2011 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team

The 2011 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team played its home games at Hawkins Field in Nashville, Tennessee. The team was coached by Tim Corbin in his ninth season at Vanderbilt.

2011 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball
College World Series, 2–2
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
2011 record	54–12 (22–8 SEC)
Head coach	Tim Corbin (9th season)
Home stadium	Hawkins Field

2011 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern
No. 1 South Carolina  ^x‍†‍‍^y	22	–	8		.733			55	–	14		.797
No. 2 Florida ^x‍†‍‡‍^y	22	–	8		.733			53	–	19		.736
No. 4 Vanderbilt ^x‍†‍‍^y	22	–	8		.733			54	–	12		.818
Georgia ‍‍‍^y	16	–	14		.533			33	–	32		.508
Kentucky ‍‍‍	8	–	22		.267			25	–	30		.455
Tennessee ‍‍‍	7	–	23		.233			25	–	29		.463
Western
No. 24 Arkansas ^x‍‍‍^y	15	–	15		.500			40	–	22		.645
No. 17 Mississippi State ‍‍‍^y	14	–	16		.467			38	–	25		.603
Alabama ‍‍‍^y	14	–	16		.467			35	–	28		.556
Auburn ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			29	–	29		.500
LSU ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			36	–	20		.643
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			30	–	25		.545
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 28, 2011; Rankings from Baseball America

The Commodores reached the 2011 College World Series, falling in the semifinals to runner-up Florida.

Regionals

The Commodores were announced as a host for the Nashville regional, which featured #6 national seed Vanderbilt, Oklahoma State, Troy, and fellow Nashville university Belmont. Vanderbilt marched through the regional, defeating 4 seed Belmont 10-0, 3 seed Troy 10-2, and Belmont again in the final by the score of 6-1. A year later, Vanderbilt coach Josh Holliday would become the head coach of his alma mater and 2011 regional participant, Oklahoma State University.

In the SuperRegional, Vanderbilt drew the winner of the Corvallis regional, Oregon State. With first round draft pick Sonny Gray on the mound, the Commodores jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead in the first before coasting to an 11-1 win. Mike Yastrzemski hit a three run home run in the 4th inning.

The second game of the series also went the way of the Commodores, led by First Baseman Aaron Westlake's three home runs. Vanderbilt defeated the Beavers 9-3 to punch their first to the College World Series, the first in the history of the school.

Vanderbilt celebrates the Super Regional win

Personnel

Roster

2011 Vanderbilt Commodores roster[1]
	Pitchers 2 - Sonny Gray - Junior 10 - Navery Moore - Junior 12 - Ryan O’Connor - Freshman 19 - Steven Rice - Freshman 21 - Jack Armstrong - Junior 24 - Corey Williams - Sophomore 27 - Keenan Kolinsky - Freshman 28 - Grayson Garvin - Junior 31 - Robert Hansen - Freshman 33 - Jake Harper - Freshman 34 - Taylor Hill - Senior 35 - Kevin Ziomek - Freshman 39 - Sam Selman - Sophomore 40 - T.J. Pecoraro - Freshman 44 - Mark Lamm - Senior 46 - Will Clinard - Sophomore		Catchers 5 - Spencer Navin - Freshman 9 - Curt Casali - Senior 45 - Drew Fann - Junior Infielders 1 - Bryan Johns - Senior 3 - Sam Lind - Sophomore 8 - Riley Reynolds - Junior 11 - Josh Lee - Freshman 13 - Anthony Gomez - Sophomore 15 - Will Johnson - Freshman 17 - Andrew Harris - Sophomore 22 - Jason Esposito - Junior 25 - D.J. Luna - Sophomore 42 - Joel McKeithan - Freshman 55 - Conrad Gregor - Freshman		Outfielders 6 - Tony Kemp - Freshman 7 - Joe Loftus - Junior 18 - Mike Yastrzemski - Sophomore 20 - Connor Harrell - Sophomore 51 - Jack Lupo - Sophomore Utility 36 - Aaron Westlake - Junior

Coaches

2011 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball coaching staff[1]
4 - Tim Corbin - Head Coach 16 - Derek Johnson - Associate Head Coach - Josh Holliday - Assistant Coach 30 - Larry Day - Volunteer Assistant Coach

Schedule

2011 Vanderbilt Commodores Baseball Game Log[2]
Regular Season
February Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SEC Record February 18 @ San Diego Fowler Park • San Diego, CA W 4–3^5 Gray (1–0) Jensen (0–1) Clinard (1) 400 1–0 February 19 @ San Diego State Tony Gwynn Stadium • San Diego, CA W 7–3 Lamm (1–0) Rasmussen (0–1) None 471 2–0 February 20 @ San Diego Fowler Park • San Diego, CA W 3–1 Hill (1–0) Youpel (0–1) Moore (1) 532 3–0 February 20 @ San Diego Fowler Park • San Diego, CA W 7–3 Garvin (1–0) Paez (0–1) None 532 4–0 February 23 Belmont Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 6–2 Pecoraro (1–0) Fanchier (0–1) Clinard (2) 1,794 5–0 February 25 Stanford Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 2–1 Gray (2–0) Appel (0–1) Moore (2) 1,942 6–0 February 26 Stanford Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 8–7 Lamm (2–0) Snodgress (1–1) Moore (3) 2,701 7–0 February 27 Stanford Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN L 2–5 Pries (2–0) Garvin (1–1) Reed (1) 2,015 7–1
March Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SEC Record March 1 WKU Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 6–5 Moore (1–0) Davis (1–1) None 1,859 8–1 March 4 Brown Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 3–1 Gray (3–0) Bakowski (0–1) None 1,822 9–1 March 6 Brown Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 6–5 Garvin (2–1) Carlow (0–1) Moore (4) 10–1 March 6 Brown Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 6–3 Lamm (3–0) Whitehill (0–1) Williams (1) 1,895 11–1 March 8 Wofford Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 12–1 Pecoraro (2–0) Sheridan (0–1) None 1,817 12–1 March 9 Kennesaw State Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 9–5 Lamm (4–0) Fream (0–1) None 1,829 13–1 March 11 UIC Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 5–1 Gray (4–0) Salemi (0–2) None 1,859 14–1 March 12 UIC Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 9–8^10 Moore (2–0) Ganek (0–1) None 2,063 15–1 March 13 UIC Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 2–1 Moore (3–0) Hoffman (1–1) None 1,913 16–1 March 15 Purdue Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 9–0 Ziomek (1–0) Haase (2–1) None 1,791 17–1 March 18 Mississippi State Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 10–0 Gray (5–0) Jones (2–3) None 2,820 18–1 1–0 March 19 Mississippi State Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 4–0 Garvin (3–1) Stratton (3–1) None 3,034 19–1 2–0 March 20 Mississippi State Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN L 8–9 Girodo (1–0) Moore (3–1) Stark (1) 2,752 19–2 2–1 March 22 Tennessee State Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 11–2 Pecoraro (3–0) McWhirter (0–2) None 2,398 20–2 March 25 @ Arkansas Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, AR L 1–2 Baxendale (5–0) Gray (5–1) None 7,937 20–3 2–2 March 26 @ Arkansas Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, AR W 4–1 Garvin (4–1) Astin (2–1) Moore (5) 7,933 21–3 3–2 March 27 @ Arkansas Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, AR W 2–1 Hill (2–0) Fant (1–2) Moore (6) 6,634 22–3 4–2 March 29 Tennessee–Martin Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 11–2 Pecoraro (4–0) Skubina (0–1) None 1,867 23–3
April Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SEC Record April 1 @ Auburn Samford Stadium – Hitchcock Field at Plainsman Park • Auburn, AL W 11–6 Gray (6–1) Morris (1–2) None 3,546 24–3 5–2 April 2 @ Auburn Samford Stadium – Hitchcock Field at Plainsman Park • Auburn, AL W 11–2 Garvin (5–1) Jacobs (1–2) None 3,663 25–3 6–2 April 3 @ Auburn Samford Stadium – Hitchcock Field at Plainsman Park • Auburn, AL W 6–2 Clinard (1–0) Wallen (1–3) None 3,156 26–3 7–2 April 5 Middle Tennessee Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 9–1 Pecoraro (5–0) McClung (1–1) None 2,188 27–3 April 8 Alabama Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 11–3 Gray (7–1) Kilcrease (4–2) None 3,118 28–3 8–2 April 9 Alabama Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 7–0 Garvin (6–1) Morgan (4–2) None 3,141 29–3 9–2 April 10 Alabama Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 11–6 Williams (1–0) Pilkington (1–2) None 3,357 30–3 10–2 April 12 @ Middle Tennessee Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN W 1–0 Pecoraro (6–0) Drake (0–1) Moore (7) 1,049 31–3 April 15 @ South Carolina Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC L 1–3 Roth (8–1) Gray (7–2) Price (11) 8,242 31–4 10–3 April 16 @ South Carolina Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC W 6–4 Garvin (7–1) Holmes (3–1) Moore (8) 8,242 32–4 11–3 April 17 @ South Carolina Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC L 3–5 Price (4–2) Clinard (1–1) None 8,242 32–5 11–4 April 22 LSU Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 11–3 Gray (8–2) McCune (5–3) None 3,541 33–5 12–4 April 23 LSU Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 10–1 Garvin (8–1) Gausman (2–5) None 3,541 34–5 13–4 April 24 LSU Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 10–7 Hill (3–0) Alsup (5–4) Moore (9) 2,706 35–5 14–4 April 29 Tennessee Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 10–1 Gray (9–2) Gruver (4–5) None 3,635 36–5 15–4 April 30 Tennessee Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 10–1 Garvin (9–1) Reed (1–2) None 3,054 37–5 16–4
May Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SEC Record May 1 Tennessee Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 19–3 Hill (4–0) Blount (1–2) None 3,434 38–5 17–4 May 6 @ Kentucky Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY L 0–2 Meyer (5–5) Gray (9–3) 1,911 38–6 17–5 May 7 @ Kentucky Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY W 10–3 Garvin (10–1) Littrell (5–5) None 1,671 39–6 18–5 May 8 @ Kentucky Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY W 6–3 Moore (4–1) Phillips (1–2) Williams (2) 1,871 40–6 19–5 May 10 @ Louisville Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KY W 5–1 Ziomek (2–0) Nastold (3–7) None 1,944 41–6 May 13 Florida Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN L 5–6 DeSclafani (5–2) Moore (4–2) Maddox (2) 3,541 41–7 19–6 May 14 Florida Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 14–1 Garvin (11–1) Johnson (7–3) None 3,220 42–7 20–6 May 15 Florida Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN L 6–3 Toledo (3–3) Armstrong (0–1) 3,248 42–8 20–7 May 19 @ Georgia Foley Field • Athens, GA L 4–5 Palazzone (9–3) Clinard (1–2) None 2,020 42–9 20–8 May 20 @ Georgia Foley Field • Athens, GA W 9–3 Pecoraro (7–0) Wood (4–7) Ziomek (1) 2,295 43–9 21–8 May 21 @ Georgia Foley Field • Athens, GA W 17–7 Lamm (5–0) Maloof (2–2) None 2,122 44–9 22–8
Post-Season
SEC Tournament Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SECT Record May 25 Georgia Regions Park • Hoover, AL W 10–0^7 Ziomek (3–0) Palazzone (9–4) None 8,814 45–9 1–0 May 26 South Carolina Regions Park • Hoover, AL W 7–2 Gray (10–3) Koumas (6–1) Moore (10) 7,123 46–9 2–0 May 28 Arkansas Regions Park • Hoover, AL W 3–2 Garvin (12–1) Lynch (4–4) Moore (12) 47–9 3–0 May 29 Florida Regions Park • Hoover, AL L 0–5 Panteliodis (5–2) Hill (4–1) 7,845 47–10 3–1
NCAA Tournament: Nashville Regional Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record June 3 Belmont Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 10–0 Gray (11–3) Hamann (9–2) None 3,531 48–10 1–0 June 4 Troy Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 10–2 Garvin (13–1) Hodgskin (3–7) Clinard (3) 3,323 49–10 2–0 June 5 Belmont Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 6–1 Hill (5–1) Buckelew (2–7) None 3,050 50–10 3–0
NCAA Tournament: Nashville Super Regional Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record June 10 Oregon State Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 11–1 Gray (12–3) Gaviglio (12–3) None 3,349 51–10 4–0 June 11 Oregon State Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 9–3 Clinard (2–2) Schultz (4–1) None 3,387 52–10 5–0
College World Series Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record CWS Record June 18 North Carolina Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 7–3 Williams (2–2) Johnson (13–2) None 22,745 53–10 1–0 June 20 Florida Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 1–3 Rodriguez (4–2) Garvin (13–2) None 20,182 53–11 1–1 June 22 North Carolina Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 5–1 Hill (6–1) Holt (7–2) None 24,394 54–11 2–1 June 24 Florida Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 4–6 Maddox (3–0) Gray (12–3) None 20,087 54–12 2–2

Ranking Movements

See also: 2011 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'	4	4*	4*	3	2	2	2	1	1	3	2	2	2	3	2	2			4
Baseball America	4	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	4	4	4	3	7	4	3			4
Collegiate Baseball^	5	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	5	3	3	3	3	5
NCBWA†	4	3	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	3	2	2		2	4
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^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References

1. "2011 Baseball Roster". Vanderbilt Commodores. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
2. "2013–2014 Schedule". Vanderbilt Commodores. Retrieved November 27, 2014.