2011 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament explained

Year:2011
Conference:Mid-American Conference
Teams:8
Format:Double-elimination
Ballpark:V.A. Memorial Stadium
City:Chillicothe, OH
Titlecount:9th
Coach:Scott Stricklin
Coachcount:4th
Mvp:David Starn
Mvpteam:Kent State

The 2011 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament took place from May 25 through 28. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's twelve teams, regardless of division, met in the double-elimination tournament held at V.A. Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe, Ohio. won their third consecutive tournament, and ninth overall, to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1] [2]

Seeding

The winners of each division claim the top two seeds, with the next six teams, based on conference winning percentage claim the third through eight seeds. The teams then play a two bracket, double-elimination tournament leading to a final matching the winners of each bracket.

Team W L PCT GB Seed
East Division
21 5 .808 1
18 9 .667 3.5 3
11 14 .440 9.5 8
11 16 .407 10.5
7 20 .259 14.5
3 22 .120 18
West Division
17 9 .654 2
16 11 .593 1.5 4
16 11 .593 1.5 5
15 12 .556 2.5 6
1214 .462 5 7
11 15 .423 6

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]

Name School
Nate Theunissen Central Michigan
Tyler Hall Central Michigan
Rob Wendzicki Eastern Michigan
Zack Leonard Eastern Michigan
Tyler Melling Miami
Brooks Fiala Miami
David Starn Kent State
Evan Campbell Kent State
Andrew Chafin Kent State
David Lyon Kent State

Most Valuable Player

David Starn won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Starn was a pitcher for Kent State.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Conference Championship Central. ncaa.com. May 4, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20110811215733/http://www.ncaa.com/news/baseball/2011-04-15/division-i-conference-championships. August 11, 2011. dead.
  2. Web site: Mid-American Conference Tournament History . Mid-American Conference . May 4, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141009160850/http://www.mac-sports.com/Portals/20/MACTournamentHistory.pdf . October 9, 2014 .
  3. Web site: All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's. Mid-American Sports. May 4, 2013.