2011 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament Baseball tournament
Collegiate 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]
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.
Results
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
4 11
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
6 12
5
Southern Illinois
5
8
Bradley
1
1
Creighton
5
5
Southern Illinois
0
Bracket:[ 3]
Box Scores
May 24, 2011 9:00 am (CDT ) at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska 64 °F (18 °C)
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
(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: 1,931Boxscore
May 24, 2011 3:10 pm (CDT ) at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska 69 °F (21 °C)
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
(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: 1,931Boxscore
May 24, 2011 6:15 pm (CDT ) at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska 74 °F (23 °C)
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
(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: 1,931Boxscore
May 25, 2011 9:00 am (CDT ) at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska 65 °F (18 °C)
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
(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: 1,931Boxscore
May 25, 2011 11:40 am (CDT ) at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska 61 °F (16 °C)
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
R
H
E
(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: 1,364Boxscore
May 25, 2011 3:45 pm (CDT ) at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska 55 °F (13 °C)
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
(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: 1,364Boxscore
May 25, 2011 6:30 pm (CDT ) at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska 73 °F (23 °C)
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
(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: NoneAttendance: 1,364Boxscore
May 25, 2011 9:40 pm (CDT ) at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska 54 °F (12 °C)
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
(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: 1,364Boxscore
May 26, 2011 9:00 am (CDT ) at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska 50 °F (10 °C)
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
(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: NoneAttendance: 3,213Boxscore
May 26, 2011 12:45 pm (CDT ) at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska 62 °F (17 °C)
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
(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: 3,213Boxscore
May 26, 2011 4:00 pm (CDT ) at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska 66 °F (19 °C)
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
(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: 3,213Boxscore
May 26, 2011 4:00 pm (CDT ) at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska 66 °F (19 °C)
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
(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: 3,213Boxscore
May 27, 2011 12:30 pm (CDT ) at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska 73 °F (23 °C)
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
(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: 2,318Boxscore
May 27, 2011 4:00 pm (CDT ) at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska 60 °F (16 °C)
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
R
H
E
(4) Missouri State (2–2)
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
9
0
(1) Creighton (4–1)
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
7
0
WP : Erik Mattingly (1–0) LP : Dan Kickham (2–3)Attendance: 2,318Boxscore
May 28, 2011 7:00 pm (CDT ) at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska 74 °F (23 °C)
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
(1) Creighton (5–1)
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
6
0
(2) Wichita State (3–2)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
4
1
WP : Jonas Dufek (11–1) LP : Charlie Lowell (10–5) Sv : Kurt Spomer (13)Attendance: 6,939Boxscore
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[ 4]
POS
Name
School
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
Most Outstanding Player
Creighton pitcher Jonas Dufek was named Most Outstanding Player.
References
Playoffs Tournament No playoff or tournament in the years marked in grey.