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2011 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament

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2011 Missouri Valley Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsCreighton (2nd title)
Winning coachEd Servais (2nd title)
MVPJonas Dufek (Creighton)
AttendanceTotal: 37,607
Avg: 2,507
2011 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Creighton ‍y 15 6   .714 45 16   .738
Wichita State  ‍‍‍ 14 7   .667 39 26   .600
Illinois State  ‍‍‍ 13 8   .619 36 18   .667
Missouri State  ‍‍‍ 11 9   .550 33 23   .589
Southern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 11 10   .524 23 34   .404
Indiana State  ‍‍‍ 8 13   .381 29 28   .509
Evansville  ‍‍‍ 7 13   .350 28 25   .528
Bradley  ‍‍‍ 4 17   .190 22 32   .407
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
As of April 19, 2020[1]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll


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]

Seeding and format

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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.

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Creighton 15 6 .714 1
Wichita State 14 7 .667 1 2
Illinois State 13 8 .619 2 3
Missouri State 11 9 .550 3.5 4
Southern Illinois 11 10 .524 4 5
Indiana State 8 13 .381 6.5 6
Evansville 7 13 .350 8 7
Bradley 4 17 .190 11 8

Results

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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 411
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 5 612
5 Southern Illinois 5
8 Bradley 1
1 Creighton 5
5 Southern Illinois 0

Bracket:[3]

Box Scores

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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: 1,931
Boxscore
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: 1,931
Boxscore
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: 1,931
Boxscore
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: 1,931
Boxscore
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: 1,364
Boxscore
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: 1,364
Boxscore
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: None
Attendance: 1,364
Boxscore
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: 1,364
Boxscore
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: None
Attendance: 3,213
Boxscore
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: 3,213
Boxscore
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: 3,213
Boxscore
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: 3,213
Boxscore
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: 2,318
Boxscore
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: 2,318
Boxscore
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: 6,939
Boxscore

All-Tournament Team

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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

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Creighton pitcher Jonas Dufek was named Most Outstanding Player.

References

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  1. ^ "Missouri Valley Conference - Standings & Leaders". mvc.org. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
  2. ^ "Baseball Tops Wichita State 3–1 to Win MVC Tournament Title". Creighton Athletics. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
  3. ^ "2011 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference" (PDF). mvc-sports.com. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
  4. ^ "2020 MVC Baseball Guide" (PDF). MVC Sports. p. 30. Retrieved April 19, 2020.