# 2011 Southern Conference baseball tournament

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 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 |
| Elon | 23 | 7 | .767 | – | 1 |
| UNC Greensboro | 22 | 8 | .733 | 1 | 2 |
| Samford | 18 | 12 | .600 | 4 | 3 |
| Georgia Southern | 18 | 12 | .600 | 4 | 4 |
| College of Charleston | 18 | 12 | .600 | 4 | 5 |
| Appalachian State | 15 | 15 | .500 | 7 | 6 |
| Furman | 13 | 16 | .500 | 8.5 | 7 |
| Western Carolina | 12 | 18 | .500 | 10 | 8 |
| Wofford | 9 | 21 | .300 | 13 | |
| Davidson | 8 | 21 | .276 | 13.5 | |
| The Citadel | 8 | 22 | .267 | 14 | |

## Brackets
### Bracket One

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 7 | Furman | 12 | | | | | |
| 2 | UNC Greensboro | 6 | | | | | |
| 2 | UNC Greensboro | 6 | 3 | Samford | 7 | | |
| | | | 7 | Furman | 1 | | |
| 6 | Appalachian State | 3 | 7 | Furman | 1 | | |
| 3 | Samford | 5 | | | | | |
| 3 | Samford | 5 | | | | 3 | Samford |
| | | | | | | 6 | Appalachian State |
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower final | Lower final | Lower final | 6 | Appalachian State |
| | | | 6 | Appalachian State | 5 | | |
| 2 | UNC Greensboro | 4 | 7 | Furman | 0 | | |
| 6 | Appalachian State | 6 | | | | | |

### Bracket Two

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 8 | Western Carolina | 10 | | | | | |
| 1 | Elon | 7 | | | | | |
| 1 | Elon | 7 | 4 | Georgia Southern | 12 | | |
| | | | 8 | Western Carolina | 1 | | |
| 5 | College of Charleston | 2 | 8 | Western Carolina | 1 | | |
| 4 | Georgia Southern | 4 | | | | | |
| 4 | Georgia Southern | 4 | | | | 4 | Georgia Southern |
| | | | | | | 5 | College of Charleston |
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower final | Lower final | Lower final | 5 | College of Charleston |
| | | | 5 | College of Charleston | 4 | | |
| 1 | Elon | 3 | 8 | Western Carolina | 2 | | |
| 5 | College of Charleston | 4 | | | | | |

### Final

Sunday, May 29, 2011 :
| Team | R |
| #4 Georgia Southern | 1 |
| #3 Samford | 0 |

## Game summaries
### Round One

Wednesday, May 25 9:00 am :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| #7 Furman | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 17 | 2 |
| #2 UNC Greensboro | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 1 |
| WP: Bobby Lyne LP: Warren Slack Attendance: 542 Boxscore |||||||||||||
Wednesday, May 25 1:11 pm :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| #6 Appalachian State | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| #3 Samford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 | 10 | 1 |
| WP: Kyle Putkonen LP: Ryan Arrowood Sv: Andrew Jones Attendance: 495 Boxscore |||||||||||||
Wednesday, May 25 5:00 pm :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | R | H | E |
| #8 Western Carolina | 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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 3 |
| WP: Taylor Sandefur LP: David Whitehead Home runs: WCU: Heffley, Johns EU: None Attendance: 937 Notes: Longest baseball game in SoCon history. Boxscore ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday, May 26 12:30 am :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| #5 College of Charleston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| #4 Georgia Southern | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| WP: Chris Beck LP: Josh Renfro Sv: Matt Murray Attendance: 840 Notes: Game began at 12:30 am due to 20 inning game prior. Latest game in tournament history Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Round Two

Thursday, May 26 9:02 am :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| #2 UNC Greensboro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 1 |
| #6 Appalachian State | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | 6 | 11 | 0 |
| WP: Will Helms LP: Colby Hyatt Sv: Taylor Miller Attendance: 457 Notes: UNC Greensboro eliminated Boxscore |||||||||||||
Thursday, May 26 1:00 pm :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| #1 Elon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| #5 College of Charleston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| WP: Kyle Owings LP: John Brebbia Home runs: EU: None CofC: Gantt Attendance: 785 Notes: Elon eliminated Boxscore |||||||||||||
Thursday, May 26 5:03 pm :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| #3 Samford | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 2 |
| #7 Furman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| WP: Charles Basford LP: Daniel Stallsmith Attendance: 852 Boxscore |||||||||||||
Thursday, May 26 9:00 pm :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| #4 Georgia Southern | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 0 |
| #8 Western Carolina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| WP: Andy Moye LP: Jordan Smith Attendance: 551 Notes: Game began at 12:30 am due to 20 inning game prior. Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Round Three

Friday, May 27 3:00 pm :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| #6 Appalachian State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 1 |
| #7 Furman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| WP: Seth Grant LP: Tyler Wood Attendance: 527 Notes: Furman eliminated Boxscore |||||||||||||
Friday, May 27 1:00 pm :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| #5 College of Charleston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| #8 Western Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| WP: Christian Powell LP: Kyle Stewart Sv: Kyle Owings Attendance: 1,409 Notes: Western Carolina eliminated Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Semifinals

Saturday, May 28 9:02 am :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| #3 Samford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| #6 Appalachian State | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| WP: Josh Martin LP: Ryne Frankoff Sv: Andrew Jones Attendance: 611 Notes: Appalachian State eliminated Boxscore |||||||||||||
Saturday, May 28 1:02 pm :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| #4 Georgia Southern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| #5 College of Charleston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | X | 8 | 13 | 0 |
| WP: Jake Zokan LP: Matt Murray Home runs: GSU: None CofC: Kral Attendance: 1,488 Boxscore |||||||||||||
Saturday, May 28 4:59 pm :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| #5 College of Charleston | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
| #4 Georgia Southern | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 7 | 11 | 2 |
| WP: Josh Adams LP: Casey Lucchese Sv: Jarret Leverett Attendance: 1,275 Notes: College of Charleston eliminated Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Championship final

Sunday, May 29 2:00 pm :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| #4 Georgia Southern | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| #3 Samford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| WP: Chris Beck LP: Lex Rutledge Attendance: 1,091 Boxscore |||||||||||||

## 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 Player
* Chris Beck
* Georgia Southern