2011 Great West Conference Baseball Tournament

2011 Great West Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2011
Teams 8
Format Double-elimination
Site Harold Kraft Memorial Field
Grand Forks, ND
Champions Utah Valley (2nd title)
Winning coach Eric Madsen (2nd title)
MVP Chris Benson (Utah Valley)
Great West Conference
Baseball Tournament
«2010  2012»
2011 Great West Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Utah Valley †‡ 22 – 2   .917     34 – 22   .607
Northern Colorado 19 – 7   .731     24 – 32   .429
Houston Baptist 16 – 12   .571     22 – 40   .355
NYIT 13 – 12   .520     19 – 32   .373
NJIT 12 – 16   .429     20 – 35   .364
Texas–Pan American 10 – 18   .357     21 – 32   .396
North Dakota 7 – 17   .292     12 – 35   .255
Chicago State 4 – 19   .174     9 – 41   .180
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
As of May 28, 2011[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2011 Great West Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 24–28. All eight of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament to be held at University of North Dakota's Harold Kraft Memorial Field in Grand Forks, ND. Utah Valley won their second championship by a score of 10-6. As the Great West is a new conference, the league does not have an automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

Seeding

The top four finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through four.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Utah Valley 22 2 .917
–
1
Northern Colorado 19 7 .731
4
2
Houston Baptist 16 12 .571
8
3
NYIT 13 12 .520
9.5
4
NJIT 12 16 .429
12
5
Texas-Pan American 10 18 .357
14
6
North Dakota 7 17 .292
15
7
Chicago State 4 19 .174
17.5
8

Results

  Round 1     Round 2     Round 3     Round 4     Final
                                               
  Winner's Bracket
  1  Utah Valley 13  
  8  Chicago State 3    
      1  Utah Valley 5  
      4  NYIT 3    
  4  NYIT 3          
  5  NJIT 2        
      1  Utah Valley 3            
      7  North Dakota 2              
  3  Houston Baptist 6              
  6  Texas-Pan American 5                
      3  Houston Baptist 2          
      7  North Dakota 8        
  2  Northern Colorado 1          
  7  North Dakota 5         1  Utah Valley 5
      3  Houston Baptist 1
  Loser's Bracket      
  8  Chicago State 2        
  5  NJIT 5     3  Houston Baptist 17        
    5  NJIT 3          
      3  Houston Baptist 6        
  6  Texas-Pan American 5         4  NYIT 3     7  North Dakota 1    
  2  Northern Colorado 7     4  NYIT 4         3  Houston Baptist 7  
    2  Northern Colorado 3  

[4]

All-Tournament Team

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

Name School
Kolby Arnst Houston Baptist
Collin Hetzler Houston Baptist
Stephen Nikonchik Houston Baptist
Beau Warren Houston Baptist
Tripp Davis NJIT
Ryan Gerber North Dakota
David Spies North Dakota
Casey Coy Northern Colorado
Marcus Perez NYIT
Effrey Valdez NYIT
Chris Benson Utah Valley
Billy Burgess Utah Valley
Blake Krahenbuhl Utah Valley
Josh Swenson Utah Valley

Most Valuable Player

Chris Benson was named Tournament Most Valuable Player for the second year in a row. Benson was an outfielder for Utah Valley.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Great West Conference Baseball Standings & Leaders". greatwestconference.org. Retrieved June 28, 2012.
  2. ↑ "2011 Great West Conference Baseball Tournament Set to Begin Tuesday". greatwestconference.org. Retrieved 2012-06-28.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Utah Valley Captures Second Straight GWC Tournament Championship". Great West Conference. May 28, 2011. Retrieved June 1, 2013.
  4. ↑ "2011 Great West Conference Baseball Tournament Bracket" (PDF). Great West Conference. Retrieved 2012-06-28.