2011 Summit League baseball tournament


The 2011 Summit League baseball tournament took place from May 24 through 26. The top four regular season finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at the City of Sioux Falls, South Dakota's Sioux Falls Stadium. Oral Roberts won their fourteenth consecutive championship, claiming the tournament title every year but one of the fifteenth seasons that they have been in the league, and represented The Summit League in the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]

2011 Summit League
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsOral Roberts (14th title)
Winning coachRob Walton (8th title)
MVPAlex Gonzalez (Oral Roberts)
2011 Summit League baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Oral Roberts  ‍y 21 7 0   .750 39 22 0   .639
South Dakota State  ‍‍‍ 20 8 0   .714 37 20 0   .649
North Dakota State  ‍‍‍ 15 12 0   .556 22 32 0   .407
Western Illinois  ‍‍‍ 13 15 0   .464 21 38 0   .356
IPFW  ‍‍‍ 12 16 0   .429 17 34 0   .333
Southern Utah  ‍‍‍ 11 17 0   .393 23 31 0   .426
Oakland  ‍‍‍ 10 18 0   .357 19 31 0   .380
Centenary  ‍‍‍ 9 18 0   .333 12 31 0   .279
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of March 10, 2019[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding

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The top four finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through four.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Oral Roberts 21 7 .750 1
South Dakota State 20 8 .714 1 2
North Dakota State 15 12 .556 6.5 3
Western Illinois 13 15 .464 8 4
IPFW 12 16 .429 9
Southern Utah 11 17 .393 10
Oakland 10 18 .357 11
Centenary 9 18 .333 11.5

Results

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Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
4Western Illinois0
1Oral Roberts12
2South Dakota State4
1Oral Roberts7
3North Dakota State1
2South Dakota State4
1Oral Roberts
2South Dakota State
Lower round 1Lower final
2South Dakota State13
1Oral Roberts73North Dakota State10
2South Dakota State4

[3]

Most Valuable Player

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Alex Gonzalez was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Gonzalez played for Oral Roberts.[2]

References

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  1. ^ 2013 Summit League Record Book (PDF). The Summit League. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "ORU Wins Two, Captures 15th-Straight League Title". thesummitleague.org. Retrieved May 3, 2013.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "2012 Baseball Championship" (PDF). thesummitleague.org. Retrieved March 10, 2019.