2011 Horizon League Baseball Tournament

The 2011 Horizon League Baseball Tournament took place from May 22–26, 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.

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
TeamW 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

Seeding

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

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Wright State167.696—1
UIC167.696—2
Milwaukee1510.60023
Valparaiso1410.5832.54
Butler1114.44065
Youngstown State716.30496
Cleveland State520.20012—

Results
  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  3 Milwaukee 2     1 Wright State 12  
  6 Youngstown State 4     6 Youngstown State 0    
      1 Wright State 4              
      4 Valparaiso 3              
  4 Valparaiso 9     2 UIC 9          
  5 Butler 0     4 Valparaiso 11        
        1 Wright State 4 —
Loser's Bracket       4 Valparaiso 3 —
  3 Milwaukee 5        
  5 Butler 0          
      2 UIC 1        
      3 Milwaukee 0          
            6 Youngstown State 12              
          2 UIC 7              
      4 Valparaiso 8    
    6 Youngstown State 6  

[2]

All-Tournament Team

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

POSNameSchool
PDamon McCormickValparaiso
Michael SchumWright State
CCorey DavisWright State
1BWill HagelValparaiso
2BMichael MormanValparaiso
3BZach TannerWright State
SSJustin KopaleWright State
Chris ManningValparaiso
OFTristan MooreWright State
Joe IacobucciYoungstown State
Robbie RobinsonValparaiso

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 2012-05-23.
  2. 2018 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Horizon League. p. 8. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
  3. 2018 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Horizon League. p. 15. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
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