2011 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament

2011 Missouri Valley Conference
baseball tournament
Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	TD Ameritrade Park; Omaha, NE;
Champions	Creighton (2nd title)
Winning coach	Ed Servais (2nd title)
MVP	Jonas Dufek (Creighton)
Attendance	Total: 37,607; Avg: 2,507
	← 2010; baseball tournament; 2012 →;

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]

2011 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
v t e	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

Seeding and format

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

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

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

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

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

[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.

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