2011 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2011 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from May 24–28, 2011, at Gray–Minor Stadium on the campus of the Virginia Military Institute. The top eight regular season finishers of the ten eligible teams met in the double-elimination tournament. Presbyterian was not eligible for postseason play in any sport until the 2012–2013 academic year due to its transition to Division I. Top seeded Coastal Carolina won their twelfth championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

2011 Big South Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Gray–Minor Stadium Lexington, VA
Champions	Coastal Carolina (12th title)
Winning coach	Gary Gilmore (9th title)
MVP	Keith Hardwick, Coastal Carolina

2011 Big South Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Coastal Carolina  ‍†‍‡‍^y	20	–	7	–	0		.741			42	–	20	–	0		.677
Liberty  ‍‍‍	18	–	9	–	0		.667			35	–	24	–	0		.593
Charleston Southern  ‍‍‍	15	–	9	–	0		.625			29	–	30	–	0		.492
Winthrop  ‍‍‍	15	–	12	–	0		.556			27	–	30	–	0		.474
Gardner–Webb  ‍‍‍	13	–	14	–	0		.481			34	–	23	–	1		.595
Radford  ‍‍‍	14	–	13	–	0		.519			31	–	25	–	0		.554
VMI  ‍‍‍	14	–	13	–	0		.519			27	–	24	–	1		.529
Presbyterian  ‍‍‍	9	–	18	–	0		.333			24	–	32	–	0		.429
High Point  ‍‍‍	9	–	18	–	0		.333			24	–	32	–	0		.429
UNC Asheville  ‍‍‍	7	–	20	–	0		.259			15	–	37	–	0		.288
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship As of May 28, 2011[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

Seeding

The top eight finishers from the regular season were seeded one through eight.

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
Coastal Carolina	20	7	.741	–	1
Liberty	18	9	.667	2	2
Charleston Southern	15	12	.556	5	3
Winthrop	15	12	.556	5	4
Gardner–Webb	14	13	.519	6	5
Radford	14	13	.519	6	6
VMI	14	13	.519	6	7
Presbyterian	9	18	.333	11	–
High Point	9	18	.333	11	8
UNC Asheville	7	20	.259	13	–

[3]

Bracket

Play-in Round

May 24, 2011 7:15 PM (EST) at Gray–Minor Stadium in Lexington, VA

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#8 High Point	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	9	4
#5 Gardner–Webb	2	4	5	0	3	0	0	0	x	14	16	1
WP: E. Pagan (4–3)   LP: M. Caldwell (5–3) Attendance: 499 Boxscore

May 24 4:07 PM (EST) at Gray–Minor Stadium in Lexington, VA

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#7 VMI	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	0
#6 Radford	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	x	3	12	0
WP: E. Butler (9–2)   LP: J. Farley (4–8)   Sv: A. Williams (17) Attendance: 579 Boxscore

Double-Elimination

	First Round May 25					Second Round May 26					Third Round May 27					Semifinals May 27					Championship May 28
	1	Coastal Carolina	5
	6	Radford	0			1	Coastal Carolina	10
						4	Winthrop	6
	2	Liberty	13								1	Coastal Carolina	3
	5	Gardner–Webb	5								2	Liberty	2
						2	Liberty	6													1	Coastal Carolina	6
						3	Charl. Southern	1													5	Gardner–Webb	1
	3	Charl. Southern	9													2	Liberty	1
	4	Winthrop	3								3	Charleston Southern	0			5	Gardner–Webb	5
						5	Gardner–Webb	11			5	Gardner–Webb	5
						6	Radford	5

[2]

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team:[4]

POS	Player	Team
P	Anthony Meo	Coastal Carolina
P	Brett Stackhouse	Gardner–Webb
P	Keegan Linza	Liberty
P	Stew Brase	Charleston Southern
P	Eddie Butler	Radford
DH	Keith Hardwick	Coastal Carolina
OF	Jake Watts	Gardner–Webb
OF	Adam McFarland	Gardner–Webb
OF	Daniel Bowman	Coastal Carolina
INF	Rich Witten	Coastal Carolina
INF	Taylor Motter	Coastal Carolina
INF	Aaron Miller	Gardner–Webb
INF	Walt Quattlebaum	Charleston Southern
C	Casey Rasmus	Liberty
UTL	Hayes Orton	Coastal Carolina

Most Valuable Player

Coastal Carolina designated hitter Keith Hardwick was awarded MVP honors with a .429 batting average and 4 RBI in the tournament.

References

1. "Baseball standings". BigSouthSports.com. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
2. "2011 Big South Baseball Championship". BigSouthSports.com. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
3. 2011 Big South Baseball Standings
4. "Coastal Carolina Wins Big South Baseball Championship." BigSouthSports.com. Retrieved June 18, 2014.