The 2011 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park

Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park

Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park is a stadium located in Charleston, South Carolina. The stadium is named after Charleston's longest serving mayor, Joseph P. Riley, Jr.. The stadium replaced College Park....

 in Charleston, SC from May 26 through May 30. Fourth seeded Georgia Southern won the tournament and earned the Southern Conference

Southern Conference

The Southern Conference is a Division I college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision . Member institutions are located in the states of Alabama, Georgia, North...

's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

2011 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

The 2011 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament began on Friday, June 3, 2011 as part of the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64 team double elimination tournament will conclude with the 2011 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska on June 29, 2011....

. 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 Elon Phoenix baseball The Elon Phoenix baseball team is the interscholastic baseball team from Elon University in Elon, North Carolina. They are part of the Division 1 Southern Conference. The team is led by Head coach Mike Kennedy who is now in his 15th season as head coach...	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 2011 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball team 2011 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball team represented The Citadel in the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bulldogs played their home games in Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park. The team was coached by Fred Jordan, leading his twentieth season at The Citadel...	8	22	.267	14

Round One

Round Two

Round Three

Semifinals

Championship Final

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