2002 Big 12 Conference softball tournament explained

Year:	2002
Conference:	Big 12 Conference
Shortconference:	Big 12
Division:	I
Teams:	10
Ballpark:	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
City:	Oklahoma City, OK
Titlecount:	2nd
Coach:	Connie Clark
Coachcount:	2nd
Runnerupgamecount:	3rd
Mvp:	Cat Osterman
Attendance:	5,500

The 2002 Big 12 Conference softball tournament was held at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, OK from May 2 through May 5, 2002. Texas won their second conference tournament and earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I softball tournament.^{[1] [2]}

,, and received bids to the NCAA tournament.^[3] Oklahoma and Nebraska would go on to play in the 2002 Women's College World Series.

Standings

Source:^[3]

Place	Seed	Team	Conference			Overall
			W	L	%	W	L	%
1	1		17	1		50	13
2	2		14	2		49	16
3	3		11	5		50	14
4	4		10	8		46	18
5	5		9	9		40	18
6	6		8	10		29	22
7	7		7	11		33	25
8	8		6	12		19	25
9	9		4	14		29	33
10	10		2	16		13	40

Schedule

Source:^{[2] [4]}

Game	Time	Matchup	Location	Attendance
Day 1 – Thursday, May 2
1	5:00 p.m.	8 1, #9 0	Hall of Fame Stadium
2	5:00 p.m.	7 2, #10 1	Field 2
3	7:30 p.m.	1 8, #8 0 (5)	Hall of Fame Stadium
4	7:30 p.m.	7 3, #2 1	Field 2
Day 2 – Friday, May 3
5	11:00 a.m.	5 5, #4 1	Hall of Fame Stadium	1,358
6	11:00 a.m.	3 2, #6 0	Field 2
7	1:53 a.m.	2 5, #8 1	Hall of Fame Stadium
8	3:30 p.m.	4 4, #6 0	Hall of Fame Stadium
9	5:00 p.m.	1 2, #5 1 (8)	Hall of Fame Stadium
10	8:05 p.m.	3 7, #7 5	Hall of Fame Stadium
Day 3 – Saturday, May 4
11	11:00 a.m.	2 10, #7 0 (5)	Hall of Fame Stadium	1,477
12	1:27 p.m.	5 1, #4 0	Hall of Fame Stadium
13	5:04 p.m.	3 6, #5 2	Hall of Fame Stadium
14	7:47 p.m.	2 4, #1 0	Hall of Fame Stadium
Day 4 – Sunday, May 5
15	10:00 a.m.	1 2, #2 0	Hall of Fame Stadium	969
16	2:36 p.m.	1 1, #3 0	Hall of Fame Stadium	977
Game times in CDT. Rankings denote tournament seed.

All-Tournament Team

Source:^[2]

Position	Player	School
MOP	Cat Osterman
1B/OF	Nicole Trimboli
2B	Lindsay Gardner
SS	Amanda Buchholz
IF	Kelli Braitsch
C	Marlo Hanks
CF	Shelly Musser
OF	Sarah Caudle
OF/P	Lisa Wangler
OF	Cheryl Fowler
P	Cat Osterman
P/1B	Peaches James
P/DP	Kami Keiter

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2002 Big 12 Conference softball tournament Results. Big 12 Conference. PDF. June 6, 2020.
2. Web site: 2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book. 198–202. Big 12 Conference. PDF. June 6, 2020.
3. Web site: 2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book. 196–197. Big 12 Conference. PDF. June 6, 2020.
4. Web site: 2002 Big 12 Conference softball tournament Results. Big 12 Conference. PDF. June 6, 2020.