2011 South Atlantic Conference Tournament

The 2011 South Atlantic Conference baseball tournament was held in Forest City, NC. #2 Wingate University defeated #1 Catawba College for the title. Chris Nelson of Wingate was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Catawba College	23-4	Jim Gantt
2	Wingate University	17-10	Jeff Gregory
3	Lincoln Memorial University	16-11	Jeff Sziksai
4	Tusculum College	16-11	Doug Jones
5	Carson-Newman College	15-12	Tom Griffin
6	Newberry College	14-13	Russell Triplett

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Catawba	2
	6	Newberry	4			6	Newberry	5
						4	Tusculum	4
	2	Wingate	4								6	Newberry	7
	5	Carson-Newman	1								2	Wingate	8
						2	Wingate	3													2	Wingate	7	x
						2	Lincoln Memorial	1													1	Catawba	1	x
	3	Lincoln Memorial	8													6	Newberry	0
	4	Tusculum	6								3	Lincoln Memorial	5			1	Catawba	5
						1	Catawba	12			1	Catawba	6
						5	Carson-Newman	0

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
April 20
Game 1	Newberry College	4-2	Catawba College
Game 2	Wingate University	4-1	Carson-Newman College
Game 3	Lincoln Memorial University	8-6	Tusculum College
April 21
Game 4	Catawba College	12-0	Carson-Newman College	Carson-Newman eliminated
Game 5	Newberry College	5-4	Tusculum College	Tusculum eliminated
Game 6	Wingate University	3-1	Lincoln Memorial University
April 22
Game 7	Wingate University	8-7 (12)	Newberry College
Game 8	Catawba College	6-5	Lincoln Memorial University	Lincoln Memorial eliminated
Game 9	Catawba College	5-0	Newberry College	Newberry eliminated
April 23
Game 10	Wingate University	7-1	Catawba College	Wingate advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• Chris Nelson, Wingate
• Brian Yeung, Wingate
• Justin Somers, Wingate
• Jacob Karr, Wingate
• Cameron Falcon, Wingate
• Dodson McPherson, Wingate
• Austin Moyer, Catawba
• JJ Jankowski, Catawba
• Josh Hohn, Catawba
• Chris Dula, Catawba
• Mario Rojas, Newberry
• Tyler Sturkie, Newberry
• Juan Alvarez, Lincoln Memorial
• Steven Starbird, Lincoln Memorial
• Sean Cotten, Tusculum