2011 Horizon League baseball tournament

2011 Horizon League
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsWright State (4th title)
Winning coachRob Cooper (3rd title)
MVPZach Tanner (Wright State)
2011 Horizon League baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Wright State ‍‍‡‍ 16 – 7   .696 36 – 19   .655
UIC ‍‍‍ 16 – 7   .696 28 – 26   .519
Milwaukee ‍‍‍ 15 – 10   .600 28 – 28   .500
Valparaiso ‍‍‍ 14 – 10   .583 25 – 32   .439
Butler ‍‍‍ 11 – 14   .440 23 – 28   .451
Youngstown State ‍‍‍ 7 – 16   .304 14 – 41   .255
Cleveland State ‍‍‍ 5 – 20   .200 12 – 43   .218
‡ – Tournament champion
As of May 30, 2011[1]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll


The 2011 Horizon League baseball tournament took place from May 22 through 26, near the close of the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball season. The top six of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Wright State's Nischwitz Stadium in Dayton, Ohio. Top seeded Wright State won their fourth Horizon League Championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Seeding

The league's six teams are seeded one through six based on winning percentage, using conference games only.[2]

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Wright State 16 7 .696 — 1
UIC 16 7 .696 — 2
Milwaukee 15 10 .600 2 3
Valparaiso 14 10 .583 2.5 4
Butler 11 14 .440 6 5
Youngstown State 7 16 .304 9 6
Cleveland State 5 20 .200 12 —

Results

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1Wright State12
3Milwaukee26Youngstown State0
6Youngstown State41Wright State4
4Valparaiso3
2UIC9
4Valparaiso94Valparaiso11
5Butler0
1Wright State4—
4Valparaiso3—
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
4Valparaiso8
6Youngstown State126Youngstown State6
2UIC12UIC7
3Milwaukee53Milwaukee0
5Butler0

[2]

All-Tournament Team

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

POS Name School
P Damon McCormick Valparaiso
Michael Schum Wright State
C Corey Davis Wright State
1B Will Hagel Valparaiso
2B Michael Morman Valparaiso
3B Zach Tanner Wright State
SS Justin Kopale Wright State
Chris Manning Valparaiso
OF Tristan Moore Wright State
Joe Iacobucci Youngstown State
Robbie Robinson Valparaiso

Most Valuable Player

Zach Tanner was named Most Valuable Player of the Tournament. Tanner was a third baseman for Wright State.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Baseball 2011 Season Stats". horizonleague.org. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
  2. ^ a b 2018 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Horizon League. p. 8. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
  3. ^ a b 2018 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Horizon League. p. 15. Retrieved March 17, 2019.