2011 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament

2011 Big South Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2011
Teams 8
Format Double-elimination
Site Gray–Minor Stadium
Lexington, VA
Champions Coastal Carolina (12th title)
Winning coach Gary Gilmore (9th title)
MVP Keith Hardwick (Coastal Carolina)
Big South Conference
Baseball Tournament
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2011 Big South Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
Coastal Carolina †‡y 20 – 7 – 0   .741     42 – 20 – 0   .677
Liberty 18 – 9 – 0   .667     35 – 24 – 0   .593
Charleston Southern 15 – 9 – 0   .625     29 – 30 – 0   .492
Winthrop 15 – 12 – 0   .556     27 – 30 – 0   .474
Gardner–Webb 13 – 14 – 0   .481     34 – 23 – 1   .595
Radford 14 – 13 – 0   .519     31 – 25 – 0   .554
VMI 14 – 13 – 0   .519     27 – 24 – 1   .529
Presbyterian 9 – 18 – 0   .333     24 – 32 – 0   .429
High Point 9 – 18 – 0   .333     24 – 32 – 0   .429
UNC Asheville 7 – 20 – 0   .259     15 – 37 – 0   .288
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
As of May 28, 2011[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2011 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from May 24–28, 2011, at Gray–Minor Stadium on the campus of the Virginia Military Institute. The top eight regular season finishers of the ten eligible teams met in the double-elimination tournament. Presbyterian was not eligible for postseason play in any sport until the 2012–2013 academic year due to its transition to Division I. Top seeded Coastal Carolina won their twelfth championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

Seeding

The top eight finishers from the regular season were seeded one through eight.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Coastal Carolina 20 7 .741
–
1
Liberty 18 9 .667
2
2
Charleston Southern 15 12 .556
5
3
Winthrop 15 12 .556
5
4
Gardner–Webb 14 13 .519
6
5
Radford 14 13 .519
6
6
VMI 14 13 .519
6
7
Presbyterian 9 18 .333
11
–
High Point 9 18 .333
11
8
UNC Asheville 7 20 .259
13
–

[3]

Bracket

Play-in Round

May 24, 2011 7:15 PM (EST) at Gray–Minor Stadium in Lexington, VA
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
#8 High Point 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 4
#5 Gardner–Webb 2 4 5 0 3 0 0 0 x 14 16 1
WP: E. Pagan (4–3)   LP: M. Caldwell (5–3)
Attendance: 499
Boxscore
May 24 4:07 PM (EST) at Gray–Minor Stadium in Lexington, VA
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
#7 VMI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0
#6 Radford 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 x 3 12 0
WP: E. Butler (9–2)   LP: J. Farley (4–8)   Sv: A. Williams (17)
Attendance: 579
Boxscore

Double-Elimination

  First Round
May 25		 Second Round
May 26		 Third Round
May 27		 Semifinals
May 27		 Championship
May 28
                                                 
  1  Coastal Carolina 5  
  2  Radford 0     1  Coastal Carolina 10  
    4  Winthrop 6    
  2  Liberty 13         1  Coastal Carolina 3            
  5  Gardner–Webb 5           2  Liberty 2              
      2  Liberty 6           1  Coastal Carolina 6
      3  Charl. Southern 1         5  Gardner–Webb 1
  3  Charl. Southern 9         2  Liberty 1    
  4  Winthrop 3       3  Charleston Southern 0     5  Gardner–Webb 5  
  5  Gardner–Webb 11     5  Gardner–Webb 5  
  6  Radford 5  

[2]

All-Tournament Team

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

POS Player Team
P Anthony Meo Coastal Carolina
P Brett Stackhouse Gardner–Webb
P Keegan Linza Liberty
P Stew Brase Charleston Southern
P Eddie Butler Radford
DH Keith Hardwick Coastal Carolina
OF Jake Watts Gardner–Webb
OF Adam McFarland Gardner–Webb
OF Daniel Bowman Coastal Carolina
INF Rich Witten Coastal Carolina
INF Taylor Motter Coastal Carolina
INF Aaron Miller Gardner–Webb
INF Walt Quattlebaum Charleston Southern
C Casey Rasmus Liberty
UTL Hayes Orton Coastal Carolina

Most Valuable Player

Coastal Carolina designated hitter Keith Hardwick was awarded MVP honors with a .429 batting average and 4 RBI in the tournament.

References

  1. ↑ "Baseball standings". BigSouthSports.com. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "2011 Big South Baseball Championship". BigSouthSports.com. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
  3. ↑ 2011 Big South Baseball Standings
  4. ↑ "Coastal Carolina Wins Big South Baseball Championship." BigSouthSports.com. Retrieved June 18, 2014.