2011 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

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]

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
TeamW 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

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.

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
East Division
Kent State215.808
–
1
Miami189.667
3.5
3
Bowling Green1114.440
9.5
8
Ohio1116.407
10.5
–
Akron720.259
14.5
–
Buffalo322.120
18
–
West Division
Central Michigan179.654
–
2
Eastern Michigan1611.593
1.5
4
Northern Illinois1611.593
1.5
5
Toledo1512.556
2.5
6
Western Michigan1214.462
5
7
Ball State1115.423
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]

NameSchool
Nate TheunissenCentral Michigan
Tyler HallCentral Michigan
Rob WendzickiEastern Michigan
Zack LeonardEastern Michigan
Tyler MellingMiami
Brooks FialaMiami
David StarnKent State
Evan CampbellKent State
Andrew ChafinKent State
David LyonKent 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 June 9, 2014. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
  4. "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
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