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2011 Big South Conference baseball tournament

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2011 Big South Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsCoastal Carolina (12th title)
Winning coachGary Gilmore (9th title)
MVPKeith Hardwick (Coastal Carolina)
2011 Big South Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
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  ‍‍‍ 15 – 9 – 0   .625 29 – 30 – 0   .492
Winthrop  ‍‍‍ 15 – 12 – 0   .556 27 – 30 – 0   .474
Gardner–Webb  ‍‍‍ 13 – 14 – 0   .481 34 – 23 – 1   .595
Radford  ‍‍‍ 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  ‍‍‍ 7 – 20 – 0   .259 15 – 37 – 0   .288
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
As of May 28, 2011[1]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll


The 2011 Big South Conference baseball tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from May 24 through 28, 2011, at Gray–Minor Stadium on the campus of the Virginia Military Institute. The top eight regular season finishers of the ten eligible teams met in the double-elimination tournament. Presbyterian was not eligible for postseason play in any sport until the 2012–2013 academic year due to its transition to 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

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The top eight finishers from the regular season were seeded one through eight.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
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 –

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Bracket

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Play-in Round

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May 24, 2011 7:15 PM (EST) at Gray–Minor Stadium in Lexington, VA
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
#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
May 24 4:07 PM (EST) at Gray–Minor Stadium in Lexington, VA
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
#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

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First round
May 25		Second round
May 26		Third round
May 27		Semifinals
May 27		Championship
May 28
1Coastal Carolina5
6Radford01Coastal Carolina10
4Winthrop6
2Liberty131Coastal Carolina3
5Gardner–Webb52Liberty2
2Liberty61Coastal Carolina6
3Charl. Southern15Gardner–Webb1
3Charl. Southern92Liberty1
4Winthrop33Charleston Southern05Gardner–Webb5
5Gardner–Webb115Gardner–Webb5
6Radford5

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All-Tournament Team

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

POS Player Team
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

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Coastal Carolina designated hitter Keith Hardwick was awarded MVP honors with a .429 batting average and 4 RBI in the tournament.

References

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  1. ^ "Baseball standings". BigSouthSports.com. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
  2. ^ a b "2011 Big South Baseball Championship". BigSouthSports.com. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
  3. ^ 2011 Big South Baseball Standings
  4. ^ "Coastal Carolina Wins Big South Baseball Championship." BigSouthSports.com. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
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