2011 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament

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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]

Seeding and format[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Creighton pitcher Jonas Dufek was named Most Outstanding Player.

References[edit]


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