2011 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

2011 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification Division
Teams 8
Format Double-elimination
Site
Champions Kent State (9th title)
Winning coach Scott Stricklin (4th title)
MVP David Starn (Kent State)
2011 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
East Division
#26 Kent State x‡y 21 – 5   .808     45 – 17   .726
Miami 18 – 9   .667     35 – 25   .583
Bowling Green 11 – 14   .440     20 – 31   .392
Ohio 11 – 16   .407     27 – 27   .500
Akron 7 – 20   .259     16 – 37   .302
Buffalo 3 – 22   .120     14 – 38   .269
West Division
Central Michigan x 17 – 9   .654     31 – 27   .534
Eastern Michigan 16 – 11   .593     37 – 22   .627
Northern Illinois 16 – 11   .593     30 – 27   .526
Toledo 15 – 12   .556     26 – 29   .473
Western Michigan 12 – 14   .462     26 – 31   .456
Ball State 11 – 15   .423     15 – 35   .300
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 7, 2011[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2011 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 25–28. 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. Kent State won their third consecutive tournament, and ninth overall, to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

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
Kent State 21 5 .808
–
1
Miami 18 9 .667
3.5
3
Bowling Green 11 14 .440
9.5
8
Ohio 11 16 .407
10.5
–
Akron 7 20 .259
14.5
–
Buffalo 3 22 .120
18
–
West Division
Central Michigan 17 9 .654
–
2
Eastern Michigan 16 11 .593
1.5
4
Northern Illinois 16 11 .593
1.5
5
Toledo 15 12 .556
2.5
6
Western Michigan 12 14 .462
5
7
Ball State 11 15 .423
6
–

Results

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
1 Kent State 6  
8 Bowling Green 2  
  1 Kent State 5  
  4 Eastern Michigan 4  
4 Eastern Michigan 4
5 Northern Illinois 2  
  1 Kent State 2 8  
  4 Eastern Michigan 4 0  
8 Bowling Green 2  
5 Northern Illinois 4  
  4 Eastern Michigan 12
  5 Northern Illinois 11  
  1 Kent State 11
  3 Miami 0
3 Miami 3  
6 Toledo 1  
  3 Miami 12
  7 Western Michigan 2  
2 Central Michigan 7
7 Western Michigan 9  
  3 Miami 5 —
  2 Central Michigan 2 —  
6 Toledo 8  
2 Central Michigan 9  
  7 Western Michigan 12
  2 Central Michigan 13  

All-Tournament Team

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

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.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "2011 Mid-American Conference Standings and Leaders". mac-sports.com. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Conference Championship Central". ncaa.com. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 9, 2014. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
  4. 1 2 "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
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