# 2011 Missouri Valley Conference 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.

## 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 | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 3 | Illinois State | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Indiana State | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Indiana State | 5 | 6 | Indiana State | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | Wichita State | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Wichita State | 2 | 2 | Wichita State | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Evansville | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Evansville | 1 | | | | 2 | Wichita State | 6 | 9 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | Indiana State | 7 | 0 | | | | | |
| 3 | Illinois State | 4$^{11}$ | | | | | | | | 6 | Indiana State | 7 | 0 | | | | |
| 7 | Evansville | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Evansville | 3 | 6 | Indiana State | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 3 | Illinois State | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Wichita State | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Creighton | 3 |
| 4 | Missouri State | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Creighton | 3 |
| 5 | Southern Illinois | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Southern Illinois | 4 | 4 | Missouri State | 10 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 1 | Creighton | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Creighton | 4 | 1 | Creighton | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Bradley | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Bradley | 1 | | | | 4 | Missouri State | 0 | 5 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 1 | Creighton | 5 | 6$^{12}$ | | | | | |
| 5 | Southern Illinois | 5 | | | | | | | | 1 | Creighton | 5 | 6$^{12}$ | | | | |
| 8 | Bradley | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Bradley | 1 | 1 | Creighton | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Southern Illinois | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
Bracket:

## 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.
| 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.