2011_Missouri_Valley_Conference_baseball_tournament
2011 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament
American college baseball tournament
The 2011 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament took place from May 24 through 28. All eight teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Creighton's TD Ameritrade Park Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska. Creighton won their second tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]
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| Teams | 8 |
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| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Creighton (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Ed Servais (2nd title) |
| MVP | Jonas Dufek (Creighton) |
| Attendance | Total: 37,607 Avg: 2,507 |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Creighton †‡y | 15 | – | 6 | .714 | 45 | – | 16 | .738 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wichita State | 14 | – | 7 | .667 | 39 | – | 26 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois State | 13 | – | 8 | .619 | 36 | – | 18 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri State | 11 | – | 9 | .550 | 33 | – | 23 | .589 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 11 | – | 10 | .524 | 23 | – | 34 | .404 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana State | 8 | – | 13 | .381 | 29 | – | 28 | .509 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Evansville | 7 | – | 13 | .350 | 28 | – | 25 | .528 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bradley | 4 | – | 17 | .190 | 22 | – | 32 | .407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament As of April 19, 2020[1] Rankings from Coaches' Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The league's eight teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. They then played a two bracket, double-elimination format tournament, with the winner of each bracket then playing a single elimination final.
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| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Seed |
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| Creighton | 15 | 6 | .714 | – | 1 |
| Wichita State | 14 | 7 | .667 | 1 | 2 |
| Illinois State | 13 | 8 | .619 | 2 | 3 |
| Missouri State | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.5 | 4 |
| Southern Illinois | 11 | 10 | .524 | 4 | 5 |
| Indiana State | 8 | 13 | .381 | 6.5 | 6 |
| Evansville | 7 | 13 | .350 | 8 | 7 |
| Bradley | 4 | 17 | .190 | 11 | 8 |
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| First round | Second round | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Illinois State | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Indiana State | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Indiana State | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Wichita State | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Wichita State | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Evansville | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Wichita State | 6 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Indiana State | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Illinois State | 411 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Evansville | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Indiana State | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Illinois State | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Wichita State | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Creighton | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Missouri State | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Southern Illinois | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Missouri State | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Creighton | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Creighton | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Bradley | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Missouri State | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Creighton | 5 | 612 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Southern Illinois | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Bradley | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Creighton | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Southern Illinois | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| (6) Indiana State (1–0) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (3) Illinois State (0–1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Colin Rea (8–4) LP: Corey Maines (9–4) Sv: Blake Drake (8) Attendance: 1,931 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| (7) Evansville (0–1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (2) Wichita State (1–0) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Lowell (10–4) LP: Elam (7–4) Sv: Elam (5) Attendance: 1,931 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| (5) Southern Illinois (0–1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (4) Missouri State (1–0) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | x | 6 | 14 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Nick Petree (9–2) LP: Cody Forsythe (8–5) Sv: Pierce Johnson (2) Home runs: SIL: None MOST: Conway (3), Paxson (2) Attendance: 1,931 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| (8) Bradley (0–1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (1) Creighton (1–0) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | x | 4 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Jonas Dufek (10–1) LP: Joe Bircher (6–6) Sv: Kurt Spomer (11) Home runs: BRAD: None CRE: Mutcheson (2) Attendance: 1,931 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| (3) Illinois State (1–1) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (7) Evansville (0–2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Kenny Long (4–1) LP: Peter Spear (0–1) Attendance: 1,364 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| (5)Southern Illinois (1–1) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (8) Bradley (0–2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Cameron Maldonado (5–7) LP: John Nasshan (3–8) Attendance: 1,364 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| (2) Wichita State (2–0) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (6) Indiana State (1–1) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Brian Flynn (6–4) LP: Sean Manaea (5–5) Sv: T. J. McGreevy (3) Home runs: WSU: O'Brien (10) IDS: None Attendance: 1,364 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| (4) Missouri State (2–0) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (1) Creighton (1–1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Blake Barber (8–4) LP: Ty Blach (10–2) Attendance: 1,364 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| (3) Illinois State (1–2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (6) Indiana State (2–1) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 7 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Reggie Hochstedler (4–1) LP: Cam Verbeke (0–2) Sv: Blake Drake (10) Home runs: ILS: McNeely (12) INS: None Attendance: 3,213 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| (1) Creighton (2–1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (5) Southern Illinois (1–2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Greg Hellhake (4–4) LP: Andrew Bever (5–6) Attendance: 3,213 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| (6) Indiana State (3–1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (2) Wichita State (2–1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Chris Machado (5–3) LP: Josh Smith (7–4) Home runs: INS: None WSU: Coy (7) Attendance: 3,213 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| (1) Creighton (3–1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (4) Missouri State (2–1) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Reese McGraw (6–1) LP: Pierce Johnson (6–5) Sv: Kurt Spomer (12) Attendance: 3,213 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| (2) Wichita State (3–1) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (6) Indiana State (3–2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Zach Beringer (3–3) LP: Kurt Kudrecki (1–2) Sv: Albert Minnis (1) Attendance: 2,318 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]
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| POS | Name | School |
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| C | Chris O'Brien | Wichita State |
| 1B | Brock Chaffin | Missouri State |
| 2B | Kevin Medrano | Missouri State |
| SS | Tyler Wampler | Indiana State |
| 3B | Brent Seifert | Missouri State |
| UT | Cody Fick | Evansville |
| OF | Don Lambert | Wichita State |
| OF | Aaron Conway | Missouri State |
| OF | Clay Cuno | Creighton |
| OF | Trevor Adams | Creighton |
| P | J. C. Casey | Missouri State |
| P | Jonas Dufek | Creighton |
| P | Greg Hellhake | Creighton |
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Most Outstanding Player
Creighton pitcher Jonas Dufek was named Most Outstanding Player.
- "Missouri Valley Conference - Standings & Leaders". mvc.org. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
- "Baseball Tops Wichita State 3–1 to Win MVC Tournament Title". Creighton Athletics. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
- "2011 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference" (PDF). mvc-sports.com. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
- "2020 MVC Baseball Guide" (PDF). MVC Sports. p. 30. Retrieved April 19, 2020.