || 2002 Pittsburgh Panthers Pittsburgh || || Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana || L 5–7 || || || || || 18–12 || 5–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 11 || Pittsburgh || || Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana || W 12–2 || || || || || 19–12 || 6–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 12 || 2002 Virginia Tech Hokies Virginia Tech || || Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana || W 2–1 || || || || || 20–12 || 7–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 12 || Virginia Tech || || Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana || W 4–2 || || || || || 21–12 || 8–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 15 || 2002 Central Michigan Chippewas Central Michigan || || Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana || W 10–9 || || || || || 22–12 || 7–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 16 || 2002 Ball State Cardinals Ball State || || Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana || W 10–1 || || || || || 23–12 || 7–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 17 || 2002 Toledo Rockets Toledo || || Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana || W 15–4 || || || || || 24–12 || 8–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 20 || at 2002 Seton Hall Pirates Seton Hall || || Owen T. Carroll Field • South Orange, New Jersey || W 9–4 || || || || || 25–12 || 9–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 21 || at Seton Hall || || Owen T. Carroll Field • South Orange, New Jersey || W 4–2 || || || || || 26–12 || 10–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 21 || at Seton Hall || || Owen T. Carroll Field • South Orange, New Jersey || W 6–1 || || || || || 27–12 || 11–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 23 || 2002 Chicago State Cougars Chicago State || || Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana || W 9–8 || || || || || 28–12 || 11–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 24 || 2002 Bowling Green Falcons Bowling Green || || Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana || W 3–2 || || || || || 29–12 || 11–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 26 || No. 30 2002 Arizona State Sun Devils Arizona State || || Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana || W 11–5 || || || || || 30–12 || 11–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 30 || vs. 2002 Michigan Wolverines Michigan || No. 19 || Fifth Third Ballpark • Grand Rapids, Michigan || W 7–4 || || || || || 31–12 || 11–6 |- y background:#Notre Dame Fighting Irish;color:#Notre Dame Fighting Irish; May (10–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Big East record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | May 1 || 2002 Oakland Grizzlies Oakland || No. 19 || Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana || W 11–5 || || || || || 32–12 || 11–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | May 4 || 2002 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Rutgers || No. 19 || Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana || W 6–5 || || || || || 33–12 || 12–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | May 4 || Rutgers || No. 19 || Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana || W 7–2 || || || || || 34–12 || 13–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | May 5 || Rutgers || No. 19 || Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana || L 0–11 || || || || || 34–13 || 13–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | May 11 || at 2002 Villanova Wildcats Villanova || No. 19 || Richie Ashburn Field • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania || L 7–8 || || || || || 34–14 || 13–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | May 12 || at Villanova || No. 19 || Richie Ashburn Field • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania || W 8–1 || || || || || 35–14 || 14–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | May 12 || at Villanova || No. 19 || Richie Ashburn Field • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania || W 9–5 || || || || || 36–14 || 15–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | May 15 || 2002 Rochester Warriors Rochester || No. 23 || Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana || W 10–3 || || || || || 37–14 || 15–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | May 15 || 2002 Detroit Titans Detroit || No. 23 || Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana || W 23–1 || || || || || 38–14 || 15–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | May 17 || 2002 Boston College Eagles Boston College || No. 23 || Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana || W 8–2 || || || || || 39–14 || 16–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | May 18 || Boston College || No. 23 || Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana || W 10–6 || || || || || 40–14 || 17–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | May 18 || Boston College || No. 23 || Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana || W 5–2 || || || || || 41–14 || 18–8 |- |- ! style="Notre Dame Fighting Irish white" | Postseason |- y background:#Notre Dame Fighting Irish Big East Tournament (3–1) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record BIGET record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | May 23 || vs. (4) Rutgers || (1) No. 18 || Commerce Bank Ballpark • Bridgewater, New Jersey || W 8–3 || || || || || 42–14 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | May 24 || vs. (2) Virginia Tech || (1) No. 18 || Commerce Bank Ballpark • Bridgewater, New Jersey || W 8–4 || || || || || 43–14 || 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | May 25 || vs. (4) Rutgers || (1) No. 18 || Commerce Bank Ballpark • Bridgewater, New Jersey || L 3–4 || || || || || 43–15 || 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | May 23 || vs. (4) Rutgers || (1) No. 18 || Commerce Bank Ballpark • Bridgewater, New Jersey || W 3–2 || || || || || 44–15 || 3–1 |- y background:#Notre Dame Fighting Irish NCAA tournament: South Bend Regional (3–0) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | May 31 || (3) No. 30 2002 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State || (2) No. 17 || Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana || W 8–6 || || || || || 45–15 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | June 1 || (1) No. 20 2002 South Alabama Jaguars South Alabama || (2) No. 17 || Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana || W 25–1 || || || || || 46–15 || 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | June 2 || (3) No. 30 Ohio State || (2) No. 17 || Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana || W 9–6 || || || || || 47–15 || 3–0 |- y background:#Notre Dame Fighting Irish NCAA tournament: Tallahassee Super Regional (2–1) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | June 7 || at (1) No. 1 2002 Florida State Seminoles Florida State || No. 11 || Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, Florida || W 10–4 || || || || || 48–15 || 4–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | June 9 || at (1) No. 1 Florida State || No. 11 || Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, Florida|| L 5–12 || || || || || 48–16 || 4–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | June 10 || at (1) No. 1 Florida State || No. 11 || Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, Florida|| W 3–1 || || || || || 49–16 || 5–1 |- y background:#Notre Dame Fighting Irish College World Series (1–2) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | June 15 || vs. (8) No. 5 Stanford || No. 8 || Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska || L 3–4 || || || || || 49–17 || 18–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | June 17 || vs. (4) No. 1 2002 Rice Owls Rice || No. 8 || Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska || W 5–3 || || || || || 50–17 || 18–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | June 18 || vs. (8) No. 5 Stanford || No. 8 || Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska || L 3–5 || || || || || 50–18 || 18–8 |- |All rankings from Collegiate Baseball. South Bend Regional South Bend Regional Teams(1) South Alabama Jaguars(2) Notre Dame Fighting Irish(3) Ohio State Buckeyes(4) Kent State Golden Flashes First round Regional semifinals Regional final 1 2002 South Alabama Jaguars South Alabama 7 4 2002 Kent State Golden Flashes Kent State 4 3 2002 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State 6 2 Notre Dame 8 4 Kent State 8 3 Ohio State 12 1 South Alabama 1 2 Notre Dame 25 3 Ohio State 6 1 South Alabama 4 2 Notre Dame 9 — 3 Ohio State 6 — Tallahassee Super Regional Tallahassee Super Regional Game 1(11) Notre Dame Fighting Irishvs.(1) Florida State Seminoles June 7, 2002, 6:00pm (EST) Dick Howser Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida (11) Notre Dame ND 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 10 0 0 (1) Florida State FSU 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 Tallahassee Super Regional Game 2(1) Florida State Seminolesvs.(11) Notre Dame Fighting Irish June 9, 2002, 12:30pm (EST) Dick Howser Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida (1) Florida State FSU 8 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 12 0 0 (11) Notre Dame ND 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 Tallahassee Super Regional Game 3(1) Florida State Seminolesvs.(11) Notre Dame Fighting Irish June 10, 2002, 11:00am (EST) Dick Howser Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida (1) Florida State FSU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 (11) Notre Dame ND 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 5,195 College World Series College World Series TeamsNotre Dame Fighting Irish(2) Clemson TigersGeorgia Tech Yellow Jackets(4) Rice Owls(5) Texas Longhorns(6) South Carolina GamecocksNebraska Cornhuskers(8) Stanford Cardinal 1/1/2/1 Notre Dame 3 8 Stanford 4 5 Texas 2 4 2002 Rice Owls Rice 1 Notre Dame 5 4 Rice 3 2 Clemson 11 Nebraska 10 6 South Carolina 0 2002 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Georgia Tech 11 Nebraska 8 6 South Carolina 10 8 Stanford 7 5 Texas 8 Notre Dame 3 8 Stanford 5 2 Clemson 9 Georgia Tech 7 6 South Carolina 9 Georgia Tech 5 5 Texas 6 — 8 Stanford 5 — 2 Clemson 4 2 6 South Carolina 12 10 5 Texas 12 6 South Carolina 6 Awards and honors Matt Bok Third Team All-Big East Conference Andrew Bushey Third Team All-Big East Conference Grant Johnson First Freshman All-American Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Second Freshman Team All-American Baseball America Paul O'Toole Second Team All-Big East Conference Steve Sollmann Second Team All-Big East Conference Steve Stanley First Team All-American American Baseball Coaches Associationhttp://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/baseball_RB/2010/awards.pdf NCAA Baseball Award Winners National Collegiate Athletic Association www.ncaa.org October 2, 2021 First Team All-American Baseball America First Team All-American National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association First Team All-American Collegiate Baseball Newspaper First Team All-American USA Today Big East Conference Player of the Year Big East Conference Tournament MVP First Team All-Big East Conference College World Series All-Tournament TeamCollege World Series record Book http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/baseball_cws_RB/2012/1-CWSGeneral.pdf NCAA.org October 5, 2021 Brian Stavisky Second Team All-Big East Conference References Category:Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball seasons Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball Category:College World Series seasons Notre Dame Category:Big East Conference baseball champion seasons Notre Dame