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

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	V.A. Memorial Stadium Chillicothe, OH
Champions	Kent State (9th title)
Winning coach	Scott Stricklin (4th title)
MVP	David 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

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 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]

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 June 9, 2014. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
4. "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 4, 2013.