2011 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

2011 Mid-American Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsKent State (9th title)
Winning coachScott Stricklin (4th title)
MVPDavid Starn (Kent State)
2011 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East Division
No. 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 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. 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 roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
1Kent State6
8Bowling Green2
1Kent State5
4Eastern Michigan4
4Eastern Michigan4
5Northern Illinois2
1Kent State28
4Eastern Michigan40
8Bowling Green2
5Northern Illinois44Eastern Michigan12
5Northern Illinois11
1Kent State11
3Miami3
3Miami0
6Toledo1
3Miami12
7Western Michigan2
2Central Michigan7
7Western Michigan9
3Miami5—
2Central Michigan2—
6Toledo8
2Central Michigan97Western Michigan12
2Central Michigan13

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. Archived from the original on August 11, 2011. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
  3. ^ "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 9, 2014. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
  4. ^ a b "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 4, 2013.