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The 2011 College World Series began on June 18, 2011 and concluded on June 28 with the University of South Carolina defeating the University of Florida by a score of 5-2 in Omaha, Nebraska at TD Ameritrade Park. TD Ameritrade Park replaced Rosenblatt Stadium, which hosted the CWS from 1950–2010. As part of the 2011 collegiate baseball season, eight NCAA Division I college baseball teams are competing after having played their way through the NCAA Tournament. This is the 65th College World Series overall, and the 62nd to be held in Omaha.

Before the opening game of the CWS between Vanderbilt and North Carolina, the ceremonial first pitch was delivered by former President George W. Bush. Omaha Little Leaguer Henry Slagle had the honor of handing the ball to Mr. Bush as his Memorial Park Little League team greeted the former president on the field. Before the pitch, his father, former President George H. W. Bush, who played for Yale in the first CWS in 1947, delivered a video message christening the new facility.[1]

Participants

School Conference Record (Conference) Head Coach CWS Appearances CWS Best Finish CWS W-L Record
California Pac-10 37 - 21 (13 - 13) David Esquer 5
(last: 1992)		 1st
(1947, 1957)		 10 - 6
Florida SEC 50 - 17 (22 - 8) Kevin O'Sullivan 6
(last: 2010)		 2nd
(2005)		 8 - 13
North Carolina ACC 50 - 14 (20 - 10) Mike Fox 8
(last: 2009)		 2nd
(2006, 2007)		 14 - 17
South Carolina SEC 50 - 14 (22 - 8) Ray Tanner 10
(last: 2010)		 1st
(2010)		 23 - 17
Texas Big 12 49 - 17 (19 - 8) Augie Garrido 33
(last: 2009)		 1st
(1949, 1950, 1975, 1983, 2002, 2005)		 82 - 55
Texas A&M Big 12 47 - 20 (19 - 8) Rob Childress 5
(last:1999)		 5th
(1993)		 2 - 8
Vanderbilt SEC 52 - 10 (22 - 8) Tim Corbin 0
(last: none)		 none 0 - 0
Virginia ACC 54 - 10 (22 - 8) Brian O'Connor 1
(last: 2009)		 5th
(2009)		 1 - 2

Tournament Notes

  • This is the first CWS to feature eight schools from BCS automatic qualifying conferences. (3 SEC, 2 ACC, 2 Big 12, 1 Pac-10)
    • The 1987 event was the last with eight major football-playing schools. Florida State, which played baseball in the Metro Conference at the time, was an elite Independent in football, since the Metro never sponsored football.
  • The SEC Eastern Division has three teams in the same CWS for the first time, South Carolina, Florida, Vanderbilt.
    • The SEC East qualified all three teams in these semi-final finals.
    • The SEC West qualified four of its six teams in 1997, including national champion LSU.
  • Florida is making its first back-to-back trip to the College World Series in school history. South Carolina is also making a back-to-back CWS appearance, but for the fourth time, (1981–82, 2002,03,04 & 2010-11).
    • South Carolina is the first defending Champion to make it back to the CWS and defend its title since Oregon State did so in 2007.
  • This is Vanderbilt's first trip to the College World Series in school history.
    • This now makes Kentucky the only SEC school to have never made it to the College World Series.
  • This is the 19th consecutive year that the SEC has fielded at least one team in the College World Series.
  • This is the 4th consecutive year that the SEC has fielded at least one team in the Championship Series.
    • * This is the second time that the SEC fielded two teams in the Championship Game (LSU-Alabama 1997)
  • The SEC went undefeated in non-conference games this CWS going 6-0 in those games.
    • The SEC's only losses in this CWS were to fellow SEC teams.
  • The Big 12 Conference went 0-4 this CWS.
  • There have been 86 extra-inning games played in the history of the College World Series. By the end of this series, South Carolina had played in the past four.
  • Three CWS Championship Series games have gone to 11 innings. By the end of this series South Carolina had played in the past two.
  • For the first time in CWS history, the All-Tournament Team, including the Most Outstanding Player, was comprised entirely of players from one conference, the SEC; more specifically the SEC Eastern Division. (South Carolina x 7, Florida x 2, Vanderbilt x 2)
  • The South Carolina Gamecocks were the first team to go undefeated in the NCAA tournament since the Miami Hurricanes did so in 2001.

Bracket

  • * Denotes extra innings

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Results

All times local—Central Daylight Time (UTC-5).[2] All games can be viewed on ESPN3.

Championship Series

Game 1

Monday, June 27 7:00 pm
Omaha, Nebraska ESPN
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
South Carolina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 7 1
Florida 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 3
Starting pitchers:
USC: Forrest Koumas
UF: Hudson Randall
WP: John Taylor   LP: Nick Maronde   Sv: Matt Price
Home runs:
USC: None
UF: None
Attendance: 25,851
Notes: South Carolina ties the NCAA record for most consecutive Post Season wins with 15, and most consecutive CWS wins with 10.
Boxscore

Game 2

Tuesday, June 28 7:00 pm
Omaha, Nebraska ESPN
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Florida 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 1
South Carolina 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 X 5 10 0
Starting pitchers:
FLA: Karsten Whitson
USC: Michael Roth
WP: Michael Roth   LP: Karsten Whitson   Sv: Matt Price
Home runs:
FLA: Zunino
USC: Mooney
Attendance: 26,721
Notes: South Carolina becomes the sixth team in CWS history to win back-to-back Championships. South Carolina breaks consecutive post season and CWS victories record, (see below).
Boxscore

Conference Representation & Results

Conference Total Schools
Atlantic Coast 2 North Carolina, Virginia
Big 12 2 Texas, Texas A&M
SEC 3 Florida, South Carolina, Vanderbilt
PAC 10 1 California
Conference Wins Losses Pct.
Pac-10 1 2 .333
SEC 10 4 .714
ACC 3 4 .429
Big 12 0 4 .000

Final standings

Place School CWS Record
1st South Carolina 5-0
2nd Florida 3-2
3rd Vanderbilt 2-2
Virginia 2-2
5th California 1-2
North Carolina 1-2
7th Texas A&M 0-2
Texas 0-2

All Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.

Position Player School
P Matt Price South Carolina
Michael Roth South Carolina
1B Christian Walker South Carolina
2B Scott Wingo South Carolina
3B Cody Dent Florida
SS Peter Mooney South Carolina
C Robert Beary South Carolina
OF Tony Kemp Vanderbilt
Connor Harrell Vanderbilt
Bryson Smith Florida
DH Brady Thomas South Carolina
MOP Scott Wingo South Carolina

Notable players

  • South Carolina Pitcher Michael Roth's 1.17 ERA in 38 1/3 CWS inning of work over the past two years ranks second all-time in CWS history behind Ohio State’s Steve Arlin's 0.96 ERA over 47 innings in CWS play from 1965-66. (Minimum 30 innings pitched at the CWS)
  • South Carolina middle-reliever set-up-man John Taylor made his 49th appearance of the 2011 season in Game 2 of the Championship Series, bringing him within two games of tying the all time mark of 51 appearances in a season set by Florida pitcher Connor Falkenbach in 2005.
  • South Carolina 1st baseman Christian Walker was named to the 2011 CWS All-Tournament Team for the second consecutive year, the only repeat member of the All-Tournament Team for the Gamecocks between 2010 and 2011. He did so while playing with a fractured hamate bone in his left wrist during the 2011 Championship Series.
  • The entire South Carolina pitching staff gave up 5 earned runs in 51 innings of work for a staggering 0.88 ERA in the CWS.

CWS records tied or broken

  • With Game 1 Championship Series win South Carolina ties NCAA record for consecutive Post Season wins (Texas 1983-84) 15.
  • With Game 1 Championship Series win South Carolina ties NCAA record for consecutive College World Series wins (Southern California, LSU) 10.
  • With Game 2 Championship Series win South Carolina breaks the NCAA record for consecutive Post Season wins 16.
  • With Game 2 Championship Series win South Carolina breaks the NCAA record for consecutive College World Series wins 11.
  • South Carolina becomes the first team to win the CWS NCAA National Championship in the new TD Ameritrade Park Omaha. (South Carolina was also the last team to win the Championship in the old Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium.)
  • South Carolina becomes the first team to win the CWS NCAA National Championship while using the new "toned-down bats" that resulted in far less overall offensive production, across the board, during the 2011 college baseball season. They were also the first team to win the CWS while operating under the new "20-second pitch-clock" rule. (South Carolina was also the last team to win the CWS in 2010 using the old metal bats and without a time limit imposed between pitches.)
  • South Carolina becomes the sixth team in CWS history to win Back-to-Back NCAA D1 Baseball Championships. (Texas 1949-50, Southern California 1970-74, Stanford 1987-88, LSU 1996-97, Oregon State 2006-07. South Carolina 2010-11)

See also

References

  1. ^ Associated Press (June 18, 2011). "Vanderbilt opens College World Series, new stadium with win". ESPN.com. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
  2. ^ http://www.ncaa.com/news/baseball/2011-04-29/2011-cws-schedule
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