2011 Southland Conference baseball tournament

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2011 Southland Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Texas State  (4th title)
Winning coachTy Harrington (3rd title)
MVP Casey Kalenkosky (Texas State)
2011 Southland Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Texas State  ‍†‍‡‍y24–9–0 .72741–23–0 .641
Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍20–13–0 .60637–23–0 .617
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍19–14–0 .57637–24–0 .607
Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍18–14–0 .56335–22–0 .614
Sam Houston State  ‍‍‍17–16–0 .51535–24–0 .593
Texas–San Antonio  ‍‍‍16–17–0 .48527–32–0 .458
Lamar  ‍‍‍15–18–0 .45529–27–0 .518
Nicholls State  ‍‍‍15–18–0 .45528–29–0 .491
Texas–Arlington  ‍‍‍15–18–0 .45527–29–0 .482
McNeese State  ‍‍‍14–19–0 .42426–30–0 .464
Central Arkansas  ‍‍‍13–20–0 .39424–29–0 .453
Northwestern State  ‍‍‍11–21–0 .34422–32–0 .407
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 29, 2011 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2011 Southland Conference baseball tournament was held from May 25 through 28. The top eight regular-season finishers of the league's twelve teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Bobcat Ballpark in San Marcos, Texas. The winner of the tournament, Texas State, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [2]

Contents

Seeding and format

The top eight finishers from the regular season were seeded one through eight. They played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament, with the winner of each bracket meeting in a single championship final.

TeamWLTPctSeed
Texas State 2490.7271
Stephen F. Austin 20130.6062
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 19140.5763
Southeastern Louisiana 18140.5634
Sam Houston State 17160.5155
Texas–San Antonio 16170.4856
Lamar 15180.4557
Nicholls State 15180.4558
Texas–Arlington 15180.455–
McNeese State 14190.424–
Central Arkansas 13200.394–
Northwestern State 11210.344–

Results

First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
1 Texas State 0
8 Nicholls State 6
8Nicholls State4
5Sam Houston State1
4 Southeastern Louisiana 07
5 Sam Houston State 12
8Nicholls27
1Texas State1410
1Texas State5
4Southeastern Louisiana21Texas State13
5Sam Houston State27
1Texas State9
3 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 210
2Stephen F. Austin0
6 Texas–San Antonio 3
2Stephen F. Austin7
6Texas–San Antonio1
2 Stephen F. Austin 3
7 Lamar 2
3Texas A&M–Corpus Christi115
2Stephen F. Austin56
3Texas A&M–Corpus Christi4
7Lamar16Texas–San Antonio1
3Texas A&M–Corpus Christi2

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. [2]

PosNameTeam
CJarid ScarafiottiStephen F. Austin
1BCasey KalenkoskyTexas State (MVP)
2BTyler SibleyTexas State
3BBobby BucknerTexas A&M–Corpus Christi
SSChristian GallegosTexas State
OFBryson MylesStephen F. Austin
OFLuke PlucheckSam Houston State
OFBret AtwoodTexas State
DHChris AndreasSam Houston State
PTodd SimkoTexas A&M–Corpus Christi
PJoseph DvorskyTexas State

See also

2011 Southland Conference softball tournament

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References

  1. ↑ "2015 Southland Conference Baseball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 17. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Southland Conference 2015 Baseball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 30. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
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