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]
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 | |
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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 | ||
12 | 14 | .462 | 5 | 7 | ||
11 | 15 | .423 | 6 | – |
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 |
David Starn won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Starn was a pitcher for Kent State.