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

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Nischwitz Stadium Dayton, OH
Champions	Wright State (4th title)
Winning coach	Rob Cooper (3rd title)
MVP	Zach Tanner, Wright State

2011 Horizon League baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		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]

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
Wright State	16	7	.696	—	1
UIC	16	7	.696	—	2
Milwaukee	15	10	.600	2	3
Valparaiso	14	10	.583	2.5	4
Butler	11	14	.440	6	5
Youngstown State	7	16	.304	9	6
Cleveland State	5	20	.200	12	—

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]

POS	Name	School
P	Damon McCormick	Valparaiso
	Michael Schum	Wright State
C	Corey Davis	Wright State
1B	Will Hagel	Valparaiso
2B	Michael Morman	Valparaiso
3B	Zach Tanner	Wright State
SS	Justin Kopale	Wright State
	Chris Manning	Valparaiso
OF	Tristan Moore	Wright State
	Joe Iacobucci	Youngstown State
	Robbie Robinson	Valparaiso

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.