Conference Carolinas

 

2011 Baseball

 

NCAA National Semifinals:  Mount Olive College (T-3rd) 

Confernce Carolinas Tournament Champion: Mount Olive

Confernce Carolinas Regular Season Champion: Mount Olive

National Player of the Year: Carter Capps, Mount Olive -American Baseball Coaches Association Division II National Player of the Year

& 2011 Tino Martinez Award National Runner-Up

National Pitcher of the Year: Carter Capps, Mount Olive -American Baseball Coaches Association Division II National Pitcher of the Year, Daktronics Division II National Pitcher of the Year, & National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Division II National Pitcher of the Year

 

Mount Olive & City of Cary, NC hosted National Championship 

Standings:

School Conf Overall
Mount Olive 16-4 47-10
Limestone 14-6 34-18
Belmont Abbey 13-6 29-17
Pfeiffer 12-9 21-28
Erskine 10-11 28-24
Barton 7-11 16-28
Coker 6-15 16-27
St. Andrews 2-18 8-36


 

All-Conference Team:

Player of the Year:

Joe Maloney – Limestone College

Pitcher of the Year:

Carter Capps – Mount Olive College

Freshman of the Year:

Zach Smith – Erskine College

Coach of the Year:

Chico Lombardo - Limestone College

Regular Season Champion:

Mount Olive College


All-Conference First Team:

John Bolding – Erskine – 1B

Dan Hayduk – Mount Olive – 2B

Roberto Sanchez – Belmont Abbey – SS

Chris Vazquez – Belmont Abbey – 3B

Joe Maloney – Limestone – C

Michael Knox – Mount Olive – DH

Brian Laznik - Erskine – OF

Justin Vasquez – Belmont Abbey – OF

Jason Simone – Mount Olive – OF

Mike Cantwell – St. Andrews – OF

Atlee Pearson – Erskine – Relief Pitcher

Carter Capps – Mount Olive – P

Cameron Ward - Limestone – P

Bryan Tuttle - Pfeiffer – P

Steven Thiele- Belmont Abbey – P

Jacob Rogers - Mount Olive – Utility


All-Conference Second Team:

Joe Frabasile - Belmont Abbey – 1B

Jake Rierson - Limestone – 1B

Micah Robinson - Limestone – 2B

Ryan Faison – Mount Olive – SS

Zach Smith - Erskine – 3B

 Tyler Smith - Mount Olive – C

 Jesse Dunn – Pfeiffer – DH

Ryan Daughtry - Barton – OF

Jordan Smith - Barton – OF

Chad Balderman - Limestone – OF

Casey Winckowski - Erskine – OF

Cameron Culp - Limestone – Relief Pitcher

Eric Shuford - Pfeiffer – P

Tyler Witzel - Coker – P

Pete Levitt – Mount Olive – P

Curtis Hudson - Mount Olive – P

Matt Mazzolla – Belmont Abbey – Utility

 

2011 Conference Carolinas Baseball All-Tournament Team:

Jacob Yates (Pfeiffer):  6-for-13 (.462), 2 2B, 1 BB, 1 HBP, 4 R, 2 RBI, 1-1 SB, .533 on-base percentage
Bentley Massey (Barton): Complete-game, 3-hit victory vs. Erskine, 1.00 ERA, 4 strikeouts
Jeremy Peed (Limestone): Complete-game, 5-hit victory vs. Barton, 3.00 ERA, 7 strikeouts
Chad Balderman (Limestone): 11-for-19 (.579), 3 2B, 6 RBI, 3 R, 2 HBP, .737 slugging %
Al Benson (Limestone): 8-for-19 (.421), 3 2B, 5 RBI, 4 R, 2 BB, 1-1 SB
Joseph Westbrook (Mount Olive): 9-for-17 (.529), 3 2B, 1 HR, 8 RBI, 5 R, .882 slugging percentage
Jason Simone (Mount Olive): 10-for-18 (.556), 3 2B, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 5 R, .889 slugging percentage
Jacob Rogers (Mount Olive): 5-for-15 (.333), 2 2B, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 9 R, .867 slugging percentage
Michael Knox (Mount Olive): 8-for-16 (.500), 2 2B, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 9 R, 2 BB, 2 HBP, 1.188 slugging percentage
Tournament MVP: Carter Capps (Mount Olive): 2-0, 2 APP, 0.84 ERA, 10.2 IP, 14 K, 1 BB, 8 H, 1 ER, .211 batting average against