2011 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2011 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 25–28. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's twelve teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Bobcat Ballpark in San Marcos, Texas. The winner of the tournament, Texas State, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

2011 Southland Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Bobcat Ballpark San Marcos, Texas
Champions	Texas State (4th title)
Winning coach	Ty Harrington (3rd title)
MVP	Casey Kalenkosky, Texas State

2011 Southland Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Texas State ‍†‍‡‍^y	24	–	9	–	0		.727			41	–	23	–	0		.641
Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍	20	–	13	–	0		.606			37	–	23	–	0		.617
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍	19	–	14	–	0		.576			37	–	24	–	0		.607
Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍	18	–	14	–	0		.563			35	–	22	–	0		.614
Sam Houston State  ‍‍‍	17	–	16	–	0		.515			35	–	24	–	0		.593
Texas–San Antonio  ‍‍‍	16	–	17	–	0		.485			27	–	32	–	0		.458
Lamar ‍‍‍	15	–	18	–	0		.455			29	–	27	–	0		.518
Nicholls State  ‍‍‍	15	–	18	–	0		.455			28	–	29	–	0		.491
Texas–Arlington  ‍‍‍	15	–	18	–	0		.455			27	–	29	–	0		.482
McNeese State  ‍‍‍	14	–	19	–	0		.424			26	–	30	–	0		.464
Central Arkansas  ‍‍‍	13	–	20	–	0		.394			24	–	29	–	0		.453
Northwestern State  ‍‍‍	11	–	21	–	0		.344			22	–	32	–	0		.407
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 29, 2011[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

The top eight finishers from the regular season were seeded one through eight. They played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament, with the winner of each bracket meeting in a single championship final.

Team	W	L	T	Pct	Seed
Texas State	24	9	0	.727	1
Stephen F. Austin	20	13	0	.606	2
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	19	14	0	.576	3
Southeastern Louisiana	18	14	0	.563	4
Sam Houston State	17	16	0	.515	5
Texas–San Antonio	16	17	0	.485	6
Lamar	15	18	0	.455	7
Nicholls State	15	18	0	.455	8
Texas–Arlington	15	18	0	.455	–
McNeese State	14	19	0	.424	–
Central Arkansas	13	20	0	.394	–
Northwestern State	11	21	0	.344	–

Results

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Texas State	0
	8	Nicholls State	6
						8	Nicholls State	4
						5	Sam Houston State	1
	4	Southeastern Louisiana	0 (7)
	5	Sam Houston State	12
											8	Nicholls	2	7
										1	Texas State	14	10
	1	Texas State	5
	4	Southeastern Louisiana	2
						1	Texas State	13
						5	Sam Houston State	2 (7)
																1	Texas State	9
																2	Stephen F. Austin	0
	3	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	2 (10)
	6	Texas–San Antonio	3
						2	Stephen F. Austin	7
						6	Texas–San Antonio	1
	2	Stephen F. Austin	3
	7	Lamar	2
											3	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	11	5
										2	Stephen F. Austin	5	6
	3	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	4
	7	Lamar	1
						6	Texas–San Antonio	1
						3	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	2

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[2]

Pos	Name	Team
C	Jarid Scarafiotti	Stephen F. Austin
1B	Casey Kalenkosky	Texas State (MVP)
2B	Tyler Sibley	Texas State
3B	Bobby Buckner	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi
SS	Christian Gallegos	Texas State
OF	Bryson Myles	Stephen F. Austin
OF	Luke Plucheck	Sam Houston State
OF	Bret Atwood	Texas State
DH	Chris Andreas	Sam Houston State
P	Todd Simko	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi
P	Joseph Dvorsky	Texas State

See also

2011 Southland Conference Softball Tournament

References

1. "2015 Southland Conference Baseball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 17. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
2. "Southland Conference 2015 Baseball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 30. Retrieved March 27, 2015.