2011 Southern Conference baseball tournament

August 2023 2011 Southern Conference 8 Double-elimination tournament Joseph P. Riley Jr. Charleston, South Carolina 2011 Georgia Southern Eagles Georgia Southern University Georgia Southern 5th Rodney Hennon 4th Chris Beck Georgia Southern 11,860 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 2011 Georgia Southern Eagles Georgia Southern University 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. 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 2011 Elon Phoenix Elon University Elon 23 7 .767 – 1 2011 UNC Greensboro Spartans University of North Carolina at Greensboro UNC Greensboro 22 8 .733 1 2 2011 Samford Bulldogs Samford University Samford 18 12 .600 4 3 2011 Georgia Southern Eagles Georgia Southern University Georgia Southern 18 12 .600 4 4 2011 College of Charleston Cougars College of Charleston College of Charleston 18 12 .600 4 5 2011 Appalachian State Mountaineers Appalachian State University Appalachian State 15 15 .500 7 6 2011 Furman Paladins Furman University Furman 13 16 .500 8.5 7 2011 Western Carolina Catamounts Western Carolina University Western Carolina 12 18 .500 10 8 2011 Wofford Terriers Wofford College Wofford 9 21 .300 13 2011 Davidson Wildcats Davidson College Davidson 8 21 .276 13.5 The Citadel 8 22 .267 14 http://www.soconsports.com/standings/Standings.dbml?SPID=1796&DB_OEM_ID=4000&DEF_FY=2010 2010–11 SoCon Baseball Standings 2011-11-26 Brackets Bracket One First round Second round Semifinals 7 Furman 12 2 UNC Greensboro 6 6 Appalachian State 3 3 Samford 5 2 UNC Greensboro 4 6 Appalachian State 6 3 Samford 7 7 Furman 1 6 Appalachian State 5 7 Furman 0 3 Samford 2 6 Appalachian State 1 Bracket Two First round Second round Semifinals 8 Western Carolina 10 1 Elon 7 5 College of Charleston 2 4 Georgia Southern 4 1 Elon 3 5 College of Charleston 4 4 Georgia Southern 12 8 Western Carolina 1 5 College of Charleston 4 8 Western Carolina 2 4 Georgia Southern 1 7 5 College of Charleston 8 6 Final Sunday, May 29, 2011 #4 Georgia Southern 1 #3 Samford 0 Game summaries Round One no Wednesday, May 25 9:00 am #7 Furman FU 1 3 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 12 17 2 #2 UNC Greensboro UNCG 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 11 1 Bobby Lyne Warren Slack 542 http://www.soconsports.com/fls/4000/socon/stats/baseball/2011/bbtny01.htm?DB_OEM_ID=4000 no Wednesday, May 25 1:11 pm #6 Appalachian State ASU 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 1 #3 Samford SU 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 X 5 10 1 Kyle Putkonen Ryan Arrowood Andrew Jones 495 http://www.soconsports.com/fls/4000/socon/stats/baseball/2011/bbtny02.htm?DB_OEM_ID=4000 no Wednesday, May 25 5:00 pm #8 Western Carolina WCU 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 EU 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 10 3 Taylor Sandefur David Whitehead Heffley, Johns 937 Longest baseball game in SoCon history. http://www.soconsports.com/fls/4000/socon/stats/baseball/2011/bbtny03.htm?DB_OEM_ID=4000 no Thursday, May 26 12:30 am #5 College of Charleston CofC 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 1 #4 Georgia Southern GSU 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 X 4 7 2 Chris Beck Josh Renfro Matt Murray 840 Game began at 12:30 am due to 20 inning game prior. Latest game in tournament history http://www.soconsports.com/fls/4000/socon/stats/baseball/2011/bbtny04.htm?&DB_OEM_ID=4000 Round Two no Thursday, May 26 9:02 am #2 UNC Greensboro UNCG 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 4 11 1 #6 Appalachian State ASU 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 X 6 11 0 Will Helms Colby Hyatt Taylor Miller 457 UNC Greensboro eliminated http://www.soconsports.com/fls/4000/socon/stats/baseball/2011/bbtny05.htm?DB_OEM_ID=4000 no Thursday, May 26 1:00 pm #1 Elon EU 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 8 1 #5 College of Charleston CofC 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 X 4 8 1 Kyle Owings John Brebbia Gantt 785 Elon eliminated http://www.soconsports.com/fls/4000/socon/stats/baseball/2011/bbtny06.htm?DB_OEM_ID=4000 no Thursday, May 26 5:03 pm #3 Samford SU 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 11 2 #7 Furman FU 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 8 2 Charles Basford Daniel Stallsmith 852 http://www.soconsports.com/fls/4000/socon/stats/baseball/2011/bbtny07.htm?DB_OEM_ID=4000 no Thursday, May 26 9:00 pm #4 Georgia Southern GSU 1 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 4 12 14 0 #8 Western Carolina WCU 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 3 Andy Moye Jordan Smith 551 Game began at 12:30 am due to 20 inning game prior. http://www.soconsports.com/fls/4000/socon/stats/baseball/2011/bbtny08.htm?DB_OEM_ID=4000 Round Three no Friday, May 27 3:00 pm #6 Appalachian State ASU 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 5 15 1 #7 Furman FU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 6 0 Seth Grant Tyler Wood 527 Furman eliminated http://www.soconsports.com/fls/4000/socon/stats/baseball/2011/bbtny09.htm?DB_OEM_ID=4000 no Friday, May 27 1:00 pm #5 College of Charleston CofC 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 4 6 0 #8 Western Carolina WCU 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 0 Christian Powell Kyle Stewart Kyle Owings 1,409 Western Carolina eliminated http://www.soconsports.com/fls/4000/socon/stats/baseball/2011/bbtny10.htm?DB_OEM_ID=4000 Semifinals no Saturday, May 28 9:02 am #3 Samford SU 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 7 1 #6 Appalachian State ASU 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 1 Josh Martin Ryne Frankoff Andrew Jones 611 Appalachian State eliminated http://www.soconsports.com/fls/4000/socon/stats/baseball/2011/bbtny11.htm?DB_OEM_ID=4000 no Saturday, May 28 1:02 pm #4 Georgia Southern GSU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 1 #5 College of Charleston CofC 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 1 X 8 13 0 Jake Zokan Matt Murray Kral 1,488 http://www.soconsports.com/fls/4000/socon/stats/baseball/2011/bbtny12.htm?DB_OEM_ID=4000 no Saturday, May 28 4:59 pm #5 College of Charleston CofC 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 6 8 3 #4 Georgia Southern GSU 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 0 X 7 11 2 Josh Adams Casey Lucchese Jarret Leverett 1,275 College of Charleston eliminated http://www.soconsports.com/fls/4000/socon/stats/baseball/2011/bbtny13.htm?DB_OEM_ID=4000 Championship final no Sunday, May 29 2:00 pm #4 Georgia Southern GSU 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 #3 Samford SU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 Chris Beck Lex Rutledge 1,091 http://www.soconsports.com/fls/4000/socon/stats/baseball/2011/bbtny14.htm?DB_OEM_ID=4000 http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4000&ATCLID=205251800 2011 SoCon Baseball Championship 2011-11-26 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 PlayerChris BeckGeorgia Southern http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22045&SPID=1796&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=4000&ATCLID=205155898 Championship final Recap and All Tournament Team 2011-11-26 References SoCon Tournament Category:Southern Conference baseball tournament Southern Conference Tournament Southern Conference baseball tournament