Jackson, TN – No. 1 seed Austin Peay topped Jacksonville State 7-3 on Saturday to capture the 2011 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Championship.
It marks the fourth tournament championship for the Governors (33-22), who have also won titles in 1996, 2005 and 2007.
Austin Peay won its fourth OVC Tournament Championship with a 7-3 victory over Jacksonville State on Saturday. (Photo Courtesy: Don McQuistion)
Austin Peay will now receive the OVC’s automatic bid into the NCAA Championship. The pairings for the event will be announced on Monday (May 30th) at 11:30am CT on ESPN.
This season marked the 33rd time the event has been held but the second year in a row it has been held at Pringles Park in Jackson, Tennessee. Pringles Park is home of the Jackson Generals, the AA-affiliate of the Seattle Mariners.
Austin Peay Postgame
Austin Peay head coach Gary McClure and student-athletes Jack Snodgrass, Zach Toney and Ryne Harper talk about their team’s 2011 OVC Baseball Championship.
Jacksonville State Postgame
Jacksonville State head coach Jim Case and student-athletes Ben Waldrip and Kyle Bluestein talk about their team’s season-ending loss to Austin Peay in the Championship Game of the 2011 OVC Baseball Championship.
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