2011 Southern Conference Tournament

The 2011 Southern Conference baseball tournament was held at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park in Charleston, SC. #4 Georgia Southern University defeated #3 Samford University for the title. Chris Beck of Georgia Southern was named MVP.

Samford later vacated all wins in tournament.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Elon University	12-6	Mike Kennedy
2	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	22-8	Mike Gaski
3	Samford University	18-12	Casey Dunn
4	Georgia Southern University	18-12	Rodney Hennon
5	College of Charleston	18-12	Monte Lee
6	Appalachian State University	15-15	Chris Pollard
7	Furman University	13-16	Ron Smith
8	Western Carolina University	12-18	Bobby Moranda

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Elon	7
	8	Western Carolina	10
						8	Western Carolina	1
						4	Georgia Southern	12
	4	Georgia Southern	4
	5	Charleston	2
											4	Georgia Southern	1	7
										5	Charleston	9	6
	1	Elon	3
	5	Charleston	4
						8	Western Carolina	2
						5	Charleston	4
																4	Georgia Southern	1	x	x
																3	Samford	0	x	x
	2	UNC Greensboro	6
	7	Furman	12
						7	Furman	1
						3	Samford*	7
	3	Samford*	5
	6	Appalachian St.	3
											3	Samford*	2	x
										6	Appalachian St.	1	x
	2	UNC Greensboro	4
	6	Appalachian St.	6
						7	Furman	0
						6	Appalachian St.	5

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 25
Game 1	Furman University	12-6	University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Game 2	Samford University	5-3*	Appalachian State University
Game 3	Western Carolina University	10-7 (20)	Elon University
Game 4	Georgia Southern University	4-2	College of Charleston
May 26
Game 5	Appalachian State University	6-4	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	UNC Greensboro eliminated
Game 6	College of Charleston	4-3	Elon University	Elon eliminated
Game 7	Samford University	7-1*	Furman University
Game 8	Georgia Southern University	12-1	Western Carolina University
May 27
Game 9	Appalachian State University	5-0	Furman University	Furman eliminated
Game 10	College of Charleston	4-2	Western Carolina University	Western Carolina eliminated
May 28
Game 11	Samford University	2-1*	Appalachian State University	Appalachian State eliminated
Game 12	College of Charleston	9-1	Georgia Southern University
Game 13	Georgia Southern University	7-6	College of Charleston	Charleston eliminated
May 29
Game 14	Georgia Southern University	1-0	Samford University	Georgia Southern advances to NCAA tournament

* Samford later vacated wins

All-Tournament Team

• SP Seth Grant, Appalachian St.
• SP Chris Beck, Georgia Southern
• RP Andrew Jones, Samford
• C Tom Richardson, Georgia Southern
• 1B Marty Gantt, Charleston
• 2B Michael Johnson, Samford
• SS Eric Phillips, Georgia Southern
• 3B Alex Abrams, Furman
• OF Tyler Zupcic, Appalachian St.
• OF Cole Rakar, Charleston
• OF Phillip Ervin, Samford
• DH Michael Burruss, Georgia Southern