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2011 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team

2011 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball
Vanderbilt Commodores logo.svg
Conference Southeastern Conference
Division East
2011 record 54–12 (22–8d SEC)
Head coach Tim Corbin
Home stadium Hawkins Field
Seasons
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2011 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Eastern
#1 South Carolina x 22 8   .733     55 14   .797
#2 Florida x 22 8   .733     53 19   .736
#4 Vanderbilt x 22 8   .733     54 12   .818
Georgia 16 14   .533     33 32   .508
Kentucky 8 22   .267     25 30   .455
Tennessee 7 23   .233     25 29   .463
Western
#24 Arkansas x 15 15   .500     40 22   .645
Mississippi State 14 16   .467     38 25   .603
Alabama 14 16   .467     35 28   .556
Auburn 14 16   .467     29 29   .500
LSU 13 17   .433     36 20   .643
Ole Miss 13 17   .433     30 25   .545
x – Division champion
‡ – SEC Tournament champion
As of June 28, 2011; Rankings from Baseball America

The 2011 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team played its home games at Hawkins Field in Nashville, Tennessee. The team was coached by Tim Corbin in his ninth season at Vanderbilt.

The Commodores reached the 2011 College World Series, falling in the semifinals to runner-up Florida.

The Commodores were announced as a host for the Nashville regional, which featured #6 national seed Vanderbilt, Oklahoma State, Troy, and fellow Nashville university Belmont. Vanderbilt marched through the regional, defeating 4 seed Belmont 10-0, 3 seed Troy 10-2, and Belmont again in the final by the score of 6-1. A year later, Vanderbilt coach Josh Holliday would become the head coach of his alma mater and 2011 regional participant, [Oklahoma State University]].

In the SuperRegional, Vanderbilt drew the winner of the Corvallis regional, Oregon State. With first round draft pick Sonny Gray on the mound, the Commodores jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead in the first before coasting to a 11-1 win. Mike Yastrzemski hit a three run home run in the 4th inning.

The second game of the series also went the way of the Commodores, led by First Baseman Aaron Westlake's three home runs. Vanderbilt defeated the Beavers 9-3 to punch their first to the College World Series, the first in the history of the school.

^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.


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