2011 Southern Conference baseball tournament

The 2011 Southern Conference baseball tournament was held at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park in Charleston, South Carolina, from May 25 through 29. Fourth seeded Georgia Southern won the tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. It was Georgia Southern's fifth SoCon tournament win and second in three years.

2011 Southern Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Joseph P. Riley Jr. Charleston, South Carolina
Champions	Georgia Southern (5th title)
Winning coach	Rodney Hennon (4th title)
MVP	Chris Beck (Georgia Southern)
Attendance	11,860
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2011 Southern Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Elon  ‍†‍‍	23	–	7		.767			36	–	21		.632
UNC Greensboro ‍‍‍	22	–	8		.733			34	–	20		.630
College of Charleston ‍‍‍	18	–	12		.600			39	–	22		.639
Samford ‍‍‍	18	–	12		.600			37	–	23		.617
Georgia Southern  ‍‍‡‍y	18	–	12		.600			36	–	26		.581
Appalachian State ‍‍‍	15	–	15		.500			33	–	27		.550
Furman ‍‍‍	13	–	16		.448			24	–	33		.421
Western Carolina ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			23	–	31		.426
Wofford ‍‍‍	9	–	21		.300			22	–	33		.400
Davidson ‍‍‍	8	–	21		.276			18	–	30		.375
The Citadel ‍‍‍	8	–	22		.267			20	–	36		.357
† – Conference champion ‡ – SoCon Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2011[1] Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The tournament used a double-elimination format. Only the top eight teams participate, so Wofford, Davidson, and The Citadel were not in the field.

Seeding

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
Elon	23	7	.767	–	1
UNC Greensboro	22	8	.733	1	2
Samford	18	12	.600	4	3
Georgia Southern	18	12	.600	4	4
College of Charleston	18	12	.600	4	5
Appalachian State	15	15	.500	7	6
Furman	13	16	.500	8.5	7
Western Carolina	12	18	.500	10	8
Wofford	9	21	.300	13
Davidson	8	21	.276	13.5
The Citadel	8	22	.267	14

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Brackets

Bracket One

	First round					Second round					Semifinals
	7	Furman	12
	2	UNC Greensboro	6
						3	Samford	7
						7	Furman	1
	6	Appalachian State	3
	3	Samford	5
											3	Samford
											6	Appalachian State
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						6	Appalachian State	5
	2	UNC Greensboro	4			7	Furman	0
	6	Appalachian State	6

Bracket Two

	First round					Second round					Semifinals
	8	Western Carolina	10
	1	Elon	7
						4	Georgia Southern	12
						8	Western Carolina	1
	5	College of Charleston	2
	4	Georgia Southern	4
											4	Georgia Southern
											5	College of Charleston
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						5	College of Charleston	4
	1	Elon	3			8	Western Carolina	2
	5	College of Charleston	4

Final

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Team	R
#4 Georgia Southern	1
#3 Samford	0

Game summaries

Round One

Wednesday, May 25 9:00 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#7 Furman	1	3	2	0	2	2	1	0	1	12	17	2
#2 UNC Greensboro	0	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	6	11	1
WP: Bobby Lyne   LP: Warren Slack Attendance: 542 Boxscore

Wednesday, May 25 1:11 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#6 Appalachian State	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	1
#3 Samford	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	X	5	10	1
WP: Kyle Putkonen   LP: Ryan Arrowood   Sv: Andrew Jones Attendance: 495 Boxscore

Wednesday, May 25 5:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	R	H	E
#8 Western Carolina	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	10	21	4
#1 Elon	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	10	3
WP: Taylor Sandefur   LP: David Whitehead Home runs: WCU: Heffley, Johns EU: None Attendance: 937 Notes: Longest baseball game in SoCon history. Boxscore

Thursday, May 26 12:30 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#5 College of Charleston	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	1
#4 Georgia Southern	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	X	4	7	2
WP: Chris Beck   LP: Josh Renfro   Sv: Matt Murray Attendance: 840 Notes: Game began at 12:30 am due to 20 inning game prior. Latest game in tournament history Boxscore

Round Two

Thursday, May 26 9:02 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#2 UNC Greensboro	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	4	11	1
#6 Appalachian State	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	X	6	11	0
WP: Will Helms   LP: Colby Hyatt   Sv: Taylor Miller Attendance: 457 Notes: UNC Greensboro eliminated Boxscore

Thursday, May 26 1:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#1 Elon	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	8	1
#5 College of Charleston	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	X	4	8	1
WP: Kyle Owings   LP: John Brebbia Home runs: EU: None CofC: Gantt Attendance: 785 Notes: Elon eliminated Boxscore

Thursday, May 26 5:03 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#3 Samford	1	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	11	2
#7 Furman	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	8	2
WP: Charles Basford   LP: Daniel Stallsmith Attendance: 852 Boxscore

Thursday, May 26 9:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#4 Georgia Southern	1	0	2	2	0	0	3	0	4	12	14	0
#8 Western Carolina	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	3
WP: Andy Moye   LP: Jordan Smith Attendance: 551 Notes: Game began at 12:30 am due to 20 inning game prior. Boxscore

Round Three

Friday, May 27 3:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#6 Appalachian State	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	5	15	1
#7 Furman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	0	6	0
WP: Seth Grant   LP: Tyler Wood Attendance: 527 Notes: Furman eliminated Boxscore

Friday, May 27 1:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#5 College of Charleston	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	4	6	0
#8 Western Carolina	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	9	0
WP: Christian Powell   LP: Kyle Stewart   Sv: Kyle Owings Attendance: 1,409 Notes: Western Carolina eliminated Boxscore

Semifinals

Saturday, May 28 9:02 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#3 Samford	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	7	1
#6 Appalachian State	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	1
WP: Josh Martin   LP: Ryne Frankoff   Sv: Andrew Jones Attendance: 611 Notes: Appalachian State eliminated Boxscore

Saturday, May 28 1:02 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#4 Georgia Southern	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	1
#5 College of Charleston	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	1	X	8	13	0
WP: Jake Zokan   LP: Matt Murray Home runs: GSU: None CofC: Kral Attendance: 1,488 Boxscore

Saturday, May 28 4:59 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#5 College of Charleston	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	6	8	3
#4 Georgia Southern	0	0	2	3	0	0	2	0	X	7	11	2
WP: Josh Adams   LP: Casey Lucchese   Sv: Jarret Leverett Attendance: 1,275 Notes: College of Charleston eliminated Boxscore

Championship final

Sunday, May 29 2:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#4 Georgia Southern	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2
#3 Samford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
WP: Chris Beck   LP: Lex Rutledge Attendance: 1,091 Boxscore

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All-Tournament Team

Position	Player	School
SP	Chris Beck	Georgia Southern
SP	Seth Grant	Appalachian State
RP	Andrew Jones	Samford
C	Tom Richardson	Georgia Southern
1B	Marty Gantt	College of Charleston
2B	Michael Johnson	Samford
SS	Eric Phillips	Georgia Southern
3B	Alex Abrams	Furman
OF	Tyler Zupcic	Appalachian State
OF	Cole Rakar	College of Charleston
OF	Phillip Ervin	Samford
DH	Michael Burruss	Georgia Southern

Walt Nadzak Award, Tournament Most Outstanding Player

Chris Beck

Georgia Southern

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