2011 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

2011 Mid-American Conference
Baseball TournamentTeams| 8

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Format| Double-elimination
Finals site|

* V.A. Memorial Stadium
* Chillicothe, OH

Champions| Kent State (9th title)
Winning coach| Scott Stricklin (4th title)
MVP| David Starn (Kent State)

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2011 Mid-American Conference baseball standings

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| Conf |  |  | Overall
Team | W |  | L |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | PCT
East Division
No. 26 Kent State x‍‍‡‍y | 21 | - | 5 |  | .808 |  |  | 45 | - | 17 |  | .726
Miami ‍‍‍ | 18 | - | 9 |  | .667 |  |  | 35 | - | 25 |  | .583
Bowling Green ‍‍‍ | 11 | - | 14 |  | .440 |  |  | 20 | - | 31 |  | .392
Ohio ‍‍‍ | 11 | - | 16 |  | .407 |  |  | 27 | - | 27 |  | .500
Akron ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 20 |  | .259 |  |  | 16 | - | 37 |  | .302
Buffalo ‍‍‍ | 3 | - | 22 |  | .120 |  |  | 14 | - | 38 |  | .269
West Division
Central Michigan x‍‍‍ | 17 | - | 9 |  | .654 |  |  | 31 | - | 27 |  | .534
Eastern Michigan ‍‍‍ | 16 | - | 11 |  | .593 |  |  | 37 | - | 22 |  | .627
Northern Illinois ‍‍‍ | 16 | - | 11 |  | .593 |  |  | 30 | - | 27 |  | .526
Toledo ‍‍‍ | 15 | - | 12 |  | .556 |  |  | 26 | - | 29 |  | .473
Western Michigan ‍‍‍ | 12 | - | 14 |  | .462 |  |  | 26 | - | 31 |  | .456
Ball State ‍‍‍ | 11 | - | 15 |  | .423 |  |  | 15 | - | 35 |  | .300
x - Division champion
‡ - Tournament champion
y - Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 7, 2011[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2011 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 25–28. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's twelve teams, regardless of division, met in the double-elimination tournament held at V.A. Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe, Ohio. Kent State won their third consecutive tournament, and ninth overall, to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

## Contents

* 1 Seeding
* 2 Results
* 3 All-Tournament Team
* 3.1 Most Valuable Player
* 4 References

## Seeding[edit]

The winners of each division claim the top two seeds, with the next six teams, based on conference winning percentage claim the third through eight seeds. The teams then play a two bracket, double-elimination tournament leading to a final matching the winners of each bracket.

Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Seed

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East Division
Kent State | 21 | 5 | .808 | – | 1
Miami | 18 | 9 | .667 | 3.5 | 3
Bowling Green | 11 | 14 | .440 | 9.5 | 8
Ohio | 11 | 16 | .407 | 10.5 | –
Akron | 7 | 20 | .259 | 14.5 | –
Buffalo | 3 | 22 | .120 | 18 | –
West Division
Central Michigan | 17 | 9 | .654 | – | 2
Eastern Michigan | 16 | 11 | .593 | 1.5 | 4
Northern Illinois | 16 | 11 | .593 | 1.5 | 5
Toledo | 15 | 12 | .556 | 2.5 | 6
Western Michigan | 12 | 14 | .462 | 5 | 7
Ball State | 11 | 15 | .423 | 6 | –

## Results[edit]

| First round | | | Second round | | | Semifinals | | | Finals |

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| 1 | Kent State | 6 | | | |
| 8 | Bowling Green | 2 |
| | 1 | Kent State | 5 |
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| | | 4 | Eastern Michigan | 4 |
| 4 | Eastern Michigan | 4 |

| 5 | Northern Illinois | 2 |
| | 1 | Kent State | 2 | 8 |
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| | | 4 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | Bowling Green | 2 | |

| 5 | Northern Illinois | 4 |
| | 4 | Eastern Michigan | 12 |
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| | | 5 | Northern Illinois | 11 |
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| | 1 | Kent State | 11 |
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| | | 3 | Miami | 0 |
| 3 | Miami | 3 | | |

| 6 | Toledo | 1 |
| | 3 | Miami | 12 |
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| | | 7 | Western Michigan | 2 |
| 2 | Central Michigan | 7 |

| 7 | Western Michigan | 9 |
| | 3 | Miami | 5 | — |
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| | | 2 | Central Michigan | 2 | — |
| 6 | Toledo | 8 | |

| 2 | Central Michigan | 9 |
| | 7 | Western Michigan | 12 |
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| | | 2 | Central Michigan | 13 |

## All-Tournament Team[edit]

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]

Name | School

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Nate Theunissen | Central Michigan
Tyler Hall | Central Michigan
Rob Wendzicki | Eastern Michigan
Zack Leonard | Eastern Michigan
Tyler Melling | Miami
Brooks Fiala | Miami
David Starn | Kent State
Evan Campbell | Kent State
Andrew Chafin | Kent State
David Lyon | Kent State

### Most Valuable Player[edit]

David Starn won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Starn was a pitcher for Kent State.[4]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "2011 Mid-American Conference Standings and Leaders". mac-sports.com. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
2. ^ "Conference Championship Central". ncaa.com. Archived from the original on August 11, 2011. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
3. ^ "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 9, 2014. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
4. ^ a b "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 4, 2013.

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