2011 Big South Conference baseball tournament
Teams | 8 |
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Format | Lexington, VA |
Champions | Coastal Carolina (12th title) |
Winning coach | Gary Gilmore (9th title) |
MVP | Keith Hardwick (Coastal Carolina) |
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Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coastal Carolina †‡y | 20 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .741 | 42 | – | 20 | – | 0 | .677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Liberty | 18 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .667 | 35 | – | 24 | – | 0 | .593 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charleston Southern
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15 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .625 | 29 | – | 30 | – | 0 | .492 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winthrop | 15 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .556 | 27 | – | 30 | – | 0 | .474 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gardner–Webb
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13 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .481 | 34 | – | 23 | – | 1 | .595 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Radford
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14 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .519 | 31 | – | 25 | – | 0 | .554 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI | 14 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .519 | 27 | – | 24 | – | 1 | .529 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Presbyterian | 9 | – | 18 | – | 0 | .333 | 24 | – | 32 | – | 0 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
High Point | 9 | – | 18 | – | 0 | .333 | 24 | – | 32 | – | 0 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNC Asheville
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7 | – | 20 | – | 0 | .259 | 15 | – | 37 | – | 0 | .288 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the |
The 2011 Division I. Top seeded Coastal Carolina won their twelfth championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]
Seeding
The top eight finishers from the regular season were seeded one through eight.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
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Coastal Carolina | 20 | 7 | .741 | – | 1 |
Liberty | 18 | 9 | .667 | 2 | 2 |
Charleston Southern |
15 | 12 | .556 | 5 | 3 |
Winthrop | 15 | 12 | .556 | 5 | 4 |
Gardner–Webb |
14 | 13 | .519 | 6 | 5 |
Radford |
14 | 13 | .519 | 6 | 6 |
VMI | 14 | 13 | .519 | 6 | 7 |
Presbyterian | 9 | 18 | .333 | 11 | – |
High Point | 9 | 18 | .333 | 11 | 8 |
UNC Asheville |
7 | 20 | .259 | 13 | – |
Bracket
Play-in Round
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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#8 High Point | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
#5 Gardner–Webb |
2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 14 | 16 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: E. Pagan (4–3) LP: M. Caldwell (5–3) Attendance: 499 Boxscore |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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#7 VMI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
#6 Radford |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 3 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: E. Butler (9–2) LP: J. Farley (4–8) Sv: A. Williams (17) Attendance: 579 Boxscore |
Double-Elimination
First round May 25 | Second round May 26 | Third round May 27 | Semifinals May 27 | Championship May 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Charl. Southern | 9 | 2 | Liberty | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Winthrop | 3 | 3 | Charleston Southern | 0 | 5 | Gardner–Webb | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Gardner–Webb | 11 | 5 | Gardner–Webb | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | Radford | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team:[4]
POS | Player | Team |
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P | Anthony Meo | Coastal Carolina |
P | Brett Stackhouse | Gardner–Webb |
P | Keegan Linza | Liberty |
P | Stew Brase | Charleston Southern |
P | Eddie Butler | Radford |
DH | Keith Hardwick | Coastal Carolina |
OF | Jake Watts | Gardner–Webb |
OF | Adam McFarland | Gardner–Webb |
OF | Daniel Bowman | Coastal Carolina |
INF | Rich Witten | Coastal Carolina |
INF | Taylor Motter | Coastal Carolina |
INF | Aaron Miller | Gardner–Webb |
INF | Walt Quattlebaum | Charleston Southern |
C | Casey Rasmus | Liberty |
UTL | Hayes Orton | Coastal Carolina |
Most Valuable Player
Coastal Carolina designated hitter Keith Hardwick was awarded MVP honors with a .429 batting average and 4 RBI in the tournament.
References
- ^ "Baseball standings". BigSouthSports.com. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
- ^ a b "2011 Big South Baseball Championship". BigSouthSports.com. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
- ^ 2011 Big South Baseball Standings
- ^ "Coastal Carolina Wins Big South Baseball Championship." BigSouthSports.com. Retrieved June 18, 2014.